sekt-scheu

Updated: May 7, 2025

This is certainly So-chew, near the entrance of the great wall in Shensi. Astl. Called by Forster Katasekt-schen, Sekt-scheu, Schel- scheu, or Su-tcheu. This commentary on tea is placed in the text of Forster, and is therefore here preserved in the same form, though no part of the original. An arpent is a French measure nearly one and a half of which are equal to an English acre. Astl.

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