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amber. Some of it is also made from reconstructing amber by dissolving amber in a solvent, clearing the solution, by filtration or settling, then evaporating them compacting the transparent residue in a warm hydraulic press. Other shops are exclusively for [[underline]] embroidery [[/underline]] - some of them in very dirty working conditions; the silk [[underline]] embroidery [[/underline]] being done by [[underline]] dirty small children, [[/underline]] boys and girls illwashed, unkempt looking Other shops making the artwork of blue and green feathers of King fisher birds, glued on silver settings in broaches, earrings and [[strikethrough]] every [[/strikethrough]] various ornaments also for [[underline]] palanquins [[/underline]] for weddings or funerals. Other shops make and sell
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[[underline]] jade [[/underline]] of every price and quality, some of it being hardly better than onyx or tinted glass; other varieties being [[underline]] sold at absurdedly high prices equalling that of costly gems. [[/underline]] I do not see how anybody likes jade, it is a cheap common looking material.  
Poor devils, barefooted and in rags, [[strikethrough]] win [[/strikethrough]] ^[[spin]] their primitive [[strikethrough]] foot and [[/strikethrough]] wooden contrivances which [[underline]] act as lathes [[/underline]] and [[underline]] use both hand and feet. [[/underline]] They look dirty and miserable to the extreme, yet smile and laugh and do not seem unhappy. They [[underline]] look happier [[/underline]] [[strikethrough]] than mas [[/strikethrough]] [[underline]] if less prosperous than many of my rich friends in America or other parts of the [[strikethrough]] world [[/strkethrough]] world. [[/underline]] There is comparatively little [[underline]] begging [[/underline]]