Agriculture: a Chinese rice plantation with workers sowing the rice, and operating a treadmill chain-bucket for water. Engraving by W. Weatherhead, c. 1840, after T. Allom.

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Weatherhead, W.

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Agriculture: a Chinese rice plantation with workers sowing the rice, and operating a treadmill chain-bucket for water. Engraving by W. Weatherhead, c. 1840, after T. Allom.