He had smoked opium, he told Mr.Smith, the missionary, for fifty years, but always in moderation.

His daily allowance was two _chien_ of raw opium, rather more than one-fifth of an ounce, but he knew many Chinese, he told the missionary, who smoked daily five times as much opium as he did without apparent injury.
In Tali there are four chief officials: the Prefect or Fu Magistrate, the Hsien or City Magistrate, the Intendant or Taotai, and the Titai.
The yamen of the Taotai is a humble residence for so important an official; but the yamen of the Titai, between the South Gate and the Five Glory Tower, is one of the finest in the province.

The Titai is not only the chief military commander of the province of Yunnan, but he is a very much married man.

An Imperialist, he has yet obeyed the Mohammedan injunction and taken to himself four wives in order to be sure of obtaining one good one.

He has been abundantly blessed with children.