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Re: Translation of Chinese characters in Roughing It illustration
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I'm going with the laundry ticket interpretation.  Mark does say that
such is the case: "They always send a bill, like this below, pinned to
the clothes. It is mere ceremony, for it does not enlighten the customer
much."

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