I declare, thae sailors are a wheen born deevils for fun and frolic; but they are sic canty chiels, that ane canna help Likin them the better for a' their nonsense.
"Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX"
Alexander Leighton
A curious instance of this conservative spirit in the Chinese people, even when operating against their own interests, may be found in the tax known as Likin, against which foreign governments have struggled so long in vain.
"China and the Chinese"
Herbert Allen Giles
By the Treaty of 1903 China has undertaken the abolition of Likin with a moderate and proportionate raising of the customs tariff along with currency reform.
"Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present"
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