Bridges -
--------- , one of ninety-one arches
Budha, compared with Fo
Burying-ground
PAGE
_ 337
520
. 468
- 497
Calendar, national, an engine o f government
- “ 39*
Camellia Sefanqua - 53^
Camelopardalis, noticed by Marco Polo 46
Canal, Imperial - " 3 3 5
obfervations on 506— 512
Cannon - * .. - *99
Canton, reaions for the Embafly avoiding
it - - 3.3
■ fituation of foreigners trading
to it - 610
Carriages of the Chirieie defcribed 9°
—-----, thofe made by Hatchett puzzle
them - * 113
Cavalry, Tartar - - 410 -
Cenforate - “ 3^3
Ceremony o f the Court - 21
Chain-pump - - 311
CharaSer, phyfical, as given by Linnseus
rtotcorreCt * - - 184
i , moral, of Chinefe and Tartars
- r 186
Characters o f the Chinefe language 248
.-----------■, keys or roots o f - 251
— ------, examples o f the compofition
o f I - “ 255
Chafiity, palace o f 235
Chemical Arts - - 298
Checks to the abfolute power of the Emperor
- * 362
Children ilill-born expofed in the ftreets 176
Chou-ta-gin - 7°
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Chou-ta-gin, kind attentions of 604
Chrijlian Religion might once have been
introduced | ~ 449
Cburchmeriy 'mXx'igyizs of, not eaiily obviated
- - 18
Cingalefe, of Chinefe origin - 53
Cities of China, walls, towers, and gates of 91
■ , obfervations on - 5 ° °
Cleanlinefs no part of the Chinefe character
77
Cock-fighting - “ 159
Coffins, fplendid appearance of - . 9 5
Collieries_ - - 5 94
Commerce o f the Yellow Sea, how carried
on - - 60
Comedy defcribed - - 201
————, extraordinary fcene in One 221
Compari/on of China and Europe 29
----- o f a Chinefe and a Hottentot 49
Compafs, an original invention o f Chinefe 39
*-i*----- , obfervations on - - 61
, explanation o f the circles on 62
Conclufion ■ ~ - 621
Conduit o f Chinefe prepoflefling 80
Confucius, religion o f - - 451
- — , no ftatues to the memory o f 458
hall o f
Cork Convent - ■
Cormorant, the fiihing
Cottons, manufactures of
— ----- , cultivation of the plant
Court of China, forms of, immutable 1
459
597
506
3°7
556
21
- , manners and amufementsof 191
- 367
-37°
- 57
- 78
- 86
- 96
Cruelty
Crimes and punijhments
Criminal offences, mode of trial for
Crowd of perfons at Ting-hai
_ — ■ — at fien-fing
- — at Tong-tchoo
— — — — — in Pekin
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161
Cruelty, inftance of
Cryfial lenfes ■ -
Cuckoo-clocks - . ‘ _
Currents, violence of, in Cbu-fan A rchipelago
'Cufiom refpeCting Embafladors . -
Cufioms and drefs not fiibjeCts o f ri-
- dicule ’ -
Cycle of fixty years - -
D
Daughters always fold _ ' . . .
Day o f refi, policy of obferving.one <, i
Dec/mal Arithmetic -
Deity not perfonified in China .
univerfal tradition o f . .
Deodnto, an Italian mifllonavy ;; :
Departmentsf public . • •
Defcartes, his idea of prolonging life
Dignities, perfonal
Difpofitions, natural, altered by influence
> , , o f la w s . ' _ . .
F) ¡filiation of Seau-tchoo- •_
Drama,' ftate of the
* ------- , extraordinary fubjed o f one
obfeenities of, compared to
thofe of Theodora
— , abfurdities of, fimilar to thofe
341 Ebrietyi not a Chinefe vice jya
181 Eclipfe o f the moon, obfervance o f 216
-, ceremony on occafion o f ~ 285
54 Egyptian mythology in China explained 424
22----------- deities compared with Chinefe 477
. Emhajfador, Engliih, proceeds to Gehol 104
74-------------------------- refufes to fubmit to
293 the ceremony 117
----------------------- his introduction at
. court - 196
—— -----------his hotel in Pekin 332
Embaffadors, Dutch, treatment, of, at
Canton H . g
► lodged in a ftàble at Pekin 11
- reception of, at Court ' 208
— ----- vifit Tuen-min-yuen 21 y
■ Embaffies, Dutch and Engliih, different
' treatment, of, explained - 17
— — — from Europe in the laft century
- , - _ _ ♦
Embaffy, Engliih, a neceffary meafure
, attention of the Chinefe to
------ , expence of, to-the Chinefe government
604
- - 60
— ; I the Britiih go - ,,.
vernment _ - 60
Emperor of China laughs at Van Braam’s
aukwardnefs , ( r
*45
»54
297
457 432
365
466
385
160
303
218,
2 2 3 ' ju d d e r s Embafladors , .
.of the amphitheatres ' -
Drefs of the Chinefe _
Dutch Embafladors humiliating conduit
o f , _ _
—----------------■'t— i their miiEons not
calculated to make terms
Duties levied at Canton - '
j as his guefts
224
71 - , an obiervation of
■ -3 obeiiance to, on his
13 613
birth-day - »*,
“ ■ infpeCls the prefents it<
-— ..... . f life and character o f 22«
/ caufes the death o f his ,
Emprefs and ion - - 22*
4 L Empero,