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Emperor of China conceives the deity to
be incarnate in him * - 228
— ---------- ------,his ode inpraife o f tea 280
— — - ■----------, obfervations of, on the
mechanical powers - - 312
»■------------------ , maxims on which he
a&s - - - 360
— .. ............... , checks to the abfolute
power o f - - ' 362
m. .------------------patronizes agriculture 399
— ----- -------- , inllances of gratitude
in - - - 482
Encyclopedifls, French, their teftimony o f
the Chinefe cha-ratter — 26
E/prit des Loix, falfe concluions drawn in 148
Etymological deduilions fallacious 241
Eunuchs, bad charaéter o f - - 230
Expence o f the Embaffy, to the Englifh
and Chinefe governments- • 605
Eye o f the Chinefe remarkable 49
F
Face o f the country near the Pei-ho 70
Failure of the Embaffy, fuppofed reafon
of, Hated - 8
Famines attempted to be explained' 584
Feet diftorted of Chinefe women 73
— nht noticed by early travellers 75
—— difficult to account fo r - 76
Feafts - - “ ■ *55
Ferry-gfrh - - ~ 595
Fevers, contagious, not frequent 349
Filial duty, a precept rather than a fen-
tfrnent * • * *43
p a g e -
Fire works defcribed - - 206'
Fijhing, various modes o f - 533
Fi fier men, condition o f - " 55^
Fo, religion of, - 468'
Formofa, lirait o f - “ 34
Four feas, an ancient expreffion 14»
Fo-Jhee, the lines o f - - û77
Francifcan convent in Madeira - 598
Fruit-trees, how-propagated - 569»
Funerals - - * 4^3
G
Games of Chance - *57
Ganga compared{ with Egyptian and
Chinefe deities *• - 472
Gardening, général account of, by Lord
Macartney - " 131
Gardens of Yuen-min-yuen, fome account of 122
Gates o f Chinefe cities - - 92
Gebol, appointed for the celebration o f -
thè birth day - ' io4
■----- , park of, defcribed by Lord Macartney
- - - 126
Gen fa compared with Janus and Menfiin 469
Geological obfervations - - 4 2 9 '
Geometry 2.nd ‘geography little underftood 295
Gill’ s fword-blades, acceptable prefénfs 113
Giraffe, or Camelopardalis, noticed by
Marco Pòlo - - 46
Glafs - - * 3 °5
Government, the pride o f - - 20
— liability o£ accounted for 359
Governor o f Chit fan, arbitrary proceeding
of' ‘ - - - ' 49
Grammar of Chinefe'language - 267
Grammoni,
Mwiic^rétiiÉlig
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Grummont, Monfieur, his letter to the
Dutch - 7
Great Britain and China, compared as
to their extent and population 5 76
Gunpowder - 3° °
H
Hager, Doilor, remarks on the p u b lication
o f - - 239
—r — miflake of - - 253
Hang-tchoo-foo, alarm created in, by three
Englilhmen - - 5 2 6
Hatchett*s carriages puzzle the Chinefe 113
Herodotus approves the cullom of felling
women - - 140
Hifroglypbical writing, Chinefe character
different from - - 237
Hills of Pe-tcbe-lee, character of 64
Hindoo and Chinefe features totally different
- - - 427
Hjftory of China, why fo little known 357
Homer degrades: women ."-y - 14°
Homicide punilhed with death - 368
Honour, high notions of, incompatible
(. with defpotilm - - 179
H,o-tchang-tong, the minifter, anecdote o f 183
— trial and condemnation of 387
Hottentots, refemblance of, to the Chinefe 48
— •=— -t— portrait o f one, compared with
a Chinefe - - - 5°
Humiliation o f the Dutch Embaffadors 9
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Idolatry, one caufe o f - >- 485
Jev.njh law punilhing children for their
fathers ' - - - 375
Jews might have carried the filk worm
to China - * 437
— —, remarks on thefe people - 438
Immortals, fons of, a fedt in China 463
Imprifonment not known as a pUnilhment 378
Incenfe burnt before the Chinefe eompafs 42
Infanticide, remarks on - 168
■ , extent pf, in China - 169
------------ common among the ancients 171
, probable caufes o f - 173
Inns, none in China - - 421
Infcniption on the flags pf the yachts 69
— thofe on monuments - 326
Inundations - - “ 5 *5
Jones, Sir William, his opinion of the
Chinefe . - 27
— ■--------- -—— of their arts, fciences,
&c. - . - . - - 356
Ireland, peafantry of, compared with
thofe o f China - - 578
Iron-ware - . - - 298
Italian opera, Chinefe drama a burlefque
on - - 219
Ivory, cutting o f - - 308
K
Kamjkatka, known to the Chinefe 14
King of Holland,. Emperor’ s letter ad-'
drefled to - ” 43
IcOi a luxury enjoyed by the poor near Lake o f Hang-tchoofoo - - 523
Pekin - - - 109 Lama, religion' of, in China -- 464
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