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Z<2»£«Æ£i/*Chinefe written character of 236
--------------------- , method o f ftudying 259
, colloquial
-------- j number ofwords in
—...-----— 9 grammar of
Mahomedans vifit China in the ninth cen-
264
265
267
270
fury
- , Mantchoo Tartar
-------, fooner loll than
religious opinions 405
- inconvenience’ attending our
ignorance of, at Canton 615
Lanterns, feaft o f -
Law, one o f an extraordinary nature
—— effeCts of this law
— — , a curious caie o f
Laws, code o f - - -
Lens of Mr. Parker
Leibnitz, binary arithmetic of
Letter of M. Grammont to the Dutch
faCtory - -
—-— of the Emperor o f China to the
King of Holland - -
Literature - - . -
Lowang, one o f the Chiifan iflands
Lowther-hall, grounds 0f> compared to
the park o f Gehol
484
165
166
373
366
342 277
274
36
- 134
M
Macao, furmiib with regard to - 20
Macartney, Lord, his account o f Chinefe
gardening - - 126
— -■ - .........o f the birth-day
ceremonies - - 196
» ■■ ■ ■■■, his obfervations on the
Tartars and Chinefe - 415
Madaga/car, a people on, refembling the
Chinefe - - 45
Madrid, ftrange notion o f the inhabitants
o f - — - 99
.......— get into the interior in the
* thirteenth century - ...
Malays o f Scythian origin
Man-midwi ves, none in China
Manners ofdomeftic life
--------, a concern o f the legiflature
—------ and amufements of the court
47
442
5 1
353
142
178
»9 *
Mansfield, Lord, his obfervation on
vearly rifers - - 229
Mantchoo Tartars, probably a mixed race 185
r ---------------------- language o f - 270
-— ——f ----------- , policy o f - 412
Manure, an article o f commerce 84
Marco Polo, fuppoTed.to have brought the
com pafs from China - 40
Match-locks, why preferred to fire-locks 411
3 , f
344
.395
180
15S
47
40 s
So4
Mechanical powers
Medicine, fthte of
Meetings of the people rare
Merchants, how coniidered in China
Micare digitis, a Roman game
Michael- de Murano, chart in the church
of ’ ' - : ' - - IV '
Military, eftabliihment of, &c.
— - , curious manoeuvre o f .
Minifier o f State, miferable lodgings o f 109
Mijfionaries, remarks on the communications
o f - - 3— 28— 31
— ------ accompanied by ipies when
they viiited the Engliih - ioe
------------, ftory o f an infant faved by
one - - - 174
------------ , condition o f thofe in the capital
- - 445
— — — caufe their own perfecu-
tions - - - 446
Mijfionaries,
paci;
Mijfionaries unjuflly accufe the Chinefe
of fuperftitions - _
Mollufca-medufa, an article o f food
Mongul Tartars, benefit derived by their
conqueft o f China
Monuments, infcriptions on -
p |' ereCted over the dead
Mountains afcended for religious purpofes
------------ , nature o f thofe o f China
Mufec - .
, fpecimens of
Mufical infiruments, plate of
55
43
329
34°
451
599
314
318
3 «5
\sujcus mac occur m v^nma
Occurrences in the Yellow Sea
Office obtained only by learning
— 1 ~ o f government, civil -
“— ------------- , military
Officers o f Canton, conduit of, towards
the Dutch -
Opium much ufed in China
Opthalmia
Ornamental bmX&mgs in landfcape gardening
- -
Orphan o f China, reriiarks on
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25 386
4°4
406
*53
351
129
220
N
Nations, who had early intercourfe with
China - _ - 440
Navigation o f the Yellow Sea unknown 33
■ -.— o f the Chinefe unfldlful 38
------------ inland, improved by the Tar-
. tars, - - 43
Nautical Almanac, a valuable prefent to
the miffionaries in Pekin - 112
Nelumbium, or water lilly - - 473
New year7s-day, the only holiday in China 155
Noah, fuppofed by the Jefuits to have
travelled into China - - 433
— — ark of, where it probably relied 432
Oar fong o f the Chinefe - - 81
Oath, form of, among the Chinefe and
Sumatrans - - 52
— - never adminiitered in a Chinefe
court of law . „ ¡¿%
3
Pagodas, obfervations on
Paine, Tom, his doCtrines too fublime
for the Chinefe language
Painting • -
Palaces o f China worfe .than Saint
James’s
Pantomime defcribed.
Paper, manufacture o f -
Park o f Gehol defcribed by Lord Macartney
-
Pauw, his opinion o f the Chinefe
Peafantry, condition of
Pearl, ftory o f one belonging to an
Armenian _
Pei-ho, entrance o f -
——— fecond embarkation on
Pekin,, approach to -
, fome account of
, uncommon buftle in the great
ftreets o f
> populace of, compared with
that o f London
, police o f
■ 503
39s
323
194. 2C.J
310
I29
27
giù
6II
6a
488.
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91
96
- 97
- 100
Pekin,