C O N T- E jN T § .
The FiJhingCorvorant— Approach to the Yellow-River.— Ceremony of crowing this
River. Obfervations on Canals and Roads.— Improvement o f the Country in advancing
to the Southward.— Beauty of, near Sau-choo-foo.— Bridge o f ninety-one
Arches.— Country near Hang-phoo-fpo.-— City of.—r-Appearance o f the Country near
the Po-yang Lake.— Obfervations in ProceedingjhroughKiang-fee.— The Camellia
Sefanqua.— RetrofpcBive View o f the Climate and Produce, Diet and Condition of
the People, 'of Pe-tche-lee.— Some Obfervations on the Capital of China.— Province
( f Shan-tung.— O f-Kiang-nan.— Obfervations. on the .Spate of \Agriculpure in
China.— Rice Mills.— Province o/"Tche-kiang— O f Kiapg-fee,— Population o f
China compared with that o f England.— Erroneous Opinions..entertained on this. Subject.
— Comparative Population o f a City in. China, and in England.— Famines accounted
fo r .— Means o f Prevention.— Caufes. of the. Populcufnefs (fChijia. P . ,488
C H A P . X.
Journey through the Province o f Canton.— Situation o f Foreigners
trading to this Port.— Conclufion.
Viftble Change in the Character o f the People.— Rugged, Mountains.— Collieries—
Temple in a Cavern.— Stone . ^parries.,— Various Plants for Xjfe and Ornament. —
Arrive at Canton— Expence o f jhe-EmbaJ/y to the Cfiptfe Government.— To the
Britijh Nation.-—Nature and Inconveniences o f the Trade to Canton .— The Armenian
and his Pearl. — Impofitions o f the Officers o f Government inftanccd.—-Principal
Caufe o f them is the Ignorance o f the Language— Cafe of Chinefe trading to London.
A Chinefe killed by a Seaman o f His Majefty’s Ship Madras.— Delinquent faved
from an ignominious Death, by a proper Mode o f Communication -with the Governments—
C o n c l u s i o n . - - 5 9 1
L I S T O F P L A T E S .
Portrait o f Van-ta-gin the Frontifpiece.
Trading Vejfel and Rice M ill to face page 37.
Portraits o f a Chinefe and a Hottentot to face page 50.
View in the Imperial Park at Gehol to face page 128,
Artillery, between pages'302 and 303 with a guard.
M u fca l Infruments between pages 3 14 and 3 15 with a guard.
Arch o f a Bridge to face page 338.
Chinefe Village, and Mandarin’s Dwelling, to face page 545.
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