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eeive-the baggage, was a final! fpot,' on ,the fide;of «the river, andjpro-
tedfced only t e a fcree^rf matting-. f t
1 have already mentibried-ihe ftran^'’ephdu<ft>«?fithe Grand Choulaa,
refpe&ing the chariot which he refufed totdepppt ffom Lord-Macartney,
and thet\>^efiifèd’ to. return®:, * Oj;iwr arrival, however, at Tong^tchew,
the chariot appeared'to:have..fbuBd^:.:waythitherh’efore.uS';! 'andtthQiigh
'w&'Were rather in the habit of beipg.furprized, w^ie,duid^0t help-feeling
a confiderable degree-of dftanifhment at feeing tho^rriage pppqfite
the W f e appointedior the r’ecepüpp.of, the.emba#', ^yrropn^ed ,by
femwds p f ‘Ghywfe, and manyrpfnits ornaiüents defapedW-Ij ■. i , u-
eérdingly,, drawn sdown to ythefrivipF fide, and-a cafphejngimdde f ° ^ t
on the fpot* tfiifêlüre it fröm-any further injury, it:wa^jeTconfigped to
Lhe hpjhof a ju n k ;
hereafter fent to figure at Madras«.’:!’'-]
About four|o’clopk^ the whple|fuite Were embarked,<tWhen^fier
was immediately fexved; nor ^was.-it long-drjfote -thgy‘re^yedsto reft,
after the moft fatiguing day they had e^rienced. fince^heir, airiyal/n
China.
Friday * A t a veiy early hour thejmfe'were unmoored,. and th e^ è t - pro-
| needed down the r iv e r b u tHas J have-^e^^giy^n the
tionin my power o f ^ c o u n t r y through yvhich inflow’s, .and thdlocal
circumftairces o f it, I (hall pafs on to
natural for the artificial water, with -pnw folitary obferyatioij. >
though weftill attraifted the notic&pl« .the inhabitants Whodiv^riear
tlie rivefe the refpedfiul attentions -of gut formpr yoya^j^ere^iot;, r>.
peated.
Weanef. This morning the fleet entered a. very noble canal, Which cqmmu-
M w. jiicatei with the river near Tyen-fing. |jgj| a worfe$f great labour,
and prodigious expence; aud its fides are faced with mafonry throughout,
Ss* courfe. At certain diftances locks are ere«fted to give a current
to
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to the water: they afe in in fo rm q^.an half-moon, and confine the
■ water to^n^rrpiy paffage in the middle o f the canal, which occafions
a fallpi^about three,, feet.- JJTJie j,unks acquired an accelerated motion
in ,paffing^thefeyp^kM*w^^|j|pntihued ifgr,fy confiderable. diftance;
and, (in prdertppreyept tb ^ ‘^^iviugyiraymj^fy/roni-ij|^iking againft
tJke.^w^s^Qjf the lock, which, on account of the hidden ferment o f the
Water,?titpyppLoftgp poflib Je^\y,^Wfmen^malway§,ilationed'^there-
to (letoownjarge'leathern hiclj pflbctuilly break the iliock that
Would dtherwifebe felt fibm fuch an^^ffiMt,, f
W.e p/fled;Aroygb atjeafi tfarty ^me fe io ck s in'the course of this
ofay/ i vo^ge, \\ lthout bging ,a|dc" taVilcovci,mwWjatio’o in them,
as to their cpnftrubteron, or ,the(effcifts piqduttdiby them. -
- On, each fide„^(hCxmaj the pm p lfy the„eye «can reach
is, one entire flat, but finding with fertility. 6^eral^Wdfages;^with
their cmwd^!.p£gnbabitantsv varied the fcene; andy at eacL-of .them
the foldier*^ vt^;di,t£i<Jt' appeared iji military arraK^and tainted- the
flee't aslijt ,pafled with three gunsv,: ,
We.p^fted by feveral towns; and villages, and at eVery,one'of them
the /Ambaflador] apd mandarins were received with military fio-
faffjurfrv 1
It' may be prspe^to objeryp ii^ ry jd a e e , that a mandarin of the
fec^rf'cMs, named Ghootadzfin, ■ ^a^onjmard the fleet, a n d ^ a s :^
contmile with us till ,-dur arrival at Hoang-tchewi o f Miieh< province1
heis appointed the viceroy. Van-Ttid^llni although a mandarjnQfithe
fir iLcb ft^w as gfifefipr to him ir^ authority,b the appointment o f .
vicerayJg iy | | i,precederice to the higheft'order of mandarins.
I obferved a considerable number o f rice fields, in which fhpre were::
ftone gutters.or chann'els,„^finiibed with grgat neatnefs, and admirably
contrived to convey watered every part o f the plantations.
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