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irate & c .— The Ainbafador- finds at MetJowi-^Defcriptibn o f that
f B p j — —
G HAP . IV..
A h account ofihemankarm appointât to cohduÛ the' accommodations for-
the etnbafy.— Various prefents o f providons .j-G r p fi habits o f the:
Gbinefe nefpeïïing ?
tfrofe-aeflèls fitted ujffor ite accommodation o f the Britijh Ambajfador
attd:his fu ite». j f t £’
e H'Â P:
Lard-Macartney leaver M et tow, and feU fa ilfo r Pekin.— Beauty,arA
fertility- o f the country .— Various circumfiances o f the voyage.— The*
foldiers o f China defcribed.— Tho- navigation o f the n v sr.— Som^
account o f the tea-tree, with tWmMncr ofmaking teaasafoverage^
_Prodigious population o f tbycWMryr,—^Arrive.at. the *$#§*. cfiTyeufin
g .— Some account o f it^—A ÇMnefi play.r^Defcription of.the man-
darifis palace r:f § c ..- ~ .••••?
€ h a p. sit:~;\
Violent form o f thunder and lightning.— P r fiçn tl difir tbtyedamortg- ibf:
fu ite 'o f iM ernbafft—V h e manner^df towing lih F jù n fà ± -fh i:V d i--
nary meals o f the-Chinefe, andtfreirmode o f f¥ ip a rin g th em .^ Ih e:
increafmg appearance o f xhenavigatïond^SVan^é habit fftfrfiloW er-
Gaffes o f the natives .-APztflèd the fotpit- o f Ché-faH g-p6àf^ïtiw -~
dances o f the rêver.— A vifit fpom the, mandarin, o f Tymfing to j |g
Atnbafodor.— Mis procejfion defcribed.— The, neatnef fe r tih ty e jw ll
various produhiionsrof the. fields txn.eaeh.fide oftherivep*,, p> 79,
G H A R VII.’.
Arrive at the eity.ofZ’ongfehew,;where the- voyage, ends.— 'Tty ktyafy
difembarks ; ; ceremonies. on the occafiou.— The place appointed fbrfiht
f , - . reception
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- reception, e f the prefents and baggage. defcribed.— Defaription o f■ th'e§
f -building appropriatedfoT‘.Jlhe refidence o f the Ambafader aHd kUfaite^
— The domefiic worjhip of the Chinefe.— The• entertainment of the em-
■ bafiy.— An account o f the city ofTongftcheWi— Circ umflanc f ile Inf ive
to ifs government.— The pH fentr fM rr the Emperor examined.— The
, a r tf le^ -ekercifed.— Vifit from the mandarin.— The deaths of Mr.
% fa d e s , and his funeral.— The Ambaffddpr receives notice o f the dime
appointedfor h is departure fo r Pekin, ----- - p, 86
C H A P . VIII.
Leave the city o f Tong-tche<ivi—-Tbe road:to- Pekin-, defcribedf-r-Arrhie
at a large, town called^ Vifngfoo .— M a ltfh eft to br-eakfafiir^Prodi-
crowds o f peapkj;o fee-the em bajfyepafsA rrive at Pekin*—
Some account of the that city.— Cufiprns and manners . o f Chinefi.
— -Leave Pekin.— Arrive atr the _ Imperial • f ala.ee named Teumen-
C II A P. IX.
Defer iption o f the palace .of. Yeumenrmanyeumen.— Difagreeable circum-
fiances-rbelonging to i t .— Difipupes^with the natives.-who guardedit:*—
Lord Macartney applies fo r apfhatige fituation.— The vmbdjly‘removes
to Pekin.— Lfifcription o f d pagoda.— Arrive at the palace
appointed fo r the refidence o f the embaffy.— D'efcription - f if\— The
arrangements, made m ii&ASeve*al mandarins vifit the A^Q tydp r,
\j>> i l,o
\\\L H A P . . -
L o rd Macartney receives^ notice, that it 'fi.theiDmperoP.s-pUafitre to
. recfive the embaffy at the Imperial refidence in fartaxy .x^The ferfm s
fiU fitJ ty attend fhe Ambajfador in his progwfs,, thither.—The particular
occupations' ajjigned to thofe who were IefAat Pekin.—iA r-
c 2 rangetnents