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*W3’ .. • from thofe whidAhe reader may tK&iki perhaps, have b o# tS 5$fteii'
Novraberf. dticnbed. ‘ The profpedt 'dF-thd1 coiirib^ Intferfupted
by “banks o f fand, which cotttiHued' for many 'foiled bh-each fide of th‘e
river.
We p’afled two brick kilns, with a fmHi Vffiage around them, built
for the accommodation o f the workmen employed in the manufactory. "
We could form fofoe judgment of the trade *®f the p la cS^ tlie Mge
quantities o f bricks formed in regular p i l& ^ k h - o f thd!fr-h«lvVere
burned, and fuch as were ready for the kiln. This*'place Jis balled
Y^^as^'which fignifies; as I "was ’infoxfiSd^ C ^M l^ fo rd n a k in g
bricks.
Satt«day 3o. A. city, at the diftance of two mites from th e .r iv ^ T ^ ^ ^ e S with
- - meadows and“ orchards? and a-v'ery pretty Trifatl town', with feveraFdetached
villages icatteredaboufit, were thoohfy gratified
our attention in the early part o f this da£.’ 'As we’ proceeded5/'‘’the
" pM p e a waS:m ^ !deligbi&l than thedifla|iriatien C fe n ^ fe^ ^ j not
merely from the beauty of the-obje&s,' but their contrail to e a e h o t fe
On one fide ofothe riVer a verdant •plaiir'of 'iafoextent, -feodTrbd^with
herds of cattle, and flock's'of flieep, ftretch'ed'tm to'a Ktoge ofi^ofty
mountains that rofe boldly in the • horizon':- -'whileth-U Who^eoubtry,
on the oppofite fifl&of thoriver, Wds~fhad£d With 'foreftsf M ->^hofe
openings we could diftinguilh the humble co t% C | | P ^ peafant, and
the painted palace of the mandarin..
Cities and towns,'as ufual, continually appeared on each bank of
the river; and having palfed a fmall lake, we came to a village fur-
rounded with trees, and diftinguifhed by the ruins of a pagoda. - The
part that remained, -cOnfifted o f three ftories, and that which had fallen,
lay in fragments about-it. Wi
The river, which was very unequal in its fize, as well as depth-,
now expanded into great breadth j arid-,1-' as- the_ wia#'-bteW^fiOH- S v
current’
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current fwellfed ipto"* what might -aknoft be called a rough fea. The ,
waves werë,-fo''vièlènt£, -that’*thë&jünk in which I (ailed, was in great
danger of béih^--''dvëtfe_t.^>‘ >
The'tfiërëidfïféter wifs fufik fo-lbw'ais >fbrtfy^degifoeslisSthe fields were
cohered ’ with fo i l . g #®hfe. country was, fon'ifodie.time, bounded on
d M r '^ ë JBy^^tM*mourttaitfs,%teéfcfohk’ at .length into otflun-
iaïjrSi^ lè^ël'#^hér^fièMsdf^'8è/' and fitouri thing. orchards, were
'fipfe%ranches o f estivation which we could beft diftinguifti.
I mentioned,.’>'oW a iförfnei5 t)VéMpï4 that- tb,erè> were 'no public
9e placesko f - bunal’.l-'Mt» to viêinity'-of large towns and
[ ciëës^lïd'that, a f^M iéd ^ b ïffith êm l where1 afpe^fcn’dies
afways affofd^hirit- '^ r ico fo lV th a t the whole cotmfip'may
beïfflS&lered as a place .of b u r i a l w e could newer turn our%6&
to either bank o f the river, but fopae trophy o f death appeared,-of rude
nonfti^ioM* or more èttgahè # * ! , according to .fherank and opu-
leftce-öf’ thè v|étim. Nay/dt is not uncommon ambiig the Chinefe,
to éreét; d'urto^-tHei?Iftt#,;thofe fad' r^ö£t«ëés'which'ar«1 tó contain
'When they are nolonger numbered amonf the' livmg:
A greater number than ufual of thefe fok?mn objects, and of more
diftiëgmfhed 'fofrfi 'fhan are generally feen* attracted our attention in
this-’part o f ©Ur Voyage, and fuggefted the preceding obfervafions^-
The to'ivrï dÖT^^sforfgSau, by vfoich we now 'failed, has nothing;
to diftinguilh lit from thbfe» which, every,hour'prefents: to.. usj.’
pkafing circurhftan'céi -which is-not common t-bafl o f them,
'o f itsb'èing'furrounded with meadows, groves,' and gardens;.. .
The town of Saunt-yo-tawn, containing - feveral cfcgant pagodas,
which were feen- above the groves. that forrounded it,-was a
very pleafing and piéturefque objèét. A fucceffion oftimber,- yards
covered the banks' of the river, and a large quantity of timber was.
fdakine in the water before them,, which I underftoad to be in a ftater
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