:c H A P. XXI.
December.
Monday 2.
The voyage continued-, various circumfancesof if. Pafs the ruins^of
an ancient building. Peculiar modes o f fijhihg in Qhina. Extra-
* -ordinary cufom o f employing birds in catching fijh l Pafs Jever'al
citiestow n s, ~&c. Arrive at Too-je’nn-au; it 's beautifulfiiuaiion.
Xhe_junks anchor before Kaung-jou-foo. Xbe reception of^the Am- -
J'ba{fador.
T h o u g h this country abounds in a fucceffion of never-ceafing
variety to the traveller, it will not, I dear, poflfefs that pleafing appearance
in the opinion of the reader;^® it iV.impoffible mxonVey, by
words, that.diverfifyingxhara&er to the page of;a printed book, -which
-is feen in every leaf of the volume of Nature:
The flighteft bend qf the river ,prefcnts a new profpeél, orantów
view of what has-been already feen. "Every city differsfhbm the lad.;
no two villages havS thé fame" form; and a multiplicity of cifcuntftaöces
occur, which occafipn decided differences in thelandfiffipe figurepf fimilar
objects, that are incommunicable by any art o f verbal dtfcriptton.
Thus, I fear, it will prove, that, while the .writer is receiving pleafipe
from the variety of objects that occur to lais memory, he i%p^aring
dullnefs for the reader by an enumeration of them.
.The weather continued to be cold.—The river, forfeveral miles,
was flanked on each fide by a range of hills; but the open country
again appeared with its nfual accompanyments . of villages,
towns, and cities. Thefe, howeverj .were now relieved by the con-
trailed appearance of a magnificent, wood, or foreft, that fpread over a
great extent of country. -
The
a r^h e feafon'bf tie y^^wasi^tn?ow au nfav'oWbJe Tor-rural p io ip 'e p ^H ws<
hut.ftill the counÇryV ^mojkcYèry'hour, pjrefentei^feriès that tyoùld slumber,
appear on the,cam i$ with greaÿa&Jyn,i;-age^ il reprçUfijjttd there by .die
jÆhci’l^'b^f:w f f i t . * ^ n p i g o a j . s . . jp a t, fiome-
timc^-fprodi&ç f^onnuefe'imi©r-* i ^ c m s f there.
are' çèftain ' fifuatidns \ v K i c h - ïtdaddi^on, taî&nPin a>
jnfturefque' view, ffôffi’that kind5órtH^dingr
'ThéWity-ofTie-cKónjcnhau was’lfó c®cuped 'by. the'plà'ïïtitign^pT
Ireôs’^cpfît it$ that 4 rexfouïd not, altôgethe r ij ù dg c, i-.v’extent ; tnöilm,
wi h id^-now nccnPOTg enough in China to hauT otherVffnuipjis, hy7 1
wmipiffiw?couId determineió^iÉe fize, or commerce o f ànyphycq, befides. .
a pel 1 o n d m n 1 nUiqnlpfhty’ ^ y x ■namKkMwTi m k an-.:
cliofccf'riuir It, laid7tlie^encral1 l-tate. . tidde V w iiile H3P\ï§j>b,v‘ ct,v ■
o f fpedfators wh'q,came to us. oi,thc number^of .foldis^w-hp
vrere'^idwn up to mute»;^ jytee fufficien^m^ea^mBS p£itepxtept grid ,
fi©pul'at1ônr ’ * Ü F * F il-1 lioSfcn nau, wchatwnô^pther means an
opinion^ »but •they -WOre’fufficient ts"l;itii.fy us"that id tjTshih the firft
ciafs of'Chmdlçf e ^ L Wj
\\V/itbis;'mórn ing,' pafied by the ruins of an ancient but^. Tmefdav yi
to wnat purpbfe.it T^H^eemoriginally ^p^ied, .whfetkeu as, a^. temple,...,
ereqied by-ftm&^Mat'jnaiid 11 i|i for’hismiyat^worlhip’,S^^har^quet-; ,*
ing*nMrfiiTor hisnpri^tejplegfuren I fhall notjn^ènd>‘m,d(qteçmûie.i ‘
‘the opinion ofijOTOprl* ccmld^qnfu}t, v ^ in ^ T O iu u p f tfegf* -
former l,rùggeffioi|^ It h a d b e e n a donficyahte^cd^ce, ^nd th$
apanmenxs'tBàt 'ftilï remained were ornamented with iqdl-wpfk. The
dilapidated part ffirm^Dtnlai^,|orfned a large ,hepp^.c^^ftones .and,
rubbifh. I t 'was cahéct'bwthëipéopïe'mhoard t-he-Aunks, Wha-zaun. ,
It is altogether unneceflary wdaen we enter upon an hilly or mountainous
country, to mention the' addition of pagodas, which never fail
to accompany it, as that command of profpedt which is poffeffed by
elevated fituation,»forms the delight of thefe buildings, as the loftinefs o f ’
" ' Cf g- I i | f | |i them 1