December.
Wednesday
18.
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^over i but thehmoke of their fjimace^iolek&s that fire was 'a principal
operafófirï them.
i As-we proceeded'/ thé couiitry increafea :ïrr beauty’kin “beabtfides o f
the river, aftd'fdofi-%èéafhe Jh" continued -chain 'of*'prëM^vülagesi
fruitful 'fields, and handfömè J$öuïes^s'*‘
In the afternoon the prbvifidn junks ftill mipfoved indthèir /car*'
gde^, -aM'broiight us-an abundant füpplybf excellent pïövmbnsand
ffuitsy with a-fqüantrty'oï'SaffipÈclwo'/*a*'liquor Which has^-Been al-
feadymvehtiönëd. -
A t eight o’clock in the evening the fleet anchored before a? very
large and comifiefeikl city, called Sangs-WCe-yenno, when the 'Am-
baffador was-faluted with, arc.ano^^ing difcha^s-<>f atftfllefy-fforri all
quarters o f iff 1;This mark o f refpeét was’accöiSpanied hy'eve^ether'
ÉSïhMftatfoiï?éff regard that could be fhewn óndthe ^éetfictó^ trkim-
philaiches- appeared -with all their gaudy déeoxataons : tempor£jr‘
pagodas were ere&cd to heighten the artificial feentery ƒ ’and'a1 platform;,-
furh as hast been already dfefcribed in former pam oFour^v^age/' Vas
prepared to accommodate his'fExcelkncyT i f it fhould hd-Krs'wifh t®
■ vifit the grand mandarin: ’*tè thêfe -circümfbmces: may be“ addédTalI
that illumination could da, in aiepuhtr^whered-hh Jpeèifes%f .fplen-
dor is' fa well underftood and in fuch continual ptfaófeiéè; -W^tnat
fome notion maybe formed o f the manner in which the fleet'wa%
received by this city,
> In the coiirfc ó f this morning we palled feveral very large and com-
mercial towns } and, if any judgment could be formedfrom theunceafing
diicharge o f artillery, it might .he fuppbfed that a chain o f .forts
Jin«! tihe Ifiore f i f we aré a}fc juftffied in drawing' a .coficltiimn
from the numbers o f peojde;on the:hanks o f the river, and..in-veffels
On the water, we might believe that, from the time we failed, which was
at fo early an hour as two o’clock, the fleet was palling for upwards
I f
t 2 SM )
of twb hours! through the middle of an iajmenfé city, which had , W93-
l^tfM^rthf!aH;its, inhabitants t^GltGfrfucjyamjiipperfea view o f us, December,
as the .early part-of-the morning would allow.
At the day, we .cam^'f9 |li.|^ ity of, Tajm^fyn-tau, a
place êf^ïwat impoi tan'cc'ai^immeÜc tra^. feveral thoufaod^l^
^ l r ? were drawn u^V ab^ . the»'beach, with,,a'proportionate train of
artillery, ■ w^r^thundemd ®e^pafled..%4/.
%his city, \>r/ perhaps, to fptak.m o i e ^ ^ ü y ,'%{ho fuliuj^s of- it,
are b u ilt^ > a c tó& o | 't^ e - ri|er f * ^ h ! , « ^ n y miles-, was.eq- .
■ vered'ly itji. j j g lQ R v;i“th in ^ | n d i f e ^ ^ e p ;u in | ,
and lomuof^h<r^^V'T^wWr31‘ir^ '
W J on tmu (,dS i^ ?ifó:oi^*oi rltlVi tin ough, ’ thfs.jpkce<ffll feyel
1 1 1 M our g H g 1 have na M ^ | h i | . i t £
ugM -mleVin bnadth, ho > d ^ > o u l d g f o r m e d
§§ Board from t h ^ g e q ^ ^ p è ^ c e ^ the/Q^i and
fhc
M f l B B H R bogM^ E H H :
it>> i. to a^d
CamyriV .*k,
tóiEhe, river continued to pCLcg^® with acTOW^pf junks; fo that it
^ l.y ith^ om ê^ d ^ cu l^ Jh e | le e^ ^ e e^ ed jm ys at
d m f ’M j l r i fo-Mjehor
^within a m f e d A e city of A t ^ ^ m d e s ^diftant ftorn^. '«
the ÈnglllK'.faCó^ „
In fconfequence o f an exprefs difpaiched:% thjh||dy|Eing' maw* y
darinto(C^tpn,.t%M t & i
dWins»<.*in flip different|^nartmonts his
Excellefroy--, *They w p S p o n followedjt| y the Britilhporrnniffiohers*
the ^^mpah/s fupercafgoes*, and Colonel Benfon, a very welcom^.
.. vilitoi^,