December.
ThuHUay 19.
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vi'fitor, for he not only brought-fire public difpatchcs for Lord Macartney,
feat a la rg e p a c k e to f private letters from England, and all
tfee news-paper? wjbrch had arrived by the laft fhips from Europe, i
Orders were iflued by the Ambaflkdorforthe whole fuite to dîfèm«
bark on the following day.
The embafly was removed ïnfolârgèr junks, which had been pre-
vioufly fitted up to go down the river.,
Jn paflihg down fids ‘ f|»àdôdS river it ^ ittlpôffilfie to âfefcrîbe th*
Magnificence o f its navigation; for we faw, without exaggeration^
feveral thoufands o f trading jrinks-; nor were'the Vëffêls which were
crowded with people, to fee us, pafs inferior in number ; while the
banks on either fide were covered with houfes. Auilt 'Very much in the
flyle of European ‘architecture; •
There are alfb à fueceflion o f forts Well fnpplied with men and artillery
i and their refpeétive garrifbns were drawn oiit in militaiy array,
on the beach before them, with their colours, mtffic, and 'all the
enfigns o f ~wkr. Thefe 'forts fainted the fleet by a fucceflive dfiSiaigb
o f artillery, and indeed the aîr refounded for near an hour with file
repeated firing of grbat guns from every quarter*
There were alfo feveral thoufand foldiers in hailîtary jiinks, -who
added thé compliment 'Of "their rnufquetiy. I f Wâs a* Very "large* afinÿ
both bn land and water, and the whole o f them funk down.on-tHeijf
knees, as a manoeuvre o f military refpedt, till the Ambaflador had
paffed.
A t orié otdàèk we arrived opppfite ffiç Ën^ïiîh arid ÏDattrE fafet-
fories j when both of. them fainted his EimeUeneyvyith’ a difEhargg
o f artillery, and infiantly hpiffed file flaodards o f their rcfpeîflive
parions,
Here M M I great numbers É B 8 B I confining all kinds of probackwaf
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wHile the motlvu W k l f Kun^olyU nil Eandl ing the H j U M
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Such unpl.eafmg, and r fe t^ y% ^ d ^ d tp the feeling H$h m
aflbéting S neve*
through which the embaffy p a f t d f e f fire H M M
in the northern pro*ffiêgs China,
their B B B B 'that they cap pey#r; &ferpjt,tQ..fufh
tions I i i permitted H ü f i & J r i e a & F # «
twenty M g f age, w^ch M — i length J g
3 Ss"ind an half. Of'-this. the.fl 4 11 roa^ n- | f j ?
be fodAo^iê a parirafpmiajce.
/ Lord: Macartney, and; fire w h o ^ f c ^ ent W® H
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had provided for I S g g j M i g g § | | during ris B l j | B H |
This" temporary habitation, MB e xtentr^ S^fup er io r to any we had'ficn ifiiourlong journey t oug
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ment which partook of,the habitual ^ -