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l& rd'M dcartney leiams JM êtiéwy. and'fett'xfaU .?for Pekin. Beauty vandi
co u n try.yxp& ibuS'circurnftancehsof the v e y a g e ^ fb e ^
^ ^ fd ie r i^ C h in a ''d e fc r ih d ,. SSbem avigutfpnaf the river. Sm *.ac-~
-count th e te a -tree^va ith tb e manner- o f. m aking tea $s abm eragè.„
Prodigious:;p o p u b tk n T s f\tk e ■ c o u n t r y Ar r ive a t ih k ltk y jjfiiT p e n --
Jin g . Some account. ;c£ te j. i Chinefe p ia y. | B éfcrip iio n 'io f. th e ■
mandarin's palace,
T H I S morning the. Atebafladpr- paid'a vifit’ to the pïmcipar'man«-
darin of-Mettow, to .take leave, on his departure for Pekin ^aÊfc^V
eïevemö’d ó d i, the,fleetiof junks, with his ibccefiénty, and the.whole
fuite,.on;boar.d, proceeded .oadheir voyage/. ""
WeK received a« large fitpply o f .provifions, ready dfcffed,. together •
with tea, jugar, bread, vegetables o f . all forts, and a large quantity- o ff
fruit* confifting of apple»,.pears, grapes, and oranges,, which never r
foiled to make a part of tbofc fupplies for the table with .which the
embafly: was a t aE times furnhhed/ in; the greateft abundance;. -We
alfo received, at this time, ,a provifion o f wood and charcoal, for culi--
nary ufes. I !made.fome.inquiries after mineral*, coal,, _but.it was not;
known a t Met to w, nor ..could .Hearn whether it.is feund orJfffid in any.;
part o f China..
We had proceeded but^a very few miles up- thé -river?4. when.*.'the. -
eountiy dlfplayed pfofpeéts o f fu'ch, peculiar: novelty and beauty*, as .
Would baffle anyiattempts of.mine. to .deferibe them. • The vie.won t
a ll. fides prefqnts - fields rich in- various cultivation, with extend ve:
meadows covered, with fheep, and., the. fineft cattle;. Their g a r-.
dens appeared to be -equally difpofcd for.domeitic ufe and pleafure
producing..
Auguft.
Xhurfiday8.
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produqirig^at'i AeTame|t0ne^iS;hundanQe Jj^tptótalfles^and the fineft
fruits i.w^iile’the fey^Waslcb^ttnaed witbuthe beautyfoh;tkfefcèé&ery, and
^eygaifeèyiiö&their.decoratiöiïsl QmtKe fifft“ghmpjfe'| df their grounds,
.whether, ^pplifd>toi theS ^ ^^# h ^ ''.n fo s^d f‘ agijóulturèjfepr, ti|&e:'more
eleg^tnwWfaftgement 'ef~théirMgató.éns, dn. railing gsajnrfand,|^culent
plants,- lo r / c-uhitatii^jftaitsi .andyfipwers d that the .
Ghinefe were- no 'mean- proficientsriik botanical knowledge^ ,as'iW£M
,aS'|H.I'.foierlee of*farming, ajaidfthé arttplyofnaGtnental gardening.«* hj&sfj»
■ohferved/ tharthe fifeTd^w^re^as welkgnaaftledi by-fences, both iivtjhe
forthipfpledges an^’^ong walls, as,a n y . l t c n in. the enclofed part» .
of my ow 1^ country/
*.«■« During .the day^ th^j|p.airds,<-bël'dUging-to the ma®OTif^marched1
^ ^ g t ^ e n b a h ^ ^ i h e l i v u } and a<£ nfght pitched themfent^ oppofite
|jjÉ tnedïation where the liples lay' a& anth'dr--; when^thoy kept .a'legujair^ ' '
.watch tillthe hofir^cfbe-rttorning when thé fleet p/Viceede^oMt’s j, óyagè..
The fiont of each, tent wjl^lqornéd with lamps lo that tlie cSfcnp on
Haore, and the junks on the water, ’formed together a cpnfifkrableillumination,
.and prbduc ed? a;, ib ry. uncommon aökl pjeafingjgïfê&l»-j
* The^centinels’-^ op* ftiore haver each of them,’ api’edfe of-hollow bagv--
boÖ, ^whichv tgèiy flirike at regular intervals, w i t h a a l |
/that. thëylfrë; awake1 knej^vigilant. in their 'refpeörMeWdlöns.'This
cuftom, as fowasiinformed;bj the peying'j’1, OE^MTdiers’ ihcniiclvésl^is,
.univerM ’throughout! t-hg;§?hidefe army.
st vWe-were awaketteflat a very early hour by thd,found of. 9.
which-was^the. fignal for ■.failing/;
The gorigjds aminlfcrument o f ’ a circular.form, ihdde b’^ihrafs; it
•refembles, in feme degree, the,-coVetdof a large ftëwpan',|?M®& ufgjd^as^
bel'1 shoi trumpets are in< Europe, to convey nqh^ejdór.m^kei,^hals
fromeone place to another : when &ëy are fferuck with aytórge^Wooden
mallet,i'which is,covered with leather, a -found is produced that may.
bediftindly heard at the.diftance o fa league..
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