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S l f a , 2 1 recelv?i » f l f £$&rf I»»»»« * a«' M ,amJ:,
AuluftT large j i r o f wine, from the mandarin, 'which contained about ten ©ip
lilh gallons it was Fdufld w be o f .a
which had b e^m * i^ d ' :6ri a fomiei; ocfckfidrx, arid had not only the
diavbnr, but tiS&btafeuf^ o f tho$MsuiiV i
A cunfiderab&^mportion^f th'efo provffidns was difhibut^ among
the crews o f lhe ^ho received fuch an accceptable mark- <tf
Jcmdnefs with t h e . t t f i «
holprtahfy o f therr country proved, as it ou^ht todo, a fource o f '
occafional plenty to theft pbor peOpft,r dtirifig-the tdmfb O f that
Voyage m which wk W'ere-eondudted % fRli? ffciH ahd'Miouf.
It may here be HianfioneH that,^aS the quota o f ptbVilbns allotted
% the- Chffiefe,government for the maintenance o f the embafly,. was
°n the calculation that eveiy individual dtfept i ' d e p a r t tabfc, it im i
diave been, as it really was, infinitely beyond the poffibility of being
confumed by thofc alone for -whole tifeit was prefen ted.
c h a p : v i .
C H A P . VI*
Violentftor-m^fhm &r and lightning. Mf^fmt^dißributedamong th£
ß tiH o f thy embufiy^ Ehemänner o fy& m n g jh fm&s. The,orMid
nary m eaffifi, ßeH hinefiefm d $em\mode 'preparing them*. The
incr-eqfpg. Appear ancefifi the navigfliion.1..: Sirmtgi habit ofHth'e Jofflei'
* chafes o f jh e nativefa Pafed the tdwy ■ Qf ßhditang-.poa. -.Qircumi-
fan cy s c y th e >rmer. A vrfiufmm -.the mandarimofTyen-fing tb the
f iAmbsßidtlr, H isfroceßondeferibed. -The n ea tnefs^ eß fm f; and,
fields on. each fid tjo fi:the % a u x i'-1 \
A * ^ , M A t ^ I793*
BOUT feu ro ’cfooR in-the moiling there was-' a- moff'tremendous S-----'~TJ
fterm o f thunder, Jighfeing„-and rainf which faded about t^o* hours. Mondfy [%.
■The Mandarin -of ’¥ yen-fing having fent ‘three parcels tff*c$!b$?ed-
fil#, as a- preterit,'Jto“he cthhiKuted dmong theembaffy,. Mr. Ma iL
well, by*E!bi£ Macartney,J*sprefer, delivered'two fnle&f of3
gehtl&nan-m but as:%bremaihdferi h # t id f ^ a l ^ ^ ^ '# % ^ i i
lar diyifdni!i!ftIfo ts were ah > Fe^drated1 J^'numhered i "when1 1
ihames,J fd'Mnts; and rnid&ians,' fpdft their,^ba'nce”in draWldg'
In d ^ ^ ^ ^M ^ ih f^ e ^erfons, they • d l ‘pb^'hed'' fWo .p le c e ^ d r^ ’MIv
manufadturet“5' uSe foldiers reefeyed,' each of fh$m, half
thefe ;piecds were only'4half a yard wide," and about T e -^ j^ d s |§ n d an.,
half in length; the ehk^frrs tverfe grehh, midberry, jfffa pink "
filK was1 df a very indifferent _ quality, and vw$S|u nof? r in ^Englapd,
be wonh more than eighteen-pence |'f a ( d : It may," ^fBe'retqfe';
very eafily'ir^a^hed that, on* the ipof> the prefect was of 'l^tle“ o^noj -
value to thofe who received it..
During