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i?^3- then, placed near if» with which;. eafe.perferi’ fi0s a fmall bafhp :§|hte
"Aiiguft, then with a c'oupl§;oif chop^iehs,pick§.jjg his fiaed^«egetabies, which
he eats with -his J ^ d . tiW foodtheyglut dqwnin, ,a mqftvSffe
pious. manner. E&gepjt pn,.cfey^ ^f Sacrifice or rejoicing, the,common
peoplp o f China (Seldom [have a better,diet. -Their fe ip fe which has
already been deferibed, is art infufion o f (ea^e&vegid*
this f e y paiedtftveral,; very, populous villages,' though, as far as
6ur experience qualified 'lis to determine, there is no fiieh thing as a
village which ds not populous! and perhapsafter all, atnonpjthe
wonders o f this cototiy fee pojhfetiQn'dstthe^seaieh ^
The fliores o f the river was this day lined wife fueh .crowds ' o f
people to fee us pafs, as to baffle all deferiptipni;. and the.numhespf
junks which we pafled in this day’s voyage, I feleshnjEy' believe,
without fee lead exaggeration, amounted to at lead Four thoufand: and
i f 1 calculate fee peoplteWteiriv in fee different villages attwerkystirries.
that number, the account, I believe» is very muchbelow fee.realhy^
M each n f thefe places fee Ambaflador was fckned >in the manner*
which Has been already defcnbCd. |
Although it is not a very delicate picture to prefent to the attention
of tny readers, yet, as I profefs to give a relation o f every thing which
I faw, I" (hall riot omit to mention, feat, this evening; two- of:fee Ghi-
nefc-bclbrigirig to ottr -junk’ (tripped''theerfelves, naked, and, pickirig
off te v e rm i f^ which were found in great plenty-on «heir clothes;
. proceeded- toerif them with as much eagerfiefs and, apparent (atisfacr
tfbriv f e rf they were» gratifying and delicate food.» <
WednSf. * 'I'he weather "Was extierifely hot arid fultry, and fee muftpiitas.fc*
*4* troublefome during the night, as to prove a very painful interruption
to our repofe..
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We Cdrifeiffed to pafs very •eSrfenfilvfe fields 'of millet 'and rice, sbd . Wqis-
fee^ctoifritry; as we' 'pfro'cfeeded^toaS!n%airied‘ its ^chata'Cter for fertility^ 4 A'ugirft.
cultivation, and"abundance; though in feveral parts it affirmed a mote
varied and regular appearance than we had1'yet feen.
Irifeefrii€rioori:we|jaCed:alargetoWn,'whoffcnarrieisCho-tu0g-poa.
It' %' pleliTaririyififtfated'ojafee-hanks o f'fe e ^ ite r', artd is''a place 6f
•conliderable>hxterit. The hetefes are’offeiek,- anfeirf general do not
afeend Beyorfify&h# fiofy: itfeyJ-Were1 heffc reUSarkihle for fee wills
'^e^ed-in the fi&Jst of feem, a great. number
o f dadlls were*'felai^takihg-al vfew o f fee they palled befbfefee
toWfoi; while fee’ fpet&atdrs, wheftri curiolity had led to fee banks of
fete river; ! WeWS, as ufrife t in fuik p numb ers i as' to-rerieito our aftonilh-
jntnt.
■ came to isedtcafe of; fee river,’ ind. over theTateral brahch
ofit' thefe Were twb bridges: of two arches, built of ffoneionfeplteafifig
form, and conftrudted with the appearance of no common iartebitCC-
tural knowledge. , At a fmall diftance, from them were fee ruins p f
Mcfeerbfrdge of one arch: it had been built of Bewri ifikjtier,'- and the
part which remained bore fee appearance of a regular design and
European!maforrfy.! | At' a fmall diftance from this nun, >and on a '
.gentle .eminence, was the feat or villa of the mandarin. - It is’a nfeW
dope huilding o f two Kories, in a plealing ftile of architecture,' vfeh
a flight, of Heps riling tdfee ,,dpQC>- Thc-epprerafch to it Was through a
neat gate way, which was nbt quite .finifeed; -fee j$afq©sjWiffe fesfe
cmployfe :<iri. coipgletingfefe .ari^ I was
that their fc^oiding,Was,ferc:^^|on, fee famepwiRplf?, agldifew
work cbndfeled very runfhlWkfe® fame manner,-..as'1js employed and
prabtifed by the builders of our own epuntry., ^ ^
I Ipwyfeduri^g jhe^ greyed .part,of f e i |^ ^ j , and at
fijs,o'clock in fee evening feey0p^ne f . f e e , feptfi«
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