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■ I|fco||ife ftale o f -fuipenfe we remained fr-omlppr1 arrival till paflsfour
o’clock} in the courfe? o f which time-,\ye had paraded at, leaflHajdogea
;^ffeveral. mandarins camebto take a*guriqus view o f nsy and
every one o f them was fappofed, in his turn, to be the Grapd^hou-
laa. The,arrival o f dinner, however, put an end <tQ,all-expectations,
.of facing him on this-day,-,f „,
The palacew which was npjw.become ,the refidence .of the embafiy, -is
built,, the3 dpcliy^ty^o^^y h ill; the .entrance to i t =is yhy^eight large
broad fteps which lead to a wooden, gateway, through which there
ig-'a paffage 'to a jlMge'«court, 'payed 'ini.the; center .with; large
flat ftgnes. „ On each fide|jBi£ this cou^t there a long-jjai^hioad'
gallery roofed'with black flxining tilpg, ipppor^^^n* front^by
itjorag wooden pillarSi.i That on J^t^^-ejnplpyed, at this',i§|ne
as.ia kitchen, and cnclofed ^by mats nadtid^along the; iftl&rs ..tq&hc
Height o'fjfeven pr eight.jfeet :$he other, on the- onpofite.-iide^-was^flaite
open, and ufed as, a plape t o f parade aijdi exercife/pr .the-^J^rs.
A t .the upper end-of this court there,igjgnpthej:,neat ^aMeiy-j.prgpla.t-.
.form laid withdlcnes,, and joofed in the..iame manner^sS the^othprs.-.
Torthis-there is an afeent pf-threeffepsy, and-a door,ppgns,f|(^ijjti^to
anofjiei court, the wings uLwhich afforded chambcai/fpr.tht nujmtijr,
part; o f the_ eipb|fly ; and'the penter paa^yfrpnring
1 which: there ;is agafepnt o f threejfteps^o^g^pe^^ie apajtmp^fsjpgtte
. Ambaflador and .flif. George" Stapntoq: heypjid otshgia^piagt
of the fame dimenfions, the wings o f which were-pep^pied-.-by;the
mechanics, muficians and fervahts, and the center ^ o f Jt;'by ffifegen-
tlemen ofj-the. foite: but it confifted pnly of, two large, rooins^ y h6re
they flept in tWo divilions, .and a „lobby <?f communicationi which
was ufed as an eating; falpon. . _ - : -
T h is building cannot be deferihed as poffeffing>either .grandeur. qr.
elegance: ^jedjqes; not rife beyond a ground floor-, but is o f unequal
height« as the ground on which it is built is on a gradual afeerit. It
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is^fur/oundjCd hy.a wall,, byt is oy^rlppked, frpm: the upper parts pf the - »T?»
hill, o n h o l e declivity if lb $re£ledi - * ’ September.
rather, difengpin^ed.iin, the* reception of
h^o^j^weh i^ jJiOjii^ fp p 'ttp * beHd|ff^is|ie,d ■lyith tl® Attention paid
.urgent 2 ^ /w e dinedjin. copifort anp abundance.,
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, This mpming,- at fo garj^ln^oui^asi feven Oj’elock, wasjjrecused*3 Monday 9, ’
largeIjpantit v ^ hoiledTu^, with tAf arul nreathflo'r breakraM^/^^iO/P
Jhfe, Excellency wasfiyifked by m^^al m^ridarins.' Nothing*,' frovhiyer,
as- y e t.teM fe t^ fh a t cp ^ d .^ d ji^ 'tq ^ fO T ^ a 'judgment a&jtoithe1 final ''
iffue a?, amyjppmroii toijfdrbc founed tiomjth©
general afnp£t,o f things^it did* hot htai the..prordi^ y ahat fosjtefs,
whichdiadheen originally exppdid .from .i^.
,TheGrandjChouka-lfill jdfiteycd.jbis £^e<Sed!viiit,
Tri this‘p£tace, ai.in oiir,‘formcr places 'oPreYiduKV', ,,vu‘‘evpciienLed .•
ftlg^ifa^uUs precaution^ (pfathc Cjjipefelga^efnhient: :%f|/vere r keptihpre
jri|p-i in. a a¥ ^ t^^nf l8e^%^^d^qnmoF.p^texfeK,ewas it
.pgrniityc^ktd any «pe^fpn^atjaciiecf to tpe embaflyMffl,p^fs she.
moiiung^hi^Excellency..w a s m a n d a r i n , , . a c cokj:«- Ttiefikyro.
p a n i e d ' i t t e n d mty.., ffe-.iiemaine.d, Wthkffie
,Amba|ra5dp£|andf-.Sir Gepige .Stauntom a b o u t a . . , ' (
nec^^ry^ffiffiniriitiesi-(y;er^pnter,cpapged^i^di -ypqn ^lttinned 11 h
.^eTame^^^niip.'^i^h' k Pufing»mSv flit o^thlEite^^^»,;
^ s , attendants’ wefe very buiily emplpyqd in^x^mteingj.mpjdrefstpf
the Engliili feHaSisi ■ the lace o f Whicm they!rubbtd v ifli a “■ flout« to;
^ertife^MqUflity, jaqd then Ipokipg aXpac'hipther with an» ain o ft fur-
prize, ihew fljpok their heads, ana fmiled; a fufficient proof that the '
Tartar^ ^are not - un|ca uaintea ,#ith the yaMex <M5|!MeMs : at lead,
clearly, compyehended tne.inferior value of'the tfimmiiigs- that decorated
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