246 EMBASSY TO CHINA.
Batavia* rienced t y others ik part of the torrid zone, as
W&1 as'at. Bataviai- There -Werénother - gentlemen of
habits less robust* but Whose active minds^ere -Bot affected
by rheklimateP AEWm l^ it^ g ^ 'is -’öB(it4vathd--hi
thet midst of more profitable ^ ü p a fiiö iö sC ^ ^ ö^ r -
Ufalory had beem meöf^h0iè ,‘WMGh^infe«d,^ks*M)%
négleetedh t e i ian ieademy'of! sciences -«ad -literature
•TrtUltsftbsMtdb Among öthénmafkS'of étiÉhtit^pïtidtö
thé EmBassajdor;tdiploinc^ Were''presènted fo him »ahd*Tö
bilEiofbh-kïsuited asm'etohers'öf thé Ueadên^,‘together
With sets of tl« «veiittöes'tóÉiGWó -published it?v»^CMé
bf Ahe^'mmnbersföf-the ehkticil, who: hadf fórmferly-rëtofltemplatóon
T® pibfish'a^eS0t^t46ö.iof >thatueè»htry,
fercwhicbnhis Situation attd^infewtity eriablèdlhÉn £o
aolleettvery interesting mateiMl&o f
m The/Embassador^ bost ha^hWéryimriöUs collgpfeh
in the several; departments o f natural Bi&ory. - He-iiade
■presents to- his guests ; ofisev'éral! specMwenSf^^Amêfflg
them was a beautiful pheasant, iwhkh», on being-sent
"to'Englatnd, and sheW»ta#gen«femaii óf^ekhowlèd^d
emineüoe- in all branche o f 'kóc^ögy^^fctbr-BhaW b f
the British Museum, rhe:was tif opinion- that-^iihis
*& superb pheasant! was a
“ minfctkm: o f the' writers ion/ ©raitholdgkab subjects,
“ appeared to be y et uhdescribedi'- N-one Of- the spe-
‘Ucdes /mentioned by hinnseUs, and Mr1-* Latham, could
• .EMBASSY; TO CHINA*
‘ | ip S*Tke ■
“ spec's to which, it seemed,to bqtpio^t5 nearly allied,
«,* ip point of general habit ro^ appear^uiee,| was ,,the
StyLsitmKtfu^roft&Sp pr.^mpjyap iphe^ant^im ^ast
‘“Indian bk<Mes#jhed Rn^.figujcd/bo^
“ thamVOrnidioIogy,^
‘ 4 From, that- bird,, ffo wev^xyit ;
,as a'collation:of ,thpse ]igpfles.?irvrith th^prpjent.ivopld
V^ectually^evinae. B j j j j i jg a
‘e, mut.ibte4^state,i’it w ^ .^ c a^ .-pp^iblp tp./leteTpiipe
“/.with absolutejpreckiop^h^her it -shou|4sbe trf
‘ ‘ to that subdivision of p l a n t s ,T which cpnfiam^pse
P with long-jon cunfifprip tai>^ or,;tho^hh,rppnded
“ ones,ps in-the Lmpfiyan pheasant;, for .which re&son,
“ the representation in the plate, ^
y the0presept work^j^as .so ^rniduc&d to
“ leave/this particular ^undetermined ,The,-gep,ei>aJ^c0v*-
«• lour ?f*tW&Jnost,
“^fblue; or-^hatj.W thpfcljffiguage • of ,patml history,
“ mky^he chalybean; blaeh, ort
‘ ‘ panied by,a* steelTb ilftto 5 ^ o Xhq--,lo,wer| partt, ^>f,-&®
“ hacktwasjpf a^pecqlisarjyrich colour, which, according
V to,the .different dirncrionsipf the light, appeared^her
“ipf a.decB £eWVgMN*»%^
“ red. * .This beautiful c oh ^ p a ssed d the,manner;of a
o broad zone, rppnd the whole .body-; hut, on the.ak-
“ domen, was of a much more obscure appearance than
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Batavia.