erûpirëj'forjlfate gretection of travellers on the public roads, and of vessels
^ caâttlsLand riverai^ ; Each Gontainsin.geheral from six to twelve men,
who«reTdrftw«®ui i s the ir best mfifiaiy attire, as represented in the plate«
whenever a person o f consequence passes by.. Their .dress is then taken
off, and laid tip carefully 'till a iuture occasion. .The soldier on .the top,of
'the dor ogives th^-signaly by striking a brazen instrument, called by the
Chinese, Loo, of the approach o fth e person to be saluted, that the m m may
be to the-military f i s t there is .frequently a small temple«
âs%t!théeM'nfi&Ê;Wall-in thnpinsent'pfeste, h i which »te&ntfined,mirang
other deities, the god of war. ,•
X V ÏÏI. Chinese-military drawn out in. compliment to the Einhasskdbr«
and falling on their knees,, to receive him, where hè is supposed to be about
Lo land. Beside the military posts, mentioned in
■ Sidërable establishment o f trOops fedtepbupfife every «.city «pfethe em p ire.
When the walls of any of these'were approached by the barges.’of the Embassy,
lâboüt three hundred-soldiers .Were drawn up along, the hank dbShe*
rivér o r Canal, p i t t e d , tip',militaiy
band began to play, and a salute of three small petards,, plaaed perpendicularly
in the ground,-was fired off-when lthefiarge"of the Embassador,.»!'
those which carried Chinese men of rank, passed hefbre the. olficer’s tent«
X IX. Instruments of war used by the Chinese»
Thèse may serve as à specimen of a few amongst the many kinds in use
among the military o f China.
XX. View ô f one. of the western gates of the city of Pekin.
The nine gates of this city resemble each other very nearly ; except that
the projecting wall in some is square, in others circular. The two lofty
buildings1 are.pretty much the came in all. The ditch, which in feet is a
branch of a river, runs along, the southern and western -walls, only, of thecity,
and'on these sides divides it from the suburbs, which are.veiiy considerable
at each gate,: and a bridge of communication at those by which the
river passes. The small two-wheeled carnage crossing the bridge, and
drawn by one horse, is of the same kind as diose which stand for hire in
the streets of Pekin, as do. hackney coaches in England, .and is the only
kind of carriage used in .the country, ^
.. XXL Plan of the! t'all jjf ^ajidhmce, and -bf the thr®?iC6twtf,leading to
a n . g^f^^iftn-'meniwteh-. in tfoe neighbouiihood-of Pdki-ri, with
ihvuraiJgcnievit the pr^smti,, | ^ e y ^ ^ p f e c e d |^ t h e Emperor's
inspection.
jXXIL A view ,b£ the.sfienti ofethe hall pfyudieuoe at the pal»c£ o f
Ynen-imm-yum..,, This
superior kinidl^f'xbtiildin^ in China, which are a lw ^ s £re$||d u n plat-
forms>ofestorie-.wonki.und ifietr k p s g e ^ ^ g ^ ^ ^ o p ^ ^ s jj f g o r t e d jo a c o -
lumns of jpoodi
X X JId . P fan s, -wytmns,..arcA'clevationsPhthe,great waJl,-pf-,Cbiffa, and
ofsSOme of-the itowsrs near the pass tof^qu^pe-koo. The wall appears to
heigcnerall) < Cirtimilnrin construct!! iiyaijf^ duiit-iiMons tluous>hout, Rut
j t e towers difieriin stheirjpfen ,andjstrehgth, ac(Goiicligg fp -their sits^atipn;
ihose eBect^d^ejossL^upass* oq.u^^ig.j(^y^^§o,^s rasjly, appro&ciaSaJ
by an 'CHBrny, are the,'highest ..;SomevfCq|iSi%jqf>^q^ <aud
others of'two stoneS^f he^le^^^pl^tjEo|in. on^whiebs the parapet stands and
„ that part which i ^ l |^ r ||d i e ‘ terrap^-of the watt, thfe ^ j g 1 eitfiej; of solid
.masonry or b r ^ -w o rk ,' or «Retaining walk only,. with .the intermediate
space- filled iwithjeands, ■
X XIV. A view o f part-of the great wall of China, jeajled-ky the s tiv e s
t^fan-lee-ching, or wall of^en,-; thousand lee, taken (tear die pass o f Coupe