place # h e ?w ^ ' is rcarri«d;tovefffdi.e summits uofeilhe highest
mou)itadrisj"Sdme- df-whieh arem’Qt lessttbafl^three thousand feefc'ih peipeh-
HJ^ila^lhMghtpagd appear to b;& -allnostdiflaeeessiM&fs 'Some ofithe towers
aife-in ruins, as-hat-riE-the fore-ground ofehe view {‘but othersfwhiihirfiofe
'iMKiethately command thej^a^%{., are kept‘in good repair. * 'Ehistwalb
a^ojo^igjtQ^the charts of the-empire’'made framactualsurveys, is more
than fifteen hundre^mfesj^in ie r^ th , and in many places jpdk doublev-.and
even! tripfe/qfer-he.better. defence'of the passes*. -.-The. masonry® anisfhriok-
work in the’ towers dlpjhe 'ekceed-thoserof all London.
XXV. The approach bflfjie EmperV’ofGfina3 |" lu^tmbdnuTartary,
to receive the British Embassador.
T h is lu it was ticfted* for theipuijjbse,*m a pastlofjdietgibundsibtlnf igm it
hMbe. gSlab'e^pid £aJledtVto-shoo-yuenv'0f,tg^®HJbf.tfea»hou'sari*d;:tKee¥.
Befdrffrhetftnt ^ei&arTailged3®Ptvv'o ninkk ^ a ^ t e ^ n um h e r fefti^ so n s\’Se®i& j
s is tin g o f tributary p rinces, representatives! e fe ^ e re ig n s i miiKffiScsiofefcate{
governors of. pipyiiKes,}iiihiers ol ili( tubunals. and-otlic i'jttandaiiuLStol
rank, waiting the approach of ihrrJimper o i ,>wjio is^ jo y u in* n opeq^thau/
supported by-’sikteeri men. The'-British Embassadors a n d fris 's u ife stood at
the -front <df the ran k , o n !the rightfeand%i^^tad5Siaiaei£tg'towards the^enfer
X X \ 1. Plan, section, and elevation of Boortatfla^on gicat templesiiti.
which the lamasf worship, near Zhe-hol, am-,Tartary,^|Ehd'ro0£;oh-the
middle part of this immense building;is said to be covered- with tilesrofisolid
X X V II. A vfew’-ofPoo-ta-la, or' great templer near -Zhe-hol,’ in oTar,
taty ; with the town of Zhe-hol in the distance, takdn from -a h ill in the
Emperor’s park?-- The smaller buildings which surrourid--this large fabric
^ t h e kAitations o f the'pflests, ■ Or lamas ,^Jjit!eighfe hundred of which are
attached to this temple;- -
X XV III. Punishment o f the Tcha. This, usually called by Europeans
the Cangue, is a common punishment in China for petty offences. It consists
of an enormous tablet of wood, with a hole in the middle to receive the
neck, and two smaller ones for the hands, of tKe offender, who is sometimes
slhfeaced'W W a n it’dbrSVeeks oU-momthhtagejhèiv;, .He is suffered,, pro^
vidëÖ^Ms,si^4 tMwill^SS®hin^,<ft)> wjalfe about; but- die burden is so
^featV'thaH-h© iss’g&tféïasI^i^la0!hoi'Seiek,fi>^faiisuppairt;of it against a w afrora
tréfePf-'If;a servant^ orsrurinêu olisdiri.'élA ïl ras jgistrafe, takes it into his head
thatshe1 has^reste'd; tool lon^Tïhèhéa>tSMhiin 'with .a whip r^^Xe oft leathern
Sliteng' till he tjisl-,;*’ N< li 'dkVvite^ïI, di^EmliaSsadp’ris,hotel, in Pekin*,
Étel^fee'fiio'ê'diekh instrument® wfenpjaeed irijreadiness, to flap upon the
shouIdters‘o£^)^^tó^@hiïies&'seTYantsj,whcf sh0.uld happen1 to transgress;;..
> XXÏX.vA vie# in th^gajtdenstof' fchri imperial, palace o f Pekin. This
is ,^^®i'ficial'&pm%.thrpwh.up rounds^ the- pak£ejfc/df Pekin, and is that
on which the ldsfeofithd Ghinese|E|npertors^ before.the accession df’a Tartar
family,^<|fi|heariEg^thatetbe7usuppe43. caP^tA^’ ^ rst
kf«Mai^bW,'.aVidk'h^Ktabb&d»jhi.ifi^el£rt,, 0£t$distance are
th o s f e '^H k i^ h ^ a te e t0 |i^ e 6 .-m o i(p i^ e n ./{ ^
o XXX- ArdihnaÜc scenesidpldliChipese.sta^^^jjTIhe principal story of
tb Pap^re.jt.nh-wibkh. fch f&.seefolè reprêsentfrj al parikiiWtakerl'from die ancient
.history“b^di^f^ÜEstr^'; It- opensiwiththej^gma^lpf.aapnrgë^c^jOf China
andk Bi»v!em.preS%jwhfJ}{. inïfthet rhidst m^sp^fesfl^felkity and., apparent
security,'- are. surprised gJEs^ Si sudden! revolts ampfaghheir .subjects- yA, war
i^ sue^whi^^batdfcsl ar^'-.föTi^teupop- di& stagg-;, jaaid; at length thes arch-
-.jjgbei,'?. aKgenekafe * oharacterized>|o,ri thd}S|^fs^y a!, whip i% his
hand,. av®tóomes hik so.vereigiil, wh0111 be*slayS;^widi--bis own hand-,,%The
captive express appèaïk in all die agohie's of despair naturally resulting
from the. l^ p fe h e li hiöbsmd ,;asr $ « ^ § io £ her State, and .dignity,} apdrindeed
danger of herhbno'ui;.' ^itlWliilst. she. is. uttering; lamentationsand rending.