Vayjgation; mgs' erected on it.' Upon thebar;y|f0<É within it,- the
YdSowhsea.e water fepta thick and* sail##
~' T .inn ’is hilthd i t wasr^.réttairkablp^reeK^aMeKetecirv TWA
bar was divadsd ÜÉfilte fflttmbér> o£ Sindy banksy ly W-gfinl
various dir fe etionsi -but so ;É^l#famd §®é bfcsiölÉ ifiic|£f®dtter-
as :b:'prevent‘ the passage,.even-of such vessels! asctfui)
Glaihrrce and Jadhél, except at high water. TherHvsert
immediately within the bar deepened to‘ three' or four
fa Mortis; .it | wasi there, in width, about five hundred
yards, ansdi coveredalmost entirely with junks, and craft
qTesrery kind.t. OnitesUrnfekn fbankj Or to- thefkfifebf
the entrance, was a small village/calkd Tung-cony with
a military post, where the troops were drawn up in compliment
to fchedSmbassador. ■
On thé- idea which had beenentertained that humust
be anxious to-get ashore ati the first land- inorder itoiA®
cover-fromthp irksomeness and fatiguefOf; sb-,longva>
continuance at: sea, the junks attending himsuddenlj?
kt gnj their anchors -feeraeUB His Excellency;; however,
preferred-joining'iöiiüetliateiy .the- yacht, or accommor.
dation vesieb which. was waiting for him wlfsw pales;
up théjdver., - The situation of Tung-eab Was uqtyin-r
deed inviting : the land - was 1 low 1 and: swampyrj: rand
■ q3»sepds fin great Peasbrey with tbèdcpgk*4 ;n£É usdkss
• rebflytheri flowerings called arundo phragmites, generally
found in grounds ^occasionally inundated. The passage,
from heh.ce,- as against thé . omrent of ! the river, was
■ The frequent shoals tdfvthis winding NsWgàtfoit ! . ƒ • / “ I HBEarofeM ^ ^ through! tfie ^telMn^a^éppai^prè^fl^fdelay^Bwh'èn^lfb-^foS^febf^aii Ydfewpeai
a d wnsp é kfrfe fl t ‘ * w asl' w ere a 'by Mb© wrnd&lj|%y'
tide',’ The kvt i é$tiliêl3cd)f l£y?l i aman$&fjflr' ;< -
&fe'n'fCnumber
tMb^’drph'se'.' -TheU\ ^Mkuinttheii^pi^gj^s^^cowri^prKsOd
^mcofnei \ ilLeJe call’c dtfvee^obif aiid^fik'Liw^'tfe®* $a&æfe
ey^mrt'g-tlie town of Ta^w*^'- The tumnn^®^^|hble
..©"Sthe^nâmêv of ' allw h’h^f^la!?'est wt’i-ng intiniatiepin
the Chipée lailgi^ge'1 llicii piovihlity to'-tlie
ri\er‘sinoutli. a^hétlmc'-rent iniltailing.*s'vlhd ikjm o, J(h-at'
thcïwst^s^to^mÿ'fasi, tlffe seeoh^tb th^^es^^^th-aij^
tin last is i-Ti coiîsuh lablc sizfe.f f
Maiiyofthe housMin these places, àÿWelî à#fl^se$
wddç;lÈ^é^ thicklyl^^kr%kj:isei& between them wpon
tin air i i-’s banks, yPrelittle» IpftTer that? hüts with«mud
walls and ihabchctf* rooh A few buirdinglioei i ( l’affl®^
elevatedf paipepyi and?brnamented like the dwellings,bf
opulehfed^fe'ut f|lafi|ely any which indiçajfèd tke,|,©%'- >
iSsléi'hB'qf middle ranks, or the mulcijd îedMdad ilSù) n s£5 'N
existing (.Kcwhei.Oi'.l'v tween abundant Wealth and âps©^
lull; indigence*. Among? the inhabitants* who* appeared'','
al<5ifj|| thè rjvcÀw-ère some women, i^s* alert S a f l'helr1.,
ïe'ét had îlot been ciamped. It is said, hatfend, that^î^^^f
practice Ip now fess frequent thart1-Æc«iërly'j' “a^dS?,h ^
among the ld\s?er sort, in the norther®provitf®i TMjsy .
all Wear their hair, which is uni^^palîÿ blâè^|| and