X ll A - T JB titi Of-.'©0*®®#®#^'
founded, on patriarchal system.—SteacUness.of Chinese government—
principles favourable to the monarch .diffused among, the people-^-
sacred honours in his favour.—Palaces superior to temples-in Pekin.
—Household gods.^Chinese Jupiter or ■ thunderer.—G a r dm s f f
Tuen-min-yuen. —Painting and sculpture indifferent.—Elephants
bred in China—observations'concerning them.•—Officers o f imperial
household chiefly eunuch s^whyprffeWed^hOw made—atufuMMgeSc -
Surgical operations 0ssfMukgkrmS^ in China' than im - tbs* noKbEfrof
EUmpe^frem what causes:^Persons-—conduct^&positiorriff.eu-
nucbs—attend ihe ladies of the palace-.—Ladies removeckaften death-
of Emperor^-otkers offered by parents to the ner^SopmtSgn^Ooti^
cubines.—Eunuchs feared by- the missionaries,—new arrangement
of presents by their direction at Yuen-min-yuen, on 'tbe&eapected
arrival of the Emperor.—Embassador Went,to meet him—procession.
AChinparison of Chinese and EuropearLcarriages.—Empdvor^/$m^
mination Of European presents f-bis iprobable siniuirief^'^iiht^Ent^
bassy. —-Embassador*,invited- to .Fuen-min-yueuy—confeuenees. thire
with the great Colao.— Visits of Embassy, to.Jmperial, palace dnAdekin
^ceremonies aruLconference thererffariwell presents.— Ihoughtsicf'
a person.long resident in,China, as to thefcharacter of the people and
government of itbat country.—In telUgenee :kepei^eEhy\Embussador\pf
impending war with Francei—his determination.to depart without
delay in order to convoy, in the Lion, the,'fleet, toQEurope,—preparing
to leave Pekin.-r-Climate o f thaiMpital. ;■ Page z y j to 339.
’ -c h a p t e K v :
-DEPARTURE FROM PEKIN. JOURNEY TO HAN-CHOO-FOO, PARTLY llEON THE
^ IMPERIAL'GANAL. ,
Principal mode of travelling in Chinav;—Northern rivers of China
become shallow in the end^of autumn—fam^afhat, a&use ^F re e ze
early in the winter.—Ceremonies1 on Embassy departingfrpm Pekin
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—by whom accompanied—sets out by land-—road constantly crowded
-^o'cdfsibMofiti—Proces^ion'cffimerakhsmarriages.—1 Sentime n ts to -
wards parents:^-Structure near the1 high road. — Decent manners
(SfftG tHRf h^s-i unit asttdfcu itfrttpw^ecoj’- soirtedothcf. c ouftries.—Arrival
at- \ o r i g - f uo-ja0 -^'Ere's^ofkWtfffS^gndrdiaU‘ spiritsh^Varietycof,
Chinese deifies fitim fa r e d ^ilEthdSgoffShPdrkatioTeknr-foreign' deities<
eeisUy^'dd&pte^iBy^hmekb.-^^,igMf^(^t^'ifathPk^eTmf'db'stdde.
td proper e s% ofjjfCbr t\h am I f ih Ghcftat'^H&et o f Facfctse^dfaJSao-koimw
-^Embassy’ ernpmks—rk)Wp,Mted^^^owihg/s1MltX^dP)ry.Ttess'and.
hfdU^Edywmnr^hart)est>—'Wamykh^s’erenityo,ofmedih’eh:AdMpeii\
iie.v'-ictih Sun-ta-'/Jhn—t itrdU-nfrldUeisi jibm Emperor—iharacttr
anfdkpbsliionSof- Sun-tcdM/hha^^rcumstances beibW^^fdVautdbfa
fo r 'EdibUssy:—g'ebefM^uMiffy%'iji sUcTfi^^ed^rkhM§0een0soniereifdsb
f|§S//if?oVo/. the (uimhfalhug ce/set-be people^-
culiur&tof’ ihmidmhflougi%-^femptV.ih%fflttf0i'he d^^MkfiptiorSdnf
lowe r cla^ffiwGmeig^csf the Mrn:^Qhggfulnresshflii3ii?oesk.:-dA3eneral
—Mdstronoinjicultvt alt drrdr$$!>?.(sftmese^Sfeq dnenPted mid astrologer.
—connected XiAth 're liigi ShffiSpadi'mhda^fM rest.—
Festivals—N ew iybif'f^Lowbrheldssesf-'ret'dinhhe^dlf^drtdi' strength
longer than elS'eiohereh^hf^-^d^itcud'Cd^edernplMfrmddiecclesi-.
astic^AAb'es^sdmeetaxesfieei^edl'vf kmch—Ciilfmi i f wheat-.^-Erill
kusbandryi^Lab&UPMrsfpesscd^tiwiiradkt'lhe barges»—Feasts o f f e l l
nmoh'.— PrOvwtce^f^Shdndiung.— C'Otidfd-^-Baiffddas.^-Embaesyren--
terstbe Imperial 1 anal—ltn s f ip h o ir 'o ^ ^ f fb d ^ aH s^ fa fa l accident
h r ' cArte'ij>t[ tillbr\ of l*e JtaswgM*tf\ the?Errto'asst— trait irtkchafaeter
of 'Chinese—popidousness along iht bunk fa ffih c\a rra l —-ttonfei furts
on origin w l e mountains dhd!>6 f tMfpminS' t f We-cWe-ld^aiid Shantung
- H o -1 Imphpdlt '}c 'lirurlh m fjd ih f-h r c * constructed— hashing
birds.-i&Nenufihiii, '6%-''h\rfiphuab'rttlitmbu -—Culture" o f rm *^E tn id
‘not suffered: to lie. fallozv.— Various mi thods o f catching fish.—-Fdtfd