dfChinese.—Method of catching water f owl Palma Cbriiti oil.—
Common people frequently-distressed^^-borrow. upon., pledges, and'at
high interest.—Some lands near the canal swampy and uncultivable
—butfa general fertile.—Canal seldom perfectlyfymlttrCfoss.es Yglloutriver___
rapidity o f the latter—sacrifices.previous to crossing it—^probmffle
origfyrqpcnch sacrifices—resemble those made in other „nations:
and times—xmrseylength, and nature of Tallow rivet—icalctilationiofi
mud wafted down- by it —progress-of. such mud towards, filing, the
brnfafyofthe Tellaw-sep.—Occasional visits between- Sun-ta-Zhfa and
Emhdssad&m^Pavoumbie. disposition of Emperor .increased fa c m |
setptenM^ MiW^Zbfars representations of the real
Embassy;—Pleasant scene on the caiial.—Lake of Pao-yng.—
Chinese method o f Raising crops a f rtegetable’s,upon the water, ail'd on.
marshy groundsi-^Few Chinese colonizezrr-prqjudiee against Tartars.
Mulberry trees— their- culture—fo r feeding silk wmnsd&faethod*^
raising them.—Gartal crolses-great river, 'of Tang'-tse-Iffing—course
arfa extetfa0 it^iractbetoaeen tb&dfyMQ^andgreapfifers^Sgpldejk
mountain in midst of the latter.-^-Nankeen cotton—its natural-eolqur.
__Bridges over some parts of the canal.—Arrival at'Sou-choq—de^
scription of the place—of the ladies th e fl-T a i-h o o lake—Tallow
trees.'__Instance of Chinese econorrtf in use s f caddies.—Approach to
Ekk^lfabqfoofyipj^t'ftom new Vic'erdy of Canton—bis character.
Of ranks andfamilies in Chinai—Bcwardsandfunisbments.—Eimits
to powers o f monarchy.—Character -of| Viceroy.—Id&ff: plants fa
Sban-tung and Kiang-nan. Page to ^ 8 ,
CHAPTER ^'Ir
” V ^ -ÿHOO-FOO. JO U ENEY i i;o m "T i IENCE TO CHU-S.jTN ; AND ALSO TO CA S TO N .
PASSAGE o r THE I 1 P üW H r fo ) i\(£ E T&TJÏE l e t t e r .
oJ0&i(-b^ foo-^ r^ gf^ etz^ emitx(md the.fpagj^drçss
\m ^ e tnenM ^ l ^ ^ ^ A r x ^ ih id À ie k ^ P f e llig f -^ ^ ^ rF .r a s -
mus Q p ^ k—§ome.±ersms.^ ^ eEm,basSyJ;deÿvn.ed togjfato Chu-san
— tyJJoë&n—lbefprpier, toffy ac^oi^paiifyd, biyASim-ta-f,hinr-r
thje'latter b y lV iq e fQ y ^ C m tD ^ ^ ^ ^ M ^ ^ a a
ffMksfiesfpbefi. ^Instance M i^m c s^ jd dm ^ AnÉ.( f p ^ ^joyr-
-X f ^ ê& ^ v to ^ u ^ g a—xoj^tpy^ëscmlpd^lpnfs, hÿéM cultivated
■—waste lmdstééf^faAJk  è,-cppwfr^ ç f M -
confirmed.—Departure pffsun -ta-Z kpjQ .fâtym' to, Pekin—Aepax-
•fare pfyMfier^^pty.Jr.om ^ r n ^ p o^ i ^ awip^sLXlamppn.^^aymfrt
pa^. M^Tfaik^WdoTK.fpffyr-t^ cavalry—dress and anfâs pfufponp.s^—
-Description^ bffbpfges (:)n ,,lla ji^% 0 o £ \rg et t Tbufa^f, bills alçng
i h <ZrKP\
?^mPisipMf^mbsssadars fim p jfiqujfiieuIshmds—thejr. A re^ ^m ^ -
ners—account p f ,E ï ç u - f a i^ J ^ ^ .^ ^ ^ b f u ^ p o f iaq^lHan-choo-
fpo viper planted with-.c^p^-^^eiu^Mwaiion^pystem. , m making
sugar.— Chinese Jruifs^Hfihx^fyiw^ cifltivffef^lfea-plant^sml
suited to its cufyiife^ffyrmtofplfyt^^^hpd of curing, i t ^ f i f qr-wfin,
or Camelliai‘Se^dp^^^^ltivatedfq^Sf,dl^mxivbfippfir}ipn!.__Materials
fo.undxnear Uu n ^for'riiafing p p f uj^in—nature pftpem^-l
number of furnMc^/op-bpkngfprcdain in\ one^acc—^'dedicated to
1 the genius,,bf^fire.—Embassy ,me$,ts, ^itLfyifi^wyatherfpr fb,e first
time—cause of ii-—Lpmdcjoumey-^litile, frequented,—Intercourse
between Viceroy and EfakdssQdor—jfcvour&bledi^sifyon Pftkejprr-
,mer.—Mode o f travelling by land—face of the country—coj^ical