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the ^aineiaiik 'vvfithVan-ta-zEin, the latter Would scarcely
3 ^ ; venture à»sit in h k presence^ to great is the »espeet aif-
fectedhy the.- Chinese towards the Tartars of die? court.
In the v illa g e s beyond the wall, th # e were yet to be
f. seen several Chinese families, -and 'wéöleiÉM-. wM* Tittle
fifcb. It is not said, that any of a TaWàr race Mve imitated
th® "Chinese iûî tf e mutilation of? their limbS'; the
they frequently have in other respects. •>
As the travellers advanced into Tartary, thëf«ö|Spö
was # lso -growing cooler, the roads more rugged,- the
mountains less richly clothed, the trees, beside different
sorts of pines of no great size,
of the two species called the Englièh and
as well as the ^pin, elm, hazel,mndv^alnüt^eës dimi-
nished to the size of shrubs. All these genemlly -grbw
on the south side of the mountains; the-otherddeswfte«!
bearing little more than thorny shrubs, with a scanty
covering of parched grass. Bears, wolves,- ande-fen
tigers-are sftidto harbour in thus® weddsMi J
In the plains, or rather vallies, that species ofthehare
abounds, which is described as having the quality, like
some other animals in the colder -regions, of becotniog,
from being brown-or red in summer, quit® whitein winter.
r This hare is remarkable, likewise,. for the extraordinary
length of his feet and toes,- which joining together,
when he leaps over snow, form a broad base that
supports him from sinking into it.
Hares ase seldom sh-nnted ibiy dogs in Tartaryj but are
dtivejs, i®s?v^lh|s qtiher ajwmalfsqfttbe chase, !jnto<snar®s
by ^roi^Saof»paepfefoimiAfflg dange circle., from id}®'
cuwferdhee n f wdacdrpStbey gradually approach to ,<he
centre, beating cthe Pushes,; and; I making, lend. noiseg as
they a d t r ^ Q c e , g ïanimdyiaië ®eddeed. at Hast .into a
very‘Small space, inwhiohitbey ane- easily secured.
Tbeidag becomes, piairticulhjily in Tafitary, ithe faithful
eompanfen of^|^|i#ftsanl.i 'I|jP4*:a small-spedi^, with
a/Ióng i®cuE3^ d ;fcail, -®f .wWc§!||®a!ptó®e', or fashion:, dbes
nét deprive ghim;; and which is generally leaningito :the
loft, las Linnasus .remadks ggi the idomestic/jdggi , That of
Tartary seldom;barksiaa tb e d k y time.
Thé pvoi^gte' which offered -.themtolw?f to* tihe travelers
on the present journey -jwerejdfte® pleasing and
fenMntie; butdbly^ereiEmitedk© narrow, bounds. >Jïe
whói ^»fsthefffst t§me,;is About to pass jover;a, mountainous
i country, may ;\foe ,apt to exjpe e.t, th at he itsi soOntoj find
himself on j elevated. ground, in wespet^ito; bvery- thing
wilhin. his=view: but; itogenerallyiast otherwisej, - vRoads
lareTbritfotembst^part tra{®d .at|tb®iTaot, iinsteadjof rising
to the tops,*of mountains; and th>et traveller js {frequently
.doomed; to mOveatthe bottem,of vailies,- »with a contracted
horizon anti ;ai darkeai@diat$nospbereaK
In villages rdispersad through isueh vallies many of
the inhabitants ■ -were faumdi labouring under ia, disorder
observed|in siimilate situations an'the Alps, iand.known
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