Chinese manners; which,* in the ekceWof precaution
agairfsfeegdfeism, re'qüirey in the mention of one’s ‘self,* tb it
the most abject terms should be employed, and the rftôs.Ç
exalted towards those who are addressed, H
5j The next objeGt of civility immediately frörti ' thé'
Emperor, was an invitation tô his Excellency and his
suite to see the gardens*©]? pleasure grounds of Zhe-hol.
In.proceeding towards them at the 'early hour in the
morning*, fat . which all transactions are begunbatf this
punctualcourt,theyimet'his Imperial Majesty, who stopped
to receive the Embassador’s ^salutations,' and t&.teM
him that ‘ 1 Ire was going' to his devotions in the ’teinple
“ of Poo-ta-la; that as they did not adore-tfee samergcMs-,'
‘‘-he would not desire his Excellency to accompany*Mm ;
“ but that Ire had'ordered h is ministers, to attend him
‘.‘ through his;gardens.”
The Embassador, who thought that éheiappointment
of any courtier of rank, unoccupied, with the affairs of
state, to - accompany him - on i the proposed excursion,'
would have been a sufficient testimony of the Emperor’s
attention, was surprised to find Ho^choong-tauag himself
waiting in a pavilion for him. The great -Vizier of
the empire, he, whom the people almost considered as a
second Emperor, was now ordered to give up some pór-?
tion of his time from the calls and cares of government, to
keep a stranger company in a mere tour- of pleasure and
curiosity... .
; jiTbe> satisfaction^w-hijidl hisUilxceMeney' dfer-ivetbfrom the
a circumstance, th a t1 migfe^^Mtpib'titB t0^ar^intimaey: ”00™-!"8
favourable!jrosthe^geMeifell^ohj^c^i'pf tM JoifeiskfOfi ; -‘Was
daEmmoby the, pres^feeDofithe^fi i befegfartfej^i 'w te a '^
eomp^iie^thHffiolao, 'iaslifj fearful fef
gainingtanyjgrQund w itfe fh i^ ^ ih -k slln y ie ^ l^ a ttfe ^ l^ •
lative|.^the ^Thibet s^ar-iM^ab 1 akc,pfciei‘f^Hpecn1 them?
The geh^ahVfbrother; whoffeailf4 oWlidetsMBebhare■ in
the administration,wwasdaIsorp|ys^iVt©g^heri With another
chieftain ,of ,h igh( ipiallity .• ft
These personages.ffobkflM^trouble-^JcbVdilctmg his
l^f^lleney* andr -his’s^iileVti^rbugh; ‘tfeeJpll'baS ufr@
oft a syast enclosure, {forming,- hdWdver!, !orlly a^pafttf of
lhQse)pM%gWd,ens^tKe-fem'a'indfer:being’rts'efyM for tfee
use ofUshe.female part of the Imperial family 3w-fee'tfe tfedsfe /
ministers-jhad adfaissiom as lifti^: asUKerEnfgiish’. They
rode through- a verdant: vaMeyjun’ .wMbefetSUferal fi?ee§y
particularly willows ofian uncommonly
interspersed, and between W.hich^th^.i^mss^W'-as-suffered
to attain its most luxuriantlbeight, with little interrupt
tion from,catdeuor the mower. - Arriving at the-sllo^^ofe
an extensive lake of an irregul^fb^mVthey sa'M'ednpbhr'i'f
till the yachts; in which they had'embarked,'W\tereI infceio
ruptedj-by a bridge »thrown over the lake ijalipse Harrow - .
est part; and beyond which it seemedfto losofitselfun
and obscurity. The»'9tttface& o'ftfehefWMe#*wa's'
partly covered with the lien-wha1, the lily