'F in ish and a tb e /E u rom Jm P
a n d p l^& F e a s e x p ^m frM p hm a h n fWetgn 'and EAgksh ships,
Jrom #773 t e % 8o / tr ilu sw m ^P la n ,to prevent smuggling tea, submitted
to veryment
VllFQuantities y f te^exp'ortM from. China, in E n g lj& j^ f^ e ig n
ships eaeKyear. 'V.1
l io n f x j tO K t e d ^ E n 0 i s ^ ^ J n M ^ ^ a n }^ ^ / i> i a
' f r o n i _ ^ ^ ^ f r 7 m i^cl^ ^ l l ^ ^ ! >er
arrived in England:front CWi^eiMfy femtfr&lh' 1 tm fg ssn eh isiv£
z—X. Quantified and prices -of teas- ^olfrby Qnglish fra$0tidia
Company, front ^Commutation Tax, m SeptemheP, p y i^ o ^ a r c h ,
1^ 97, and ameunUofrdptieyw frfl&during^he^qie^%od, with
£ comparison of what th^same teaswoyld
t Mon Act. , J E * « x C V *
EMBASSY TO CHINA.
C H A P T E R X
P r o g r e s s o f ! t h e ' e m b a s s y ^ a i On g t h e r i v e r p e i - h o , ¥ o -
WARDS THE%@&P]£$£X> OF CHINA. ^JDEPARTURfi^OF THE
TSHIPS FROM THE GULr‘ GFiT>E“ti'HEiEEE. • 1
' H owever difficult; or daiigerbiis it had been found
for unprotected; strangbi^to^penetratedir in 0hina,thbs£ 1 ”
who.;wefeinow-enteFirigiiaasto it, -guaidediby the credentials
i.of the sovereign who sent them, ' andr encouraged
•by Rim. to :wh©m-khb)^<were! pr6Geed(ing3had'. nothing to
-fear for their*1 personal safety. uThp people oh China had
•not, indeed, the qpportuiiity,! by& frequent admixture
with foreigners,’ ofcbecoming familiar with; and reconciled^
©, their-manners;and appearance.. Yet; the high
•dgg^ehoffooivilization ; which?, was known to pervade
»very tank in that country, arid the impending: hand of
authority» RestEadhin^nfehosef'.if any,l,who might be disposed,
otherwise, to/be: troublesome, afiprded peifisct se-
icurifcy to theqareseht travellers;;: t
, The. little-fleet, in wlpoh .they! were embarked, of
Englishkbrigs and. Chinese junks,^sailing-together for
ther first time,,;reached, -qn. the dveriingi of th e fifth of
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