capacity- oPmind,sslw-ellas^soHaliaAi^t^rand unre*
fef g f s mitted’attentaopun
by*wiuch> means he faffltjfat o ^ y i i« p t^ f^ i | th e .s « ik »
ral pales b f a ^ s l t bmfursjt but has ;rddin^pbefihdesp$ri
hissubjectaonv a cduntry extending -forty degrees! ire ferii
gitddet© tbe;iwest^a«d -rreariyeepiaban swopth© hot mi
vaiffld®»|>®ptdatroB; to wbMdie hadrintpeit^. ;rw
| | t ; is w itb b im notjEss
o£-gratificati&nyt®assemblehi5^eat«assais|
ofohis(rprbviBGes', andrcomma®ddrsif«if bis armies', occa*
sionally
- gsance;>and to display before them;att;A&p0mp of’grefe
ne^|) ta which their: own ptesennephst-well >as that of
embassiesfrom foreign princesi,!ConsiderabIy*cpntribut6st
to ;distribute: new dignities and rewards am on gd h e tl^
m e r ; and to leave upon their iminds, in tb eb p e tn ^ d p tf
theinrespictive departments,ian- impressmnmf|hls rpqwer
repressive loff their ambition, and o f his muhffidencfe«^
pable Securing their attachment. T h e paradef ifrbops
pn the Erst d a y ’s, celebration o f ibciariniversa^i amounted,
according'to the computation o f Captain Parish» nearly
'torbighty thousand men. TheHumbef o f mandarines;»as
about twelver thousand. \
u For a few days afterwardspa-varietyof entertainments
wias exhibited in presence of the Emperof, surrounded
b y his court. : «The spectators themselves formed an im-
posing spectacle; buti it wanted that peculiar brilliancy,
t^at* animating gaiety,| . whr&hi f Wecom^any the assemblages
o f b o t to m s . T;oWkjm fadeuSfemeditoSsuey^eet^
inigs, |those*of mein- aiotae, have'afways the a?pp€lir$ilcd
mo’rei «business| than,: ofpleas,jEMc'e? Nor wereb there
at-,Zhe-ihfelM.]art5p ■sports- m t&0urnami?$g^ij^$hifell* thd
<ipurtiers and visitors bore* tbems■41y;es^,a^abt^43Nd, tape's
harsdhfteh,-as-among Tartarsrnigh h have
beenie^e,cted<..uI(The shevvs were»:entk}ejy Chinese*. j In dividuals)
;;\vk<fk excelled* < in ■any^parricularlj talent, men
who()J|),y natural; agi-litysobrsteehg thj ,and ibyfoUint-of
^ppkmdQnij,?beaame: capable' of: pteifbrmrngffbxtfeot-#^
pa'Fy;Teats-,nMerevcollected to^ethbrr.ottdtho'r,present
ensign. Theipe^ssYering dil%^ceh©bsomfe/4>f>thecChinese,.
had- renderecLth'en;i| master s-in.. the arfciof balancing
their bodies updn- aowiike, while walking! updhLitv''or
a ::^ d e rf VV)bile p ly in g thr^mglaKifcs -s-rnwglyjok sevhrtff
ligh t »maferials tottering, in thpaii;orioboperatlrigi^hh,
their hajids,.!SQ>islightly, arid distracting; i the ^attention
§f o th e rs© completely,, »-as, to deceive;-the-vslnse<Jof
t§§fe|» j| AIL those- exhibited in- their t u r t i s f $ > : j
gratify, ,<o*iri those, who hadyseub Similar perform -
-pni . o0 the j difficulties sur-?
mounted in;Suoh?^rt«axs. ^pmlt^ p p rin ti^ ^ tfe^ feL;
excises which followed, ofhtumblingf and' posture-making,,
had also their admirers. (NfeLgameSvWe.ro played'-in
which-_ the -
parties, .except that o£ wrestling, the most ancient per-
Vfeit’to Ithe
Eiftperpifs
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