studied, and the substitution of another material fo rit ih
most of the'-others,; sufficiently indicated jthâtyit was*nn
estimation, bufrriotrin plenty;11! - n
y , 'À considérable guard of Chinese soldiers weredeslined
to'attend thé Embâs'sadbffon shorè ; but a fe wordy icould
"lie conyeiüenfcly' distributed amönghhuï^dcHts; ■ Wheia-;
eyer a n EuropëariVent.ashore from ah y p f them, the presence
of a jsoldier^with him anno'dneedlth.d imiriediafe
protection ^f thé government ; and might have been in-f
tended also, as a check upon hisfconduct. fi
beside the yiehts for ^assen^Èi^r^il.^qtóal ?hümb.ef;èf
large boatsiof burden* wéfferfouiid üed^al'ÿHfcptb* ikm-.
yoyanth of the presents;'and The.Chineservweró
notdéficieritrëither in expedition ormanagémefit,; inirev
moving the'several articles oütàoÊbRe holds, of- rthe ëeîÊk
'jin k s , in order to-tranship them into what' might^per-,
hips,beproperlycilied^ri^eff-figbtimhn?
, No' slight care was requisite in | the ; transfevof ' the
packages which:dontained-- the présents; Thisbusipesg
was'entrusted to .the superinfendamce of thëisame^pémôn
ivho had succeeded ih transhipping
magfe^lrdih thé Hindostan> Tho the people hnddtbhis
inspection could be employed at one junk drily abaitime,
yet all the packaged,. in number about six hundred, most
of wKichFwefe heavy arid unwieldy,'‘were safely'placed
on bhard the lighters/in the éóufse oftwjô of three d ay s.
Whilé this operation w a s . going forward, th e é b iè f
EMBASSY TO CHINA. 5
conductors of the route, Chow-ta-zhin and Van-ta-zhin,
waited frequently upon^the Embassador, not only to pay ■
tteiylrespeets -,to hini,lbuti to- take his commands in case
an y th in g wer^w-antlnsgrfor his perfect accommodation
arid teomfort.' dTkey "likewise made visits ?of civility to
thé principal' gentleman of teh. S lmbassv. Inferior man-
darine%attendedall the vessels ^for.the distribution of pïo-
visionsjaandinëbéssafiésifoj^ve^l individual of .his Ex-
celieneyvs suite g These"' pers.pn>st‘W.&iit from one yacht
to aHotheriin'*small jboafcs», called 'san-pahs, which be-
in^riecked and flat bottomed, could neither sink'or be
evërsek Kg
. A sseparafe table for theigentlfmen in ! cache yacht
wals.'seipjedi up in-«the manner,- and. occasionally with all
tlie;dh'lic%(^^,fr c # l ^ ^ 0un£ry j and sometimes, also, in
a n ankw.ardeimitdêiöm‘ pf English1, ©aokery. Thé flhinesë
method oflflrcsflngwiGtucds^ consisted- chiefly in stewing
animal substances ,,t divided in to -small osquare morsels,
mixed with/feegetabte^ and seasoning them with a variety
of savoury tsauees^ arid comb in atio n of opposite tastes.
TbeJmeat>mo&|plentiful was beef and pork. The'common
. fowls*.of| Europeay^re.' also! commomlheid Among
the mostdkpensilnb artiofe^andilaccquiDited the greatest
.ddtic«gesv5were theqalgsfcs qflaqpairtiGular speeiesvöf swallow
mentioned in the* ft^b^v«olume,of this, work, and
thdfiris’of sharks, both ofowhich afford rich an d fattening,
j-uicqs!;; but.fMquire| like itfese .turtle, the admixture of
strong sfj-inës^to be mücti relished; With a view to gra