Yuen-minyuen*
IIP
1 bwere liable ;ta suffer'from the! severewinters of Pe-<
if 'kin, j i and beihg apprehensive; th at.:the i p $ s
M Would::Aac g^akjrisks. mf Injuring Itbeir rbealfbfcma*
^iteEiaHyiiiyx^ndnuiugctBfe^j'feKought it might; be* dpi
?£ sir able for th em to set ««t* before the riyels'aaffeaiialf
$i-. were: frozen/ which sometimes itook "plaee'^e^!ji|irtei
tf, arid; on a .sudden; as the route b y land was. necessarily
‘ • fatiguing and inconvenient. Tfe-Golfe added., on ihif
party lBati^'to.abei|fp®tJof the new year, for which he
* ‘ ’supposed: Jiis Excellency might-wish to wait,* it was?
Anothirigmore than a repetition o fw h a th e l Had:.yseen
“ iaffeady at Zhb-hol.’’ ' v ; 4-^ .: L . ' a &$$±ml
It was palpabte enough, that imherehj3ti^Sfw%e£CCJ^
vered under.thejaffected solicitudefor the Keakhofihb
Embassy* y e t it was necessary: to, »reply upoaithe-tsanrg
torib, andltd observe ,'thatbeing themselves natbfeesittf
‘/ a climate more northern; than that,.of Pekin,vtfey; were
‘A less fearful of the effects of cold than: oilier foie^gners
It might reasonably^* and: that they had. taken preeaujv
“ tions against any degree of it, to which that capital
t' mighf be .subject:” and then .passing tn-other ccidLsi-?--
detatiatos,: the E mbassadorl observed, ƒ “: howl much he
'Ashouldlregret. tb.quit so .soon a courtiwhere^he-had
been.soigraciously» received.*, thaffhisiSoyerei^tsdn-'
M teritidnsiwere, that .he should contiriuelong enough,*
‘Aarrd ;at. his..(lhe 'King; of England’s) charge, to have
‘«ifrequerii ibpportunities/ .of' which .a:: very s few I only
‘^hadj'hi^lfefi^fo^eujrKed; qsfitiienewing his Tesp'eets’ to his yuen-min-
“ Imperial Majre'sp-» 'for .theipudposse-’of cultivating and -■
“ cementjngtai friendship!between* the two maridWs;cfchus
^‘-happily begun. With whiyKwieWt,- likewise* his mas-!
ifctes »had tinstruotpd hirii t®4§ay| how muehtit wonMhe
10 ple-asiffig^toyhite .Majesty,' i f the|E!^3p’ernr f e d found it
' ‘rcon'shtenr with, the ' Chineses oust<|msfvtm«end one o#
11 fnofe of 3ais-subjidtMjas; fen^assadors/ta’ iEffglapd^gfoE
t-whose going* and;returning, ■ his Majestynwould hake
jKnj^to^provid e<proper ships ; that he, the^O'Md'^had?
V when a^Zfefhor,ibeeri.®g®d4 fo flditer him’withithe
“* hojtefcoF m a n ^ fe e e tih ^w ith him, which,* however
'».Ankiduslyhewished-ild^^chis.snddqn'depaiiture would
‘ ?3 n&ce^s&ife^rpydnf/u :;n
: .His>!Ex<qeMen,cy'thehp.fenBeavi0ured iiybxpMro/iii Jge&"
neral terms*: what he.should;hayetheehlM^h,deshOm of
introducing unto‘conversation *at such meetings; »exclude
ing whatever mighthave carried the least appearancecof
©omplaint, andh'singtpvehyidegrep d feu tio n ^h d forbear^
anePithrougHout/ilest he ■ should endanger,: the "interest^
entrusted* to his care,; or Weaken whatever impression?
his mission had' already 'made in favoht.ofihis^fc&n'try.i
The Cola'o preserved a perfect 'comriiarid~oye«:?a&I>hi&
sentiments, arid did/riotenterririto; any earnest discussion:
of the,topics which had been mentioned;; b u t reverting
to the* circumstance? of the-departureubf the Embassy,*
concluded.by saying/ that: “ th e ' Emperorrwaslactuated