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EMBASSY ?T0 CHINA5.
tdthe gentlemen, and likewise to the ar&fieers, soldiers, and
doineStics in the train of the Embassador. No sligh t magnj-
ficCnbe was’display ed, and nompeficeiseemedtobe sp ared
ah the treatment of? thesEmbassy, eitHemSs to thedaum-
bertof mandarines \4ho Werezappointgdi tojaccompany it,
and whds®?saia¥ili ^eri«ihGSpeas^dMporl jthis,paAi(|»8:
Service'; the crowdi of inferior-' tCShtiff&ife whosbv-eH®s cflnu
;ga|ed to attend upon the occasion; the ihahy- ws^elssdih:-
pToyed in conveying the wholeY' the'.parade'cifereegp^dn
wHereVerrthe yachts stopped^ Snd the occasional shows
and' decoration^ asTthey-passed along’; the? roosts of all
which, together with that-bf; tfaeisupplies ioft^yeriy) kind
whichcbnldhe Wantfcd, the Emperor chose, to®nldrbe'entirely
borne b y hitnself; upon this grand ldea$t£hiitftthe
whole empire was ail his private propterty>and dwelling
in wMchitwouMzbe a failure of -Hospitality £0 suffer a v isitor,
for as such an Embassador is alway§ieonsfd efed' b y
the Chinese, th’e least charge for himsdfofcfor hS
train, whilhbb&cmtmued there. His Imperial Majesty’s
!ordefs on this subject were very strictly obeyed.’ A gentleman
who accompanied the Embassador, ‘and who
wished to purchase some trifling hftieles 'oIidreSii,- wa!s
immediately supplied but the mandarine whwhad been
employed to buy them, declared he dared not?atcept the
price from him -forwhose use they were destined, but
j charged the same to the Emperor’s account. The Imperial
mandates, on all occasions, seem to be received with
. and to be executed withéâ punctuality
whichvimpJlÿvfcN^digçsareÆeldqm'known to be infringed
^Üt-H©jU,|. a ;punishmen%,adeqiUatQ; tor the offence. The
autyora oÆteAerrhmen^ïist,c|etegated.;on particular occa*
yhnsyt;©! siipifei raym-and ar^-ei^karfeiiAtta 1a ce of wHichyOC-
cùrjçtediin jtlfeigii^a^al^of a snhfrdinates officer, attendant
upon thcflEpjiWssÿyhyàthgseJaiefed@nMii6to.ysmf it, for no
VeEVtwdlierjlfe trans^^SStoStii?
^i.Huring p b ^P ^ n ife ^ ,d ^ # h ^ ^ fe dE ^ epT 3^§3i!iffi', there
WciSyff to-iUii i nlc t ( ;114îpigtao C^v isit?SKibc;t\^àew «him andvîtfie
yialerdy j°f the. P'|p^vj'ns©dwho, b^m^Enaperbr’s: order,
came fijjomj Pâa-1 i n g r h isifcsirakplace*of residence«distant
a n .h&Hre4mil&àfctofeompim ^ ni hiswEgxcellency. on
hi&iehtranq ^ n t bK tllef'Chilc^afeddmiiiions I, and/ toi issue
sÿ^bf orjdejr s ,fjinj^g^ds/to*<:hiiA i asote^^^ic®^tnigh.t re-
He,, wi's the^prisp.^)! Che'.b rid â th in k whom
Metotbe. ,E H%b%ssador.ji ha^|‘ arv^ppoftiiççtp of ’seeingnih
China ;\îanc^wâ's>xofcuinlyhdl man tofjthelirast polished
manng^. /He wàs tolterving}wiiteage ; but hotdûs^dig-
i^ e d ^ a n ^ b è way-yenerablel; <In h iM ^ p tio n .o f the
Emh^s^OJv H&lbghaYeidtl^ithprefifig^la/nd attentive po-
litet|és§{; but ,rwithout, thgfeônstrainti of tho^;;distant
forons, iQU Bàr-toGuiari^ ^ em o riiesi- afe-ssometimes
thqj4glat prdpe^to jtâbêJpla^in^Chin^, bétweemipersdns
of unequal r^nbror to b,g subs-tit^d whepe^sentimenkof
educationj is! &uppés^d<i.|i| bqfdefici'ent. i bTbej punctilios
and .tiresome formaMrieâAB.example2describëdi in. some
fe y ow p g E - , JÈÈÊml
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