Departure manners., and' -not: likely, at; ieastjI to adopt the passions
fromPekiB‘ ^ p reju d ices) of thfiï lieg ite :, The selection of ra maft
of such high dignity to accompany the Embassy; /.was
considered by the Chinese as a'mark of peculiar honouf
paid to: it, and was indeedjj announced as such »to his
Excellency. £fi
0 n th e . morning of the seventh ■ o f , October, Ho-
choongrtaung ygi^b&ibther Colaos, -came to a pa-vilion
within of Pekin, toigo-thfough .thefeerempnies
of, parting with the. Embassador. Several g&cious-ek
pitejssions were::communicated to him on thdjpart -of 'Ms
Imperial Majesty; and theTull etj^uétteloff Chinese civility
was observed by the Ministers whOirepTesented'hjm'.
T h év expressed their hope, that his Excellency was, satife
fiedwith the treatment the Embassy had hither-to^^med
during its stay amongst th em ; and their Wurancefl that
nothing should be wanting, (as indeed nothing was?}'-to
render his journey to the port of emb®khtion eojpntó^
dioukand^^feeaWb tb him. Two tizbes-obbamfeof}, wobd
covered with-yellow cloth were placed-upon-a t a b l é ^ ^
tabling rolls of yellow paper resembling, vellum, on one- óf
which was written a‘ list of the-Imperial present’s ; and
pn the other, an answer to the demands which had been
lately made b y .the 'Embassador, Could any hope have
been entertained that this answér contained a. compliance
with those demands, Which neither the disposition of
the men who had been consulted upon them, nor the
suddenness w itb rwhi,ph they^amA to,x,a determinati^ ^ Departure
Concerning them $ wari;§nted, it* must 'haveib^enf effec- ' -....>;
tuallydohek the^sileriee, upon this, suMeetj
fyf|Ho-chqomgThaiiyAWhQ.,.,HaA tho^&jabLSwers. be^h fa,-
VQurabJbwvWjpsld. mta'dejiaimerit, ofeep-mmuriiGatlmg
su-chVatcneptabi^btffli'bgfPsee’ , BQtfl.rohstjw^e ■ 4n* the
E m.bass,ador4SjpTe^n^g, ^ ^ d hw i& y ^ la ^ p b a h ^ h e ld n d
thd,‘rshauJder(s|jfi.j,aj manda^jgm^of thei|fifth tQ.m » ^.he
kneebhg during, the operation, tfontfo■^aJfe©ryarid:Sif6,amed
•by’him Qfyhorieb^ck^ as/afjailt(hepiye^, iA ’Whjph his f
Excellencyhwa^Joitetubaek, in ..the mannfer^shgWn in
j^ e ’32d plate of,the#&foj®olume. Such isj th e ^ s(|n d e
between< rank's in thatt^xintry, that tw© Chinj^^Q^rrij
pahions $|%-the Embassy,-, of no1 JAfanjidegreblit00^ k$ v®
also^ofithe Colao upon thpirrknees, The interpreter,. tho
M f ^hadjibeen;annopn^edi,.as;n||pr#ftar,y t-tbrtheyEm-b ^ y
for thpr Chinese -langfuagid- was^alwavs stand
■beioreGthejjGplao»;_,and ir^ e ^ a th g fh g !^ ife £ fP p ? J\o f
the Thibet^armyi bnfcie] fo^cedbim-tp^iAtpBret UpanfM|
;bnges,®K
: After parting with- the^Empefor’s ministers, j^ejJ^mr
bassadqr, .attended -by- his, former,^etinl^obEngligh apd
ChinSge, passed-through one-of th-ecasterAigal^oM’ekiff,
wherb;be:was- saluted. with' the,usual ho r ioy s^ iy l pro:
ceeded,directlyjitowardsf;Tong-ehoQrfpPnipf?fin|f tQ*qjj|jj-
bark upon theeJ|ebho.
:• The.:Weather; was now somugbeQ^Mj^than w^en th®