journey to way ; and an entertainment of confedbiohary and fruits
fa». was-provided for him. The crowds of ^'e©tatbrs ,wérë
as great&Ssr^When he first passed through Tiefi-singi|:>"
Behind» the city an d . suburbs exterM^ia ' sand yvpMn,
as far .as the èye could rqa'cli/? covered with snfal^tpmbs,
óf which the number was incalculable. It vrastfiie public
buiying ground of which the limitstY « ^ s o ,wide,’^3we-
ing ftp: that féspect paid to* the dead h y thet£!hinesof
which prevents them from opening a new graye1 aipoU
* any spot wfi#ebthe traces of a:former 'one remained
upon the surface.
The*stream of the Yun-leang-ho;. which likewise
bears the name of Eu-hoor precious rivet ^ was? confined
near Tien-sipg,,be tween two artificial bank's thrownaipt
to a-considerable height, and doped dowmtp^tóeï waters?
edge in the manner of zrglacis. The taps^werfe^plisftÉér^
.Ü-tnto fijie' gfaveb walks, shaded iH^many milfs* by
ro^ys of large willow trees, high pioplaiSr-rfn^ th ^Pm k -
.Wig asp, interspersed with others bearing fiirft, pinti&u-'
la rly o f the plum kind- Along those'banks, the country5
appeareApultivated as a garden, producing chiefly culinary
vegetables.
The ktream was here so strong* that it requitfedf'Ip-
stem m eighteen or twenty trackers to'each- yacht; -nor
<#4d their progress often fexceed a mile an h o u r; bjjl
the beauty o f the scene made some amends Ijpr the slowness
of the motion. In other places the river widened to
<ibPuEMghtif^feetJ)i andthe<fcuraeisMtqf th^e |tjt^m Was more <|jp«eyto 1 I ' ' I S , > * | Han-choof?
bd sh'tsBcH nr* ' rHM b i .* * , ,fay..
\ i Itiswasl ^ ra ^ fo rS tp re rflw im b ^ ^ t'b ^ ^ ^ d t^ fed p p ri.
riverpand ,• the ^tebiferitdvrupoit'-'itl a t.,i,fcs
depthsahd atypre,-
sont s ja.'kaiig®?biari&h»’fen#l>h^<YeM‘^ ^> ri\^ ^ li‘em falling
through thatchannekinto %i$e5 |jm|i|®rbien’-sing ;
^hlrttiirth^whed’gfof n©^%fpHs’ into. the
i¥efLl®®i|!sla/!at aiid^dancbfdbfilmoird»-feha-n,-;an| hundred
tdflis>. HU
norAr eWrysiAtewal /M^k^few jfaailesy are] military^posts*,
afruardi < of :wfi$eh soldiers ‘a®e>statioit6df,tbirpil©te4t .the' iTTr
tqrnak eomnifehsfetof 4heip^c®t5ilMe,stha!®wdll{
from..pi#dtpss' ahetei£pfeBefs .* 5 A» C’Riinese^s'o]^b%wJa£s,his
bw&rd>i'©M',»th&?lr^i®sjd'df b ufcewith hfri%p.pipit bdndin-g^o’band‘
be .draws! it4 with* thf®rigfkfefhaj#ditt‘U^nSl4l^^1‘
hihdahina. ’A.view of a miiitaryip.b$1f8's nt>pfl)a l17
ofitbefolio volume;! *
^ffetTheKsaii: hebeafeout-svis sandyv and in (appeS-ranee-tdry»;
but- it .carmot'keidug -btfond aefootlin depth,.; without
finding* water- in nabund anker- iGanah\b'4differen^,f&i^©s
»arei^eentattshort-disti^tes?fek>her falling;intd thellttvey,
X ) i branehipgrfrahiiife ‘into* the-; c o u h tiy i
i#iAlremarkabll' difftetenes3t$©k plac;q$ .hereabouts, bq-
tweern: the height ofi'the thmu6m'etq^m:thje night; arid
thafe which-, .was obsoGtedvin the, middhhpf the jday.
Sometimes it.stood httluaboveTorty^ofi Fahrenheit’s scale