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till they^^abe'thertr;at-length to mere, daily'labc|urer&.
The*. advahtagils* Resulting* from t-bei neighbourhood pf $be
rivet f become sortfe^consolation for thebeoaaionalropjixe^,-
sionof mandarines,in foreingocGasionally.thejpeasants,'■at
low iktes,into theseM'ee>dl?goverbmenbj <for‘thepwppse
'©jp fraeking*apdii its banksthetpublic barges?passing ondfe.
, TbeSriYdr- meandered through^ a.richly % cultivated
plaitif ohly-b.y4 b^borizoB.
the principal articlea_dP*pTodaee bere.&as^upon the'fPei-
5 The houses of almost,weny-viMa^f^laurtout^ed
with a thick fenceiof the stems of the kow-|da®-§ri#tend^
ftd b ablf as a' defence againki thei!coldfjWf#h^, H e^ a -
pMi^%pproaehmg,=tho it wMyet only -in thefmid^jef
October.
v i Those villages are s©metimes'ij^;^ 0^ f t® ^ | i^ ^ ie '
ropean. city ; but noneTof themsare of note .ainoj&gi the
■ €!hii®sfev unless walled round,“ and* comprehended intone
jd£ the three orders of their eMesig:*s
Thd the progress-of the yadits againsttstte^stream^was
slew, half an hour seldom intervened.wdthonha?|own, or
village coming into f ^ t .1 T h e walls ’ o£(the village
houses consisted mostlyvrif indurated mnd; or o f massisiof
earth baked imperfectly-in the sun, or moulded between
planks into the shape of walls, and bound together?swith
them, until it had acquired sufficient hardness»4($ support
a roof; or of wicker-work, defended by^a coating
ofradhesivh'i The. o v e ^ generally
w Mi > st r aw'(, * -r-a® el y> s t w i t h tu r f . ^ h e apartments
are|dividiedb lattiees^ork hungi^with* bfoad^pap^er,
contariningS&ither^t^ ,ifigoifes^offd^i$i^,$j)r< eplumns^f
ttiODafsentences nj A court;'Qm^acant’ sp^^jja^onnd; th(f
hdtrSe;&rs inclosed withiwattlest or the^sfgm^9,f jfche koyy-
leakg b tb e whole marked wiith an-yafraugerpent apd neat?
moss^implyabg^thefatfeent%%in^sp^of^tljgcPf9?S^F^
and suffiqidhfe*tchrfecQB'©iie thed^b^MPk^P
4f t.hft materials* w,ith<wh-icb.thogendwsf]ingi&
strdeted:m!
-i The; tbwnsfejydrd surrounded with walls;fo5 thejjjfi'ost
part fhigherithan the ropfskofoth^, hou,sgs t h ©yfined9 § gsl s>
Thd, walls foTmed-generallyL a,squarey|;a®jd{ t]^ fedF
fardinahipninfesu The g a t e s j b ^ ^he
rrames-t off east,> Wes%dorth, out s^th»#|a^g^^^^ing<gftpr
th©ifact,;vengraved, in* Wstone^dMe? the- jeiRjtJ-ap^ce c.f^*Tl|p
streets wecetfors^he most partvnarsowJmOr > s^5rp^ within
the?walls any-wide o.peningsfori;s.qn|ises.
were few, and*iQ.%rs#crated,^t®!
dence?bfthe!principAkj|i^r-st®n'S,ins'Rethor%yj!jv,^Jt^§umP“
tuaryflawsitif ©hinafregnlafee^b^ ^ w » ajt
the appartekl’of thd;opulent.' It>%s,^fmaxim-^of th at|s||it^|
far fronaibeingiuniversally;alloyed, elsewjhere, th ^ th ^
inore spate ions'the aparjtmdnts»ofjtl^jich, th^ mor.e^n-^
fined, must-be the cab in s ofstjie .p o j^ and the more
splendid the establishments o f , th%former,^ th e , more
Journey to
Han-choo-
foo.