Journey to
Han-chpb- ; ifèfe " ; ■
of the-river, in the IbïeJgrouhd^isiaa common practice
through-dub the empiirel ; M
ivSEach town isu, supposedtonhe» under the protfechioh-of
certain-stars èr constellations,-of which last theiOhM'ege
iefekon kwentyhighti; -but they havé, beside, aidèvèsion
o£? the Ssjtars answering to »th^ sdgnsf <sf* tE©%®dfe.t,l*iand
which theycCallbthe< twelve .maösi0S§<-of ith èsu n . In. a
skly koi clear,as .that which they- énjhy,4t^^öt<SiiferislÉ;g
that, from the first dawn of civilized^Sojhifyh wheri'ks
yet the fewer combinations’of ciyikMfe, and- adstóidHif
population,-gave less occupation t0fedye$|d individual;
and sufficient subsistence was to^bW éte^ifeg|l§with less
ipsdnsiof culture, he iho.uld'emplioyJso'ïnê^Dfr-ttbtiiöfl^s
tipte'dn temteurplating the -bfiliiaMfe-/lumiiffltfes *^b^SFe
him. The G hin^^did not borrow thëir4.Éh öwlg ri^ ^
them from other nations, as appears .from1 fhfe’*han®ësvby
which they ..are distinguished amongst them ,’ .and- which
bèar analogy to customs and events- in their .own ;@f§un-
trjb hO h somefef their ancient re‘oi»s arêftóbê’-'fb’uhd the
characters denoting the mansions of the sun. By dlifttSf
observation, theyckmeto know in a little time1 the- trfrè
number o f days, in a solar, year, as well as öfherhperiöds
and phenbmena of the heavens ; but they, quickly.Ml
into th e delusions of astrology, t h em a gni fice nt-p r oph e -
jBies>and promises,vof which destroyed the ta&tedbr thé
patient labours and sober science of astronomylsr-Their
astrologersapretend to foretell^ and publish annually1 in
dopirff^^öi thos'JPff,* Murthie,1 efer-y vi- journey to
g Hi * . . , ‘ m k ^ ffan-chöö-’
riatïdn' stoö* ,■
p-tluit' fhë^forme'r markh'bes-idfes^the ludky
anëMhiütky -day s7'4êi: lë^tlii-tdan undertaking."‘‘*'
ï%?@^iTlucmi:nmL’' ^ is
IflÉÉfmhd' byielhfy4te( ïdmdTwdh. Mc ifëh^hla®h^|)rë-
t h é § ® e ? ffëq u e ^ 'lp b ffd ^P 1
^ lM li ^ T i^ ^ » ld e ^ w ^ ^ gM n g iO T l ^ f tp ^ ö o ’rancre
W fh^f^Wililhiër^^t' thl^TMlih'illt^-'bfiT^e'iytfe ^Mew •
and^m^rt^i^icfêv af^lmfsllllid; in hlöffë they m a ^ ig lm
'AndTKhs' what hü'fhh ió* fohithe leTéd^hy^of
ÖhppfHf) '’kuch i r d p b ^ t u l f t h e
b uÉn|ɧ *© wh o harr^t’êih^ohf^I^'isfièhEh^U^S^&l
f $ t h It i f k t a ^ t d i in tkTy'’- r a x ,trp 'b n
superstitihh?* *
fax^ïs im p ^ Ib ïh -Ghiff^hhbtheiM^r^flr#
ligiöh*** deWihbnié's 4ïh ordah-SÊd^ by fthin the', perforte-
'Ih lë^ fff^ ^ tch s(Mi'Jkmë "is^M k a ril^C én s timed; and,
sacrifices'Sfe^equirëdj whifcl#^êc^db!fe^êhcl|bni tHè
hevh-ancf fu-rr' mo$n;: andbiï sprihg'and^ütüuin'.; and
likfe'v^fllf'^ th® ^ fffin ih ^h f the^dÉNr Om^^^latfér%4'
lesion, parïtd§larf^mufehJ%f#Mffatfoyn 'takesbpfacMvBbmh
gob^tifeö- 'ft' htfê^^P-Ad^aintanë'esï Vetohtr' their'- sus-
,pêh*d^?,^htëfcè%rs®;^^l^ids‘' offinlfëcl? É^hecofeêilëd
every thing’ dalëif^Ppom% 'h e ^ ’éfÉlj The'poÖre'^tiSs^-
t l ’p r ëpares, dörlhg th è -p ^ èd ih g
months.-'för. kfi'Mërtal, how^fc'&rief, of enjoying life,