tobacéo, ^kut ; more’Wf the..‘amnual ?ehtton_ plant; T he
latter# form’s much of the cultivation..of this and thé
adjoining.' southern, proviricemof. Kiangrhah^. inot -is i t
neglecïed in thos%.plaoes!toithe northward, wherefth«
prtfl^.niwjhh.carried tp perfection beforeTke^severefffrosts"
set in. It is&riofe^üncQmmonifortjtlj^cultivator an those}
countries, to lbp.offthe
order tto .increase; the-^umhestôf Ipods-^ndihasten itheir
production ; in likel manner as in the West Iifdigsjiex^
p^erfehee has-hewn that the flowers o f the ros^-tidef-are:
Éfeéterated and increased by whipping^herbrada-GheSiofi
that shrub. A sufficient quantity ôfficotton is ynptKjbro-
jwaal.- in China for the consumption ofriÊterinhabitaoïts,;
among the lower orders of W'hick^cotton: ib universally
Worn by both a ^ f e ^ ^ éimportaîtion o f thateâkrâforfrom
Bombay is very eonsiderableglpt is sold
dollars, which, in the circle of commerce,; aæergidentfqrs
bills of exchange upon England; and tffodoharsreturu^
ed to the Ghinése; merchants for thçrieasi silk, ?ahddpbr-
celâin, exported from th.enco.fer Europe. r Adjoining to-
the fields of cotton , areothers -cultivated with indigdtwith.
whose blué dye, the cottons used for the coinmon people;
are! universally coloured throughout.the empire. -
On the twenty-second of October, the ;yahhts stopped
before Lin-sin-choo, à - nity- ;pf th© \ second order, near
which stood a handsome. pagoda of nine stories. ; These!
buildings are called b y the natives, Ta, andraremost
numerltm*nvh^i^palitslh^theJcohntry,’ upo.ru. the; summit's
>ofi ifabitob1 theyfial^.«f<refj»e®tliy1 ea?eetedlifTheyfare
igeh©K#My&fronr-ofe|h^EiJdied- and twenty if®^®n^ >fen dred
and highi^ which* 'is four
their*.diair£efeeB'ghat -the abase ;'>ahdriC^Ms^im’o 4 ^ an
unequal n-ufflh.er,i&^e ,sseyeBvjfi®h nine gallei^S'e^toric^
dimiuis'hip^as" tbeyfrisey'.withas many, pXoj&ting^iiofsi
A viesj&'fofi th&tpagodla1 iand^keighbnurhpoidinfTin-iim
ohoo, Islexbibilrid; in plSte IS^jAthelfoIrofl^lumeH^’-
t' At Lin-sinHchoic)*, the- yachts quittcMthc^lU- ho ,7$ |iich',
fi-oxrt’itsifsOurceivn the swestward, (ran north-4®t*er|y^)
this p la ^ f and .-isffi^e^®ine,tffi%^rjSh,6fimperial!
canal,i'Whlefo is carried ini ariihe^djr,efcfelyi south. T h i r
enteTSprrzk, theugfeatestuand. inost; a h ' i t s o k i n . d ^
w h fG;hfM^^fcjundi to qxfend, fromthhrtiedrfiOj ?Ha n t eh o 5- foo^
in’ ah/irregular -line rof Sbontefiwe hnndrhdi milfig ^hqt^nly
through heights, and overj jVaili^^buthaciloss!ffi^ers'? and
lake's*,' musdh asvh®it<h ex begun offended at Lin-sin-cho®’;
and it .is possible1 that the) Ta, brpagqda just mentioned*.,
the low situation)bf which precludes' ffi^Mcai'ofiitshav-
in ^M en intended either as a watch-tower qri^n.bkelisk;,
the supposed- usual purposes ofhhbhtstrhct-u res, may have
been hieant. to- (commemorate»eitherj fkh^uhderf ak ing>or
thle »acCompl'fehmentrdf tflisrcanah, as a. work, of'ho -less
genius than natiohaLutilifcy.!
This great work' differs- mirch from»the canals ,of »Europe,
which are generally protracted, in straight; lines
c.Hjoauûy'Cnheÿofoc . fOÔ.