new to eachrotherbmuchjfonfusion* mightbe expected to
arisen It was avoided by caution and. method.: The
mandarines were, on every;, occasion,1 attentive* to fehe
accommodation of the passengers. ,Even %eu®hinese
soldiers and sailors? displayed-a gentleness of deportment;
rand a willingnesss-to .oblige, distinguishable - from1 thé
meres execution of arduty ; and whioKshoweebthat tke
present. strangers;-a f least; ; were. nobunweleom®*.^ These
strangers. wercA'iùdeed, announced asrcomjikg*fromafar
tp pay -a compliment.ta,.theiksovereigk;,;-f.0pdAk©r lowest
of the Chinese were not ses deprèssed?as toAfé. insensible
of some;national gratification on that:account;
- The approachjof the EmbassyrWas^aiïteyent fee Which
tke report spread rapidly amongithemeighbouringitoWns
and-v-illages. Several of. these-»were! visible from'like
barges, upon the river: .4'Crowds of- men .wexeassemblted
on The banks, some of whom waited arcènsïdikâfeectime
toosee the pracessrognpass-, -while thefeeriïftle;s,éa‘| shylas
they fjç^fieurious, lookedyiirougb,gates, or peepedfjSMsser
walls,-to enjoy the -sight. ,' A few,- indeed,-of .tbefanioient
dames almost dipped their little feet anto the* feveii,lira
order to gp,t AJrteafçr peep but the -ybnng
sqx ■ generally kept tin the background. | Theferangers-,
on their part, were continually salauseeL and gratified
y ith a succession of new objects. The face of t-he-Goun-
try,- thg appearance of the. people, presented; in almost
.eveçy instance, something dilferent . from, what offers to
thé view elsewhere;!-'Apd'a genèraTsentiment prevailed,
that it 'avis' wefkwbkhIw'Md. to:ha*le rtravelled' io such a
distance to t@^h'old§4 èouaatry .which promised 'to* be in-
teretóng in' eve'r^‘#e's'pdgif-) ^
The d is ^ b è ^ o g re s s ^ th e -Ehïbagsy upon theiPei-ho-
W.asrvery-slbwj; thebeduhse; pfctBafe'river beingTemafk-
ablywserpentinê. yThe: route was tlkYeft)fe;considerably
a n d ^ h ^ ^® d f% k y kkjpan »onoitfetch was
favourable/ïlfecame1 adverse kpob the1 dtlier. All' rivers
of Jsfirea.m¥joftwai;ef, fho ' d o u b t , I I f aightfclinés from
th êlf^sëpTöes? to- tfö|fsea^l ^?ftS'GlMhg^Sly1whére obstacles
boeuj- w h lehdl^ ^kfcpiwd ^M ^ ^ llY d ^ u ïk fo tih t. ‘ If
I hose - obstacles: consist o$kÊ#ksöoï’ I elevated* compact
grounds, no subsequerfedblMdepts ra're; likely to 'Change
thelbëd d^MTdrm'éd?;f•’f e y f l o w through a
country "riearlyfi^l^lUnd bblwfe^n banks? fe so foösé'a
mold ad to b e incapabledbfi' reacting' a"partiaL swell, or
rapid motion, offtfce fiver, -it will' probabl^lon such oc->
casions,' form .new aridlciredkotfs ehanbetlsfer fesel’f. It
did so ini-thé present instance ,1 andtb’a5 dè'gï^è' df in 6okv ëi
nience; Which appears to haveinducfcdf^Su'pHrinte'ödin ^
■government’ to- take pains foreonfining it within its usual
b o u n d s and; ‘acferdfogly; .extraordinary quantities of
earth have been placed *aJtóh|; .its sidés, dn' order*immediately
tb fill up any Bfeilèk'which ft®in timid’to' time
might be- made in 'them. There aE^mounds of this kind,
in the form'of truncated wedges, s all »'along the banks-of
Passage up
the PeiJio.