fjan-choo- ' fib* after immediamkyfpLr9£hefi ip-the rputg
whfch.had been pointed oyt^to'him byjh®E^. eg 1} grps y 1
It was, possible ,that;a newjjgttigr mig^hJ^dM^e tp,^gg.ch
Sir Erasnjj^sifiuring §hort st%y b%i;htende^ ^o’lna^!^^^
-fo.rg^Qantdn J) The; suspicions, w ^ ich .h a^ ^ feffP ^ fft®
elsewhere) 5$} [baalfniiirv traversing Jthg intentidp^|dfee
Embassajddgjfliad no pl|§efin thehrgasts of § u n ^ta^bin
or the Vicergy., A (fetter to. stop .thyLiQp^jiS^intSjantl^
dispatchejdijtp the Company’s Com,missioner^^G^on,-
with- a . -request that^t should befpr.^A3j^ejdd0.i§>ijL E® |r
mus Qower, i f within. their;r§gGh. >iI:
. The Hin#stam Indiaman waisisfill ajt ChEu-sap .Waiting
for her commander. . Thorpe yv; Vi,Ggr$yg|J| Cant9n,^i!.d
Jio.tjjas the old had ^onpJtpbj§ct to h^g o in g to join his
ship. It was determined also,ftlmkW0.?.t Q|.the<pnifi-
m e n ^ tb e Emhajssy who had bennlpassen^rjirih h<$sj,t®
(Dhina, should return by the,same j:oj^e^n,cg. j fand
the presents frpm.the'Emperor to his Majesty(ih^ui^ttp
pmp n h o ard thgt.;yes§fth in lihejman^her.as thosejjjpm
|j s Maje^ytto the Emperpr had beehhrpug$efroi&t in he*:
For this purposet it w^s-mgsessaj-yj that- thpdEmbajSsy
ihopldy^P divided into
rputes., The Embassador and»(the; greatest jnumher wgife
to proceed to Cantong\ and iphaung-tarZhin, who ;^as
likewise going to take possgssion of the gov.eypment.;pf
that proyipce, hastened his departure in order _t°; accom-
pany them: while Sun-ta-Zhin with- equal, readiness,
a§®ged fte tafe^ t®*(&hu-sha CoMJafil-heiSsbfi, and the other Hari-fchoojj|
gentlem0^whOli#^feig'®£m^&i^©i4 fihhHinddstan. ■
viThsmmtegi^GR%^if^6®?he>-™ade1on th¥s z$4&aWoffl, S^ere
atte>iM@d\wi(!h'-thei^efey^fi%i*Mw*day‘s^f''Hart-iclid®ifoo.
Some -of Ithilgfe^dfemfeh.'t-Odk the- opportunity wr-ilihg
toThoi^feiends in Europe dn/thelsuppdgitilSh^oS^Gar^d
fd®^he:Hinddstahtteih^ft0-.h^ fduhd«a¥fe#-san, and[of
her-#?srailfi4^ fjpoftfv th e d te -without 'd ^ y ^ fo r in
feasei^f^teeisL'idn hava^^t#iiM#^ffdmiCtriton, before the
EmHaWadoris dir-fM-eM-s' for - detaining that shipfishould
arrive there. I f that^thcTlmstance shbuM<re^lliy>happdri,-
Sir- ErasiMis^would haye?eitfdilf^bu*red 'to'beatPup Against
thiirmrth-daWm'd'nso'on, thh}ugMcthe^g®i^^FofMosa,' in
hdsswhy^ehe Japan is!lands.> There'hvas'a chStne®;'ajlso, in
sach an event,'ofhis bein^nifet'bfy th#HMldl)^t'a®^in'tbat
strait, wherehfs!pps)gress, iri a?hdrthefn^u!^l%gai'hst' tifd
monsoonf would n^c^a^iijhfee slow/d Captain Mackkr*
tosh was, therefore,provided with a fefit^td>Sh^Era§M®M?
similar in-effect to that whi'£h Iwas’already addifessed Co
him, under cover to the.Gdmm‘issioheW-'at' Canton.
During ■ithe4’preparation^ a r Han^oMoo/fdo, Vah-ta-.
Zhin with his- uhi'al'.goodqnfatufe* invited -Mr. 'BarrdW
and some- Other gentlemen o# the Embf^yho take a' sail
across the lake S'eehGdfjWh'ichd&yjktla little distance to
the'westward . An d j^ a n id ’OGdmmodatiohh'ar'gei with
anattending boatft®ce&oking ^iGthdls“Wereprovid,edin-
stantlyfdThe lake was fdlf o f fish, on which they dined.