• Journey to
■' Canton.
“ hundred pounds. The arrows are perfectly well
“ turned arid.feathered:r|-)Theyitare1 armed” at| the' points
“■ with a. shank and spearéfegÈél. Both Chi-nese’-and
“ Tartars value themselves on their skill in theSusörofi
“; fchis weapon. They hold it somewhat obBquéîy in
“ the left hand. The string7is plaeèd behind an agate
“ ring üpon thei right thumb,r:the first joint of wfei'c-h is
I bent forward and kept in that position by pressing the
“ middle joint of the forë’-finger upon it. In-this''slfua-
“ tión the. string is drawn till the left arm is-'extended,
“ and thdï right hand passes the-<rdgSt|ear. The'fdfe-
• ‘ finger is then withdrawn from theFthhmb, which ih_-
stantlyToreis tfcfstring from the *agate ring, anjl dis-
‘‘-charges : thé arrow with considerable^ fbreet'- This
armour consisted of an helmet of iron, in ^h e 'form? 4f
“ an inverted funnel : the- crest corresponding-to the
“ pipe of thé funnel, stands six or seven inches above
.the head, and terminates in a spear. It is-surrounded
“ by a red tassel. The neck is secured by a piêcfë&of
“ cloth stuffed, quilted, and studded with iron, which
“ hangs forward round the face. On the body is ah
‘ ‘ upper, and an under dress of cloth, also quilted1 and
“ studded with iron ; the latter reaches below thé calved
“ of the legs ; the former only a little below the waist.
“ This dress' seemed to have the inconvenience, without
“ the advantagesi of armour. The officers had their hel-
“ mets polished and ornamented with gold, with a
“ biyhei^ssfcahawtt ^ f e y tth^xhen. T k ^ b o d ie s were 1°“™ ^
^ tg ^ e re d w iik ph$pJJ.‘o|jblu g^silk with. studs',of gold or
^feill. Th&iifebb'otiS,a^&ie «AMiacksafchi. Anotheji d^serip-
t i q h ^ thedrnggs ^bvarmed^ |tA ^ # -ords*Qnfey, whose
iiidrfe^s^is qalledAe -Ibis|^fyell'4wJGfot,|i with
‘ .darkbrown stripes, fitted to, .th,^shasp|i§ the capwhich
^£..n.paT.ly ^ v e rs fth ^ g ^ ^ n ^Q rm e 4 ^ ^ g ^ ^ e n t|th ^ ife # ^
i & of .a-’itiiger^ Thip? carry ya hiefd&^b aipbo^lbr Tat^hf,;
-.^paipted ^hMeouply^. rffy^sentyfdmg^nfsl top l ^igersi’
V 'keadst wifrhtnperjj^^ufehs^ and ^effitormous-^^thl^ and
%mueWstgessds, laid .u p o rf$ e rid% s||||),e a ran e e Io -On
^ ^ a ^ h Bank. o £ .tK ® p |^ ^ a’ t r o p % ^W ° d w a s ^ J e te ^
‘ ‘ paintqdifuj ddjjyeiqd with pieces of silk.^^^cofe^n^dfi.
“ btightlgcoiouik in .festoons.
H milii^ry-mandatinesi ,Th(-^n tents' fitted-
\pfor;the purposes The trunifwits^ apipaisemly?, fb e^ rd -
per^H^ilftary, i nst r um era tf>' w erej^ea» h e ’ nj$u a 1
:V gompi imeh foffiffirisisted. iofrtshrg^^diistin^jgb'Jiasts. In
.plate 19 qf thefolio voffimiqdkd^delteeation of somedf
tfff instruments «f war'nsedjk>ith:a»^ifie|^^|
. ’. ^ k theikpops sainted, the Emhas,sasd®|t>#s.' he?"passed to .
the’%*Yqred barge?intend,ed fo^him i in tiKj'S.he^yirout^. lt,
Those bargesj^ereisharp builtf^e.tkIfofe and afit^-fld^^0^
tpmed, about twefep. feet,broad,, a n d ^ ^ 4 d ^ ^ ^ ( i n
length. T ^ y s a i l e d k w e l l f e ^ ^ ^ ^ M i - '^ drew
very lit tie,,-,water,, One, inferior in ;d e coratiow to^thatl^y'
the Vijceiqy, was at; first prepared dor hfe. Excellency j