quartz, feldspath, as^imiea, in which thëfqnartz seemed
to bear tHed’afgest proportion...;' It appears from several
Oxpëriöaënts, that itvibllbe same as the growan-;slone of
the'idornish miners. The micaceous part in some)of. this
gt&nitefrom both countriesi.often containsisome particle
of iron, in which; case if will not'answer the pottér’.^purpose.
This material can be calcined and ground ;muqh
finer by the improved mills of England, thambysthe very
imperfect machinery of the. Chinese, and at' a -cheaper
rate, than the prepared pe-turfi-tsd of theirown country,
notwithstanding the cheapness b f labour itheiie’1. •«
The iao-lin, Or principal matter miked’with-the Jper;
tun-tse,;is the growan-clay also of the Cornish'mineral
The wha-she of the Chinese is the English scraiplrocld?
and the she-kan is asserted to be gypsuin. It was:mlaR
ted by a Chinese manufacturer inlthatiiajtidejlthk^®
asbestos b r 5 incombustible fossil -MoneyenteiedxidsQjintq
the ’composition'off porcelain. A village -.or unwalled
town called Kin-te-chinj Was not very 'far distant>föom*
this part of the travellers^ route, in which-threé^thousand
furnaces for baking porcelain, were said'to be lighted
at a time,"which gave to the place, at night, the appear-i
ance of a town on fire.' The genius or spirit of that
element is, indeed, with some propriety, » the principal
deity worshipped there- The manufacture o f porcelain
is siidJo- b e ;precarious, from the w antsomeiipreeise
method of ascertaining and regulating fhe.heat within
the fur-raaseest in cökkequènWof .which, their whole con- pnmey to
^entsrarfebakcd^sémretimes mtltflrieKsoIid and useless mas^. - ■■■■■»
!Mr.- WedgworiiJ’s thernMhletfefft foundédfon tbeSquafity
ób®ërvedtibyilhinr,Ha!nd alreadytmentioned Lin this work,
ofeela-yi-’cbbtrabting ih p ro p ctó o n to thevcfegreeto® fire to
w Melt it isiexposed^ Êarightebkttainly beaof -use to a Chib
höSepottdK i
|AftfeTfg'sailing a* few daybwipbfilre".rfv'ewGhen-tang|-
c‘haU(ri^,/thè^ëkher;Êalta’bsts»for thevfirst time'rsm©è(fefoê
fSrrivabof the Embassy batCh i>na, fccame'wg<?ffiiidfglo4©'ifiy?.
T h e .travellers had beén Itongoebttugh) >fromuEngland, to
3^#ürprï&e-d to?see <a relay. »pasihng in -November' without
aMty<:appMifari^fo£lth& sun. Wfhrfebtfey WerèkdÉPlhe.
igmb'dl «ahaf/fcheyxometrihes’expéritece-d ,béis têrohs,« »b ut
sel4©M®iny:weathefL) T h e tem^era'térh oh thé {afe'Wks
likewfee; Uncommonly; coldyirt a; fotaïude feVs' tten f thirty
ffhpjie Mr ©hr Amequi n (SCtial; Maim. | Thé^Wëlé,! indeed]
in a codhtryof hhountainsy betweëöl W-bicbMhe winds
were hdmmed in a narrótoópassage, Jandbe^it&'d Sensations
’©fj^lld i rt emit seque nee iiifvth ehéigsefer a tMi ’ too tikrit 1
It'.Wkha'lso-vabouftth#flea’§©®fof»the^qhaWgplof-the mon-
Ife^f^iibhvaretrconst^mtly ^ttepdedr èyï viMihpS tor ms '
efïftfuhdèr', windy and!rain, sexfdrtdihg e^eh to;4his inland
province! Eabrenheit’é ther’kömeterwas-'sotnetimes
inihe-day so llpp as’, forty-eight.'
Atlhièrtown of fChan-sin-^heil| tHe^iveit’ceased ënb
tirely to* be-navigable. This river-lakes its »rise in a range