|MHM| Sfld fsA ilia rk y , In their address‘tofstranget?s, A e ^ are
nMTesti&wned b y anybaAfuteess>j but'prestene thems&lv&s
with an 0 nfidmt >aifi-as if they considered themselves
a s ■ the Auper iorsj and a s i f omA i b g ;in Aeir< mait-*
netis’or appearance coidd be deficient orinaecurtfte. T p k
}^itcdfjdoiifiden®edn'themS6lYesii»©S8^©#gii*al.tyt:ftoin
‘"a CnffStiousness of surpassing Aeirmbighbbnr S in merit
I ftsgwty ’kind. BefcweAe^driodtof the Mofsgoloinyai-
sion bf their ‘ conn try, m th em id s t bf Abieter-k ItjpMgjf
Edibpdy when‘China was>1^kedi'by M tf
tivefeof it b ad aiready reaGhedfEhib higheSt^itGbwb'Gii
Yilizatibh/, in 'which
tohheir conquerors, as well d§*to Iheir E urapeanmontem1
pbiariesssebut notdiavihg since advanced, whilst the nations
o f Europfcfaave been every d a y -improving in manners,
and in arts and knowl®d^iefefilfy kindpfth^Qltf^
nese are seen b y the latter with less admiring’eyes :tban
they w e r e b y the first tf^elfei®?wltn ^giYfe|ai8<MUiitsi©f
them. T he Chinese themselves felt l i td y in th e ir inte#-
oouiSe with the Enibassy some' o f stbe idvahtagfs which
the English now had over them. T h e CMniseihavn su ffered,
perhaps, likewise b y the -intermixture with the
Man e h » Tartars; f i l in g themselves in some degree degraded
under the yoke o f the most absolute authority that
cab bevested in a pririce, whilst the Tartars Ansider
Aemaelves as in some degree partakers' o f Aekasove-
reign’Sidominion over the whole; and are thus consoled
nndftr^t:he«p^§.^ r feo^hl^^ w ^ mp p ^A ejqas^ ^ ^ .^ like journey to
Aftt.B8mjsftff^mnt,s»o.^^.use;aj|^|^^belopging,, —
kf^ipAain ■Tivma1i ^ p r .^ p l^ te e in f amaiqgifr who, .,tpo
!d a ^% A ^ s e 1vie^^ook,d(^nsnpon.thev|)e^sahtryand
f a ir! negspoe^of t^g ^state^s gqeatly .their^nj^yor^.. tfc
ilyptlpnn a principle not^Assi^ ^ a r. A^in^abit^iJ^ m ^
neial of themaritimeprnvin,Ge,nf^C.anton,,Gpjt^rdgrin,gAe
stem gfopsAafapaffle ^ t t a j ^ f o ^ ^ l tss
protected b y the government of tjj^e coijn^^^l^qAem-
selves, affected a snrt ^fUjuperi,orit.v .somedme^ v er them.
Mftf&fi thojinfloence^pf the »extensive ,trada^ggcdfid Otyby
AsEhgitA&.-W.S m a n ^ g ^ d some days- J| ^qp5^^ ry aqhts
had reached Ac city of Canton ; for upon the riy.ey^||
well as along its banks, it was .QOJU.nj^ipf^l.^ hear stung
English words attemptedm.hetsnokenb y ^ lhpji^e^ ,Mapy
okthsjio^t^of burden wIiiGh' ^ j ^ sailinet^awndlievjjvaF
were by, 1c t l with ,.goods,.ide.«j|.irn p d ^ )
It ^ a s cro^dgdj indeed .raly y in ma}nyplaces,.w^n^^ t
rafts or floats nf^ti jnheg), mqstly of th^farcp^and^mnhQr
n|| . ,Aeir passagemwar^ ^ the'middle^and northeyp.
province ^«yf^the, em pi r ^ whfch^ yerfey qq levy! and top
j p l l cultiy^tqd fcq>rqdu5frmqpfr,wood '.T^e,rg||s W |j|d
tngf.th er. exAended,^ sometimes .^abpve a hundred cffe|b A
IpTigdi. MastSji^gre. ereqlgdjjji se^eral,.iyixtsTof t|mm^on
wB.iqb sails we re..sat, jo waftdJ^ejn against,the pur,rent ’
whenever t h . e ^ a s .ajFgyour ^ lejuyezp, Vijyfcfiip, pAer-
wise.n,they werp
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