attracted to the country. The probability even of his Excellency's
return there* after a tour to?JapaTi*pr Gochin-
China5 a%the ‘5eason would.-serve, flight be of .,u§e in
this respect ; and the„-rgform introduced- in the interval
would acquire thegfopce-of habit, which tfee good. intentions
o f the Viceroy might be able to support. The
Embassador was aware, that nothing but the motive .of
guarding the valuable fleet of ships from China, should
that become ngeessary for their safety,.could warrant him
in indulging the idea of returning home that season, without
having«nade all tire exertions in his power for.attaining
as many objects as possible of his mission to the East.
During kis stay at Canton an interchangepf visits took
place between,,him and the Viceroy, and algo between
the former and the gentlemen of the factory. . §ueh a
familiar intercourse, in the latter „ instance, testified to
the-Chinese, that the agents for the East India Company
in China were not taken from^a class, or employed in
an occupation which debased them, in the eyes of their
own country, .below the society of the first persons of
rank and eminence. The pride and reserve of rank were
not, indeed, much cherished by the Viceroy. He Was
the first in . that eminent station who ever admitted the
native merchants of Canton to sit in his presence; and
he was likewise said to be. the first Viceroy who consented
to sit at table with gentlemen of the English.fac-
tory, at a repast prepared by them for the Embassador.
*rhe’Vdt^oy; hisulayoTuMMr'disposition-towards canton,
tliteiffingishd Was influenc'd-, >pethiaps, likewise^by the '
^pinionloheSiihad coh'peMed foMaMr42sbi§Me- and 'ac-
c|uiifements. A deideritlgsbfcnib'ntfed^ilfewa’f d • ihspiribg
Mm witM<si3eh 'sdneimems:1 The^d&stoiMbfi inkling'
thW-apour of. tofsar<|(teV as ✓ well bfi - taking^ ift-1] ri
pbwdfeff, isi'^eryJiggnefal iin China4Va'n'd4e®ef^^slfioJ'¥he
highfest^tfanks.. Th©jV|'o&&|rno®c®-Wainl!ingttbfe||hi|
pipe, in tbe- ab'sende* of the 'iEmffes&lefol
tOOb'frOm his pocket'a. small pH©sphorifMs6¥Mfe>;'which
Opening, hteJO^i «kindfed 'a thatch that AisWjetbd^tte
purpose: wanted i- The' singmlariEytef^p^
ingOto^carry fire^fepiM him ^without 0 ana.ag‘gp?attt.akJd
the Vleefbjds^ttentidn. His* Excellency' explained* the,
phteSlrngwOn- to, him-ini g l^ < ^ f terms Wb^eshirhNk
prcse.pt 'of thejbptt-le,,WiMcfifwas not a.dit.tl(|Mteab ii^ ^ r^-
Msdey^. This trifling* incident fed t-o 4<eoH f^ ^b n ;jon
pther curious- subjects*, from whencfe^ti wasilsuftri^itly
apparent how; much the- -CMn;eSeyrtho -skilfuf?andf | ,
troiis in particular 'arts* were beh inMl%he^We§fbM; - nations
in many., philosophical andr'usefulnbRa®gfl§l|%f
sciencbi The Embassador<w>is nÖtssoBry^^hllvi^hc ‘Opportunity
of mentioning at*taM*meiïf§-.
of'Euirppeans, ^M ch -wé%#?t,hè mroitfilkeillto Sllfetfl The^
imagination on being firstffölated-: :fsuch|M^the 'method
o f ascending dn the* atmosphere Hyidfie assistant^ Öfdtal-
loons filled with attenuated air«; vthe>hpparatus> ib¥?t r e- ■
vox., rr. ■ ' 3 S