Passage um tuguese ; .;apd h ifctteAhpp&spdj policy.#- several of; tha|
th^rci-ho- nation imQhiiia, to, exclude jail other, foreigner Jrom a
concurrence with them in t-hat respebP.,rThis policy' how-
e^gi^sbdMfcct^ieolonial, pr local, Loeitk«r^ggesMd, nor
, encouraged-by the cabinet- of Lisbon^}mx «Yen, f#i?h&pji|
known t h e j ^ ' But on the supposition of its easting
Macap or^ekin,-it is likely,astftoset^osmi^i^ries.werk
Sot Portugue^uiihatnthejlqualifications-^hicb repdpsd
them useful at Macao, and th b ^ p k ersX rom iv h ^ e^h ey .
might, derive , prompt io'n^t-Pekin, ra^ Jtaye^equally
operated^ io prodpe§;lthe ohstaclestvrMit^d^atrthe'ufojmer
plac^against their, departur^from*' it.T jk e ^ tl|a d ,. hpiw-
eyer„ after. §gm<v:strpggle^andj .gfeafi patienG,pnpeh|ftpbe
those; obstacles ,_and. purivedjin the. Peidho <f rygr in
their ;way;to Pekin. But not forrni^.a part g>f th^ Em-
bassid«r>. su it^ an-d the expected -permissionaff^ ppct'
not having ■* arrived before the departpr^ | ^ | p g | j^essei
fn^Clanton, thpy»jvene/undeiObi^^^gd.§s^jy)|aSena.b&pking
for that place.' It m.ay not#hj2SfeY^r»-be ungratefuhtQ th ^
reader dot be made -acquainfedjhat th© ;p e p v p r ^ |||§ f
those pious men was ^at last .«5 warded,.'in the’|j p ( (they
w i* ^ a ;, and that theyy obtained' p e rm ilw b n d ^ P q ^ ,
Emperor to.iepair to the capital, w h A ^ s r - e taken
into .His -serviced| i
The throng ef" visits to the E mbassad'on was .consider-,
able at Tien-sing, from the seyerat..ciyih andatrijlitary;
officers of the place. In seeking, oht for the nearest.resemblance
betwedni these persons and Europeans, the passage up
nhatóêc©<Éta#B ggfi6lëHfen''fök‘'rank in France; while m o -=====
n^jh^^^ilÉd.i'fete^iè'GSÈirfced/readMyïit'o the mind.
Arfeêft^^lg! nrhahi%y^ó!*jmannlkh inssÉa-nÈarié^us fami-
Gommu#l^§dtófe^h|'giether' with' A Sense
ofrself-apprabation, Sandnthê'lvarfit^éf natóorfai superia-
ribyd^l^r^-^^hHitiighxe^e^fdl^pfeli^sêemed *to>, constitute
1 thêif' fèSara ête%| ïrf
*ntAthe»i|®i^#fêf^e^^h^'th'^daS^i3#'e-ï'ê,^)Yére arid his
Ex^'&Heh’Cyfnva'sIffetfefxke^wasjinfornred that*ia-; Chinese;
wMMi ad;- lohgl® 4‘inohb Yeïtii^^b öirpfih b ^aéhttfctesirêd'sfi®
bef&lmitfedj A youth wi§ inhod'ueed*
clean ïahd^CQiÉïpbsedJ in hïs <fe%ss^of £a''<modes1*i Cöunte-
naiïbgf| mcL humble in< hrs > dejJoltmèht. i HiiÖjnjbifrgd- to
beiaiiyoïuh§iA^0phym'rdxsihctS&l:eKvA'Ö>tö the doctrines
b.fcChristy 'andjÉ^jfséri^il'ëipi-e oF thsltnis'siblaary who
had ,;-re generated! him fromWu p^gahismfofi bMahefeMars'i
He was- dey hted to- the; bohikaUdsj ó$liisi ghostlydather,
and4perföfhi|d^Ö^^ëtóÖiSof no lit tlêf danger^ in bril^- .
ingdèttërs.to the Embassador-, without’ïp'ètttifesion either
from, theumaglstrate&of the pteöÈffrom wheim^he 'tóènd,
ör'ftho^e-wheD^h’é' n oWarrikéd^Töf h o t only? such chtÉ-
munlcahbfèVIvvathj a; stidirgA# Éfj’notD'allowed?;' hut even
among the natifeSjifers mubh restrained^'.There is nö-'es-
tablishinentSof-aj poshfoxi'.thefgèn^fel'tconvenienbeil#the
Jreopjp through the Chinese empire. E xpftfessles * are fcon-
tinuall-y sent on horseback^ tb* convey intelligence to the