Tong-choo- • /. '-fqck vV,
instant command of .the«statë. There was also a-»prompt
i;itpdgt and cfcerfulnèssj'ofnOibedieiacev; which. argued, a
.confident expectation; ó f aw adequateixpcbmpenee,. ;u
T h e , temple, .ap^wionasJpG^ intended .for the aceomt
modation of the Emba.ssgdor< aiid-his .suite, had ^ e n
fo u n d e d ^m u n if ic e n t;b ig o t, «ome^mtuiaesiagg&foE
thejmaintenancei of [twelve priests < of Ther religich óf fe s
which jfs thp most general in {Shin a. Thisfidifeeiis -WW
occasionally converted into a jcoricarar
v a le r a , wheretravellers of rank, aicJodged'in thensj^P1" -
njgs^upon .the' puhli^feavM^Ahroughthis; paftteof I the
cgupfexjyi. The most conspieuousjcleiff id
a personification of Prov idence,, under;, anfemafe;
holding in hpr hand'a circular »pOate-, with an ^ ey jjd lp ig ^
on it,{as (.appears; in the. annexed en-grayjjtg.^h^^i^^Wë
displayed, some gracejanddignity^; i >f !■ >'
Mr. Hickey ,u painter to the/ E m h & s d . <
qucfted in the pformex ,-volume, ^.notibes; this build in g rifi
“ II is/situatedrpji a. m;|i®0 gBW ^i
“ of gêntfe-asqept, abciut-halfjk;milerfrom f e e T^én,
“ and){close to fee;ysuburbs> ofiTongrchpor'foo, ,opd
“ tis .encompassed[with a h ig h b a ll, in w h ic h ea/ small
| door, opposite tofed riyer, ^as-guarded upon feeao${
V-Oasion bylChiwsedsoldiers;- and bjferfeirwasa-tent;
To containing a bandrof musiaians, tè^.playfrwhenever thé
“ Embassador, ,or principal persons of the Embassy
“ passed by-them, .From' this’ door, throygh Several
tGdhTt-^Bds and View bhrilditigs ihr domestic nsesj a tob*-c}joo-
•passagfe ded to those pamtktdmly-' conseonated ito die , -■ ■----
efeerciSos<ctf fi;eligihn . They were Separated from the
[others iby a wall, in which -was an opening iof the
exfet form of t a« circle. ' The diameter was »bout /eight
fedt. Beyond *,this circularsopenifig Mrere two places