fhund? evenïn the moft &fpe countries, .add Sagfhot- Meath, wkh perhaps
lèverai tents of gypftes, Occur near - the capital of . England.
Civil Wars, ‘which hâve iepèatsdly .raged in' China, may ialfo^eflftafe
parts of a. country for a long period of time^\while’ the inhabitants
crowd to the cities and places oft defense.. As it would, hekallfurd ro
fuppefethat all China confifts of cnltiv‘able'land, . fo it would be equally
abfurd to« deny that the population has im prefled every traveller with
aftonifhment, .and with ideas totally different from thofe of Pauw, who
decided in his' cabinet, in a fpirit of enmity againft his _materials ; hnd
who feèmS to have; forgotten that the want df .enbivatiom^ is ifofne
diftriâs is balanced by. that refiding on the waters, miHkm&'jaf-'fililailies-
paffing. their whole exiftence in boats on the iiumerous fivers^ ilah.d9r
and canals. The recent Eoglilh embaffy was aftoni-fhed «at;thei|jfcejb
of population ; and Sir George Staunton has pubIHhed the {following:
table, from the information of a mandarin of high rank, who had
every opportunity of exa£t knowledge«
5Eiibie: of the population and extent of' China' Properwithin .the: great wall, f.aken,
in round number.s from the ftatements. of Chow-la-Zbin. ;
. \ PROWIH CE S. 1 POPULATION. S^üsARÆ MILES., " iCRës-
M Pe-che-lee - - - - -
Kiang-nan, two provinces
SiàHg-Seé - — ' - -7 :
Tehe-kiang. — - - - -•
: Fo-chen - - - - -• -
38.060.0 0 0 ,
32.000. 000
* ig,000^000 .
2r,oöo,ocb^
i 5',ooo,©pb.
i iPi.949".
E n a if f îR '
, 7?.i7d
‘ 39» T p"
; j \
!'-r-
■ • 591495.°4ö,«:n -,
4Ô,J92,-64p> 1
i'“.^,fcnäsj66ö.f fß
i : ; î ÿ Â - S ' -
- Hon an - - - - - -
Shan-Tüng - - -- - -
Shan-fee - - .-. - -
T-Shenlfee.- - - - - - -
Kan-fou - - - - -• --
Se-chnen — - -■ - ~
Canton - - - - — -
Ouang-fee - — - -
Yu nan - - . W M -
Koci-cheou - - -■ - - -•
Ç-I/faOOÔÏQOO 1
^•13.000,000 J
25^500,000»,
24,000,600.
‘2sf , OCX),ODO.
18,coo,ooo. 7
. i ?,000,000 y
■ÇfjiOGOjOpO, '
2 t90009000
^-'10,000,000.
9*000*0064
: 65,104
65,104, •’
. 55,268' ■
-, .154(006-4..
. . r 661800. ..,
1 79,456 -
7?>25o ,
107,969.. '
64,554
92,652,800.
41 ,'666,5601.
9?;ï565,I20..
• 106,75^ 0 .'.,,
59,651,840 1
50,080,000 .
4 '769,100;'! 60' . •
4-1, s H ’5-6°-'
333*660*060 t&97>999 ■■Ssofv9,s66\.
*-T.tiis identic repetition mult be erroneous..
How
. How-.far this tabl«'i|i&y,>^&iive impftd|- credit, may he doubted by Govern-
fhctfe wb'p kodW',t$4 ofifuGh rpfeaf‘Cnes^ even in the moft eneountci
§cjof§>]|^^
I|||a si ,tdae .Cbi.'n^fe|laews| permit ,-no| natiye.'&o leave country, there can Colonies,
be *ho tl|M^res pronqrly; Ip 'called:* T h e^ r& J has been^conaputed at Army,
i (and qa^ail^m'and'the revenues at ahotit| Revenue,
thirty-fly; ajrid.. a(1 9upc^v^‘ljiver^ t!
nine-nrillioh s > ft er IU&kn but ps,, i^euand «.other.grain,,-pre '^Uo paid in kind
it-gnay be -difficult t o .eftm^O^thg.-.precife «mnpunCbr relative value
compared with European
u/The palitifisl importance an'd'.jelatipHS of;Qhing. ir^y^he ^ 4 to be; iPol^ical Im-
fjqnc.eiura-fed inj allianc^ with .my, -
'plher' ftate, It .lil^beercfuppp/ul that one luirtipean1 flop, would de- j •
‘ftroy tb e. 3Chih<^£jpavy, 'and. ^ ma| Siuropean ttodbs«; might
o^lrrhti (tiie ethpire”. ' Yet Its -rety‘ 'extent''isX’ aiff^bpflafcfe'- to foreign
ddhqifeft; and pffhap^ .nat^’I'efs’ than ^oo,fq!^q^foldiers woirid r'b'e‘''ne- |
ceflary 'to maintain the ’quiet fubjpgAtldhf'fb that any* ‘foreign yoke
hiightr prove - of very1 ^lbAyonHrmK^ed The ifecChl ■ ‘c&upueft My The
MahtHhurS 'happ’enecPm tsonflequehcdW the lj^rieral' deteftatMh,- excited
againft.a fanghiftary'ufdfpdr’; :ttndth'e invSdbrS were iii'Jtne immediate
proximity/'Whileseven a Rhffllh army would findgalmoft infurniount-
able difficuMfesTlin the route,^arid the'coxif[ti^ft^ like thkrlbjptbg defendants
<df, ■3S$igisyJl would' i^H'ahly^proye of fhotpduration. "'The
fenglifh, m-Hindoftan', nearly appfpa^""t^Tn'e jChij^Te wntd^fe|^but
mere c'an'hardiy''^rife any rational 'ground of diflention 'in opnbfttion tp
the iritefefts o'f Britilb *chtnrh4erCe.'Were the'Ghinefe g^erflment per«-
foaded of the ‘ utffity * or iltetMl fkMlbm^-yn' ’alliahre’‘with the Englifli __
might beucdoptad, as a -'proteftibn'^amft maritime “©^tf^ge, while the
Ruftx^n power might be divided by 'cdniieCtions with the 'fovereigns of
Perfia. ”
* y et the .number of Chinefe at Batavia,. and other fituations in the Oriental Archipelago,
many 0f whom pafs as traders to and from their country, Ihews that thefe laws are little .
regarded, g
* f +' ’sir Gifedf^e Staunton, iii. ^390, eftimates the revenue at 260,000,000 of ounces of Jilver,'
wliieh' he fays' equal 66,opb,ooof ftcrMpg; ,but .valuing the punee. .of filver at ,nv.e ihillirigs, the
ffli(nount‘i3^o).ooo.jqdpl> .