P L A T E XXXI .
A M A N D A R IN J É ' H IS SUM M E R D R E S S .
•3 L 111 sdoi?^l>ohrcJ1IjibitSti'7 admn ably, -frell* adapted fo warm, weather; and
toceurA ntKlc*ol<.weiMng appiultheK*1iJntfeba\c ihown i wife attention;
Then iTutt-XiYc o&’Utflen'nh hinds. oft e-foliby according tb the feafon. In
fumrrier, friM^'yjfaT, ari filken rtat;/^ppn4 their, fkin, whicfr, * interpofing.
fietwixt that’and the nAt'(^mep>^fxelreves’ them from theihcdnvenience
o f copious pcolpirationS l^tci&ihcxs, dunng that fea’frm, 'are neatly and
airih cotupofal^oS w cm d i if f m^They^wear likewflHia light cap o f the
fame m itu ia lj ofnamin ted» with m l Inn ,s and,tlx c ulu illy,«carry a hand-
Jeerchief and a fan»; the-latter being not only a uiilul, but<aI£o a formal
artiele“o|i'diefs with A t hinefe m w irm weather, and rs carriedeven b y
£hcij^ military during, the lumtrjed Their ideal of^Serfedb beauty in a man
:yjSh>u<Lrge foie he id , «»fliOLtn'oftj, fn«il®w^T!l-cut èncs-, t Jirgc and fquaré
fitc? t-hd'-su's ln o id& , i> middling hzed- mouth, .andf.black-.hair. They
think,#|aan will IrnH'-,; whenohe is large ind tit, and til'll a'chair with
aigjuo^giacc.' The exeejfcl In tf sibf^umM&ifhoin pVoiinuA g n e tatheir
i peaMt'sAnd mechanics admra n-complcxiem,Vvi t th*i genua litvot Chinele
an, ni'l*natii®ilfy darle." It is irfiril«f,oï thorn htc i ity uid their men 06
mcalth‘ït«j^haivtlic-n-ujs.ot tlien*-fingcrvupwlAfeiof. tw i>.jni hes inlengthy
ih^oiKi^Kt^demspttpay^hat tiny do not cam tin r I k eldjuod h> manual:
p4c^jp.a•t!i^ns4;, " •
Tho''&'J™fefo o f nalpranh, owiTop1 mil Hire, tljd^lu k r ’emiintmg fionk
the tormu, e n t u t a i n i l k i intunptuous kiitun nt‘pbthi>h)-whole h u ,
aic occupied in the coni crn^foMcbojunt k cl'” ' /Blh v,j,< öididdr; eainniin
' lal^efly in%,trader as the ofTp'nng -of^d hgn. '1 hov afhel fó;ddpif©
. (.quall^Sne' importanti of tlje “hifeii h int, ui l tilie ipejjjncls ml touluL
IH irtiieSfoThfie,aver-rt-arhti^ fufalehiig >th r-the mlati ihk and,- immoral
nafliondcif isanee hold the fimsrdigLei, ot influence ojm i the mind o f
;both ::-that,the loul oma^ïtfubjeéted to it-*dairtmicn, jin k s andi becomes;
paralyfeffitq'eyMy action o f generoiitv, ejegme-„«oi, tiuc>gieitnifs; and
that the a u n ja c ra Jamt r lnftigiks tholL unit ppily juflifli 1 b\ ittttieon-
fider nor means un fand. limed ^no-'i-ac 1 ihe^ss ro'^ciWideiabk , «.Inch m iyi.
jfeditdthe completion ofits §ÏÏHh dclnos Emperor ot (_ Inn i ajfhgiur!
jihe (econd rank1;in foi lety to - t in t wlloleyxraipvtioo j< tin. tilligcnt the
earth, anfcatt^nded-by: thJtoriïlfees o f lifss«gift,, aphually-guides, with his
pWa handen plough through ipjut cd^tfauml i lected tor’tbit purpok
Tb»,-third and laft dafs is con&pofedyof mechapn s, meicjiants, ind others!
The mejalorious actions? o f mandarins m power afc'enuycd,iri' a^puhlic
regifter, which is ftyle^s® The Book of Merit j ” and wjth-theie Jionour-j
able-,records are j.oined their refpedtive TÉitfe4 Although there,is no Book
o f Infamy# y'et i f Jtbqfe pfcffonages beha|re” ill# thfcy;are punished- b f hiS-
Imperial Maiefty-' r^ithpp'^ui-uc% h efitaflon d ip rived'*’ o f theif
titles,,- and-a kind o f nick#naml' is? attached té» üheif^funjarnep exprpffivé
c f the caufe o f their difgrace.