PLATE LVIIL
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T he but when he is upoff
particular duty. His undrefs confifts of a pair of wide drawers fqueezed?
i^boots^pr ftoc^ngs’’^i' quilt(.d^qttö||, Ah updec-garment op blue.of,
black cotton hangs, loofely over, them; The jacket is fliort, made of
"nankin ol&th, ■ and.,bordered? with rfedS; in We ëntrd^of this, immediately
below the fl&êldcis,"is a badge 8P patch*df reU^cloth, with'black characters
denoting his company and corps. , A long queue hangs down
below the waift, and upon the head is worn the fmall cap covered with
red hair.__The full drefs. uniform confifts of a large tunic, weighty with
*VmBro\dcrp£ thf’^is- glided rsund^tRe ^ a p É ^ ifh a-b ro ad b d ^ and is fa lï
tyicd in fiotjt by ^ 'o ip nm n ta l%c la ^ e lem b lifi£ a jewel.' 'J
often five weapons/olJtlic' Gh indie areApws'and arrows’,, pikèsy
fab res, matchlocks, and fqme few mulkets. Cannon o f fmall calibres;
and for the molt part out of repair, are mounted upon their walls? and.
förtreiïès. l ^ e y 1 Ée deeöiéd verynndiflfelrif markfmemwith theiWmall
irml ; and to B&o'lifïlc {kill In the feigned o f The bowmert
cany tk u ^ b o f s K id f ftrung in a H 3 g H B | <&, ,liè left h in ^ th e
quiver, containing generally a dozen arrows, hangs acrofs the back, the
feathers! appearing over the right fhoulder. The fwordmen wear their
%wbr5s the Mftflfcigh' the h ir^ in g ih g ib e h in d ; irr'o'rdcr (Ö draw
thefe fubril th l light hand nuf^be t affed Bfhmd the back| J^bdfe"^üphf-
however i t ^ k A i c c e e d in an ; n f i ^ p V facS certai^ ^ P ° / e?.We
to an alert antagonift. ' Some of their fwords are made remarkably long,
the hafts of which'are formed in proportion fo as to admit the gripe of
,$ tH hands j thefelafe' unw id ty .j;and ^ cK i e f l’i T O ^ ^ f h e ^ d fm e r f ï .
Their'%fincipal reliance in b i t t ^ L u pMLthc f ^ ^ h i f ^ w h o bouft ot-grd t
ftrength of arm and dexterity. ^ ; ; , v‘
The defenfive arms are conical iron helmets and coats of mail very
thickly quilted, and abroad fliield, in the centre of which is ufually
painted thé Read >
’ “ ^ ë n off dfitf, the C h h id ^ fM e i h a sT e iic to purtue the labours of
a meo h an ^'^'to f, a ,h h k i a n d ^ a ^ f ^ a f ^ ^ i ^ ^ h i c ^ y ^ ^ , h i s _ proper
habits, whilft he retains ideas and a deportment rather adverfe to civil occupations
. Altogether, the profeflion of arms in China is refpecftable and
comfortable ; the pay, which to every individual is moré confiderable th in
«?Êhë wagès of a riy .^ i^ a b ó iira -,
lyhét.iot& ^m d the fituaftqn of a, f è ld ie n ^ in ^ M c |, hpn|tira.ble,> and
affording a permanent provifion, there is no neceflity for either fedudfive
or compulfory meafures to recruit their armies, although1 their military
eftablifhment, even in time of peace, including Tartars, is computed to
amount to one miÜion infantry arid« eight hundred thoufand* cavalry*