PLATE XXIII.
A T RAV E L L E R .
T his <is dfcflgnedrto,reprefent,|# |o o r perfom, perhaps a pilgrim,' travelling
onJEflof? aitdoppreffed with e&riffîve. grief wearinefss His drefs
indicates, that h@ is' in, jhqurhingb <• H e carried a ftaff, a fpecies of bramble
.which;.groWS in forme.paits^oi China, and is frequently made.ufè.of as à
walking-flick. The idea may be indulged^ that'this, is, a perfon either
proceeding to, or returning' from vîfîtïng tmeîtomL'hlU departed relative ;
it being a rule.with the’ Ghijièfe to extend their fenliments and.duties o f
filial piety,eyen to ‘4;that c<ymtry.from.W%Æ,boqrne.tio travellerreturns.”
TÉe names oft the deceafed. are infctibed|upon aiiÿttet,. and placed in a
làfge room in their houfe, Called,the “^Hall of Ancotors,’’ and tb which,
afe'ffated periods}, the. fur.viving kindred, do homage j‘ obfdfvïijg likewife
an ^fnuàl'euflhhrof repairing tiÿtlfi'qemaeries of their forefathers j, where,
mindful of the honoured deack theydenew^th’eir lamentations oyer the facred
'duft,. and arreft the^ravages dfetime. iV„ hi# atj^cksn whether upon the
high trophied tomb'/ of himïbia, mouldp^ng heap.