V IEW AT Y A N G -T C H EO U ,
In the Province o f Che-kian.
T h e c ity o f Y a n g -tc h e o u (th ro u g h w h ic h th e Em b a ssy p asse d o n th e
4 th o f N o v em b e r, 1 7 93), is o f th e se c o n d o rd e r, w h ic h is k n ow n b y its
te rm in a tio n , tcheou.
T h e c h ie f b u i ld in g in th is su b je c t is a s a c red T em p le , h a v in g th e two
c h a ra c te ris tic flags : o n th e r ig h t is seen a m o n um e n t, a fo rt, a n d p a r t o f
th e c ity walls.
C h in e s e fo rtific a tio n s are g e n e ra lly c o n s tru c te d in a m a n n e r w h ic h
E u ro p e a n s w o u ld n o t c o n s id e r fo rm id a b le , b u t th e y a re , n e v e rth e le s s ,
p r o p o r tio n a l to th e efforts oF th e p ro b a b le assa ilants, it b e in g m o re lik e ly
th e y w o u ld be em p lo y e d ag a in st th e n ativ es in c iv il wa rfa re , th a n ag a in st
a fo re ig n e n em y .
O n th e fo r e -g ro u n d is se e n a tower, a n d a n o th e r p a r t o f th e walls.
T h e s e d e fen c e s a re in some p la c e s c o n tin u e d w ith o u t in te r r u p tio n o v e r
th e riv e rs a n d ca n a ls , a n d th u s b ecome fo rtifie d b rid g e s . O n th e last-
m e n tio n e d tow e r a n d wa ll are so ld ie rs p re s e n tin g th e i r sh ie ld s in f ro n t o f
th e em b ra su re s , in c om p lim e n t to th e Em b a s sa d o r. T h i s s in g u la r m o d e o f
s a lu te , w h e n c o n tin u e d a lo n g an e x te n siv e lin e o f wall, p ro d u c e d an
in te re s tin g effect.
O n th e riv e r a re seen m an y tra v e llin g vessels, k c . ; th e n e a re s t was
o c c u p ie d b y a M a n d a rin a tte n d in g th e Embassy.