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of the, 218
extraordinary subject of one, 222
obscenities of, compared to those of Theodora, 223
absurdities of, similar to those of the amphitheatres, 224

Dress of the Chinese, 71

Dutch Embassadors, humiliating conduct of, 9
their missions not calculated to make terms, 13

Duties levied at Canton, 613

 

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Ebriety, not a Chinese vice, 152

Eclipse of the moon, observance of, 216
ceremony on occasion of, 285

Egpytian mythology in China explained, 424
deities compared with Chinese, 477

Embassador, English, proceeds to Gehol, 104
refuses to submit to the ceremony, 117
his introduction at court, 196
his hotel in Pekin, 332

Embassadors, Dutch, treatment of, at Canton, 9
lodged in a stable at Pekin, 11
reception of, at court, 208
visit Yuen-min-yuen, 215

Embassies, Dutch and English, different treatment of, explained, 17
from Europe in the last century, 23

Embassy, English, a necessary measure, 22
attention of the Chinese to, 604
expence of, to the Chinese government, 605
expence of, to the British government, 608

Emperor of China laughs at Van Braam's aukwardness, 13
considers Embassadors as his guests, 22
an observation of, 104
obeisance to, on his birth-day, 116
inspects the presents, 119
life and character of, 226
causes the death of his Empress and son, 226
conceives the deity to be incarnate in him, 228
his ode in praise of tea, 280
observations of, on the mechanical powers, 312
maxims on which he acts, 360
checks to the absolute power of, 362
patronizes agriculture, 399
instances of gratitude in, 482

Encyclopedists, French, their testimony of the Chinese character, 26

Espirit des Loix, false conclusions drawn in, 148

Etymological deductions fallacious, 241

Eunuchs, bad character of, 230

Expence of the Embassy, to the English and Chinese governments, 605

Eye of the Chinese remarkable, 49

 

F

Face of the country near the Pei-ho, 70

Failure of the Embassy, supposed reason of, stated, 8

Famines attempted to be explained, 584

Feet distorted of Chinese women, 73
not noticed by early travellers, 75
difficult to account for, 76

Feasts, 155

Ferry-girls, 595

Fevers, contagious, not frequent, 349

Filial duty, a precept rather than a sentiment, 143

Fire-works described, 206

Fishing, various modes of, 533

Fishermen, condition of, 558

Fo religion of, 468

Formosa, strait of, 34

Four seas, an ancient expression, 14

Fo-shee, the lines of, 277

Franciscan convent in Madeira, 598

Fruit-trees, how propagated, 569

Funerals, 483

 

G

Games of Chance, 157

Ganesa compared with Janus and Men-shin, 469

Ganga compared with Egyptian and Chinese deities, 472

Gardening, general account of, by Lord Macartney, 131

Gardens of Yuen-min-yuen, some account of, 122

Gates of Chinese cities, 92

Gehol, appointed for the celebration of the birth day, 104
park of, described by Lord Macartney, 126

Geological observations, 429

Geometry and geography little understood, 295

Gill's sword-blades, acceptable presents, 113

Giraffe, or Camelopardalis, noticed by Marco Polo, 46

Glass, 305

Government, the pride of, 20
stability of, accounted for, 359

Governor of Chu-san, arbitrary proceeding of, 49

Grammar of Chinese language, 267

Grammont, Monsieur, his letter to the Dutch, 7

Great Britain and China, compared as to their extent and population, 576

Gunpowder, 300

 

H

Hager, Doctor, remarks on the publication of, 239
mistake of, 253

Hang-tchoo-foo, alarm created in, by three Englishmen, 526

Hatchett's carriages puzzle the Chinese, 113

Herodotus approves the custom of selling women, 140

Hieroglyphical writing, Chinese characters different from, 237

Hills of Pe-tche-lee, character of, 64

Hindoo and Chinese features totally different, 427

History of China, why so little known, 357

Homer degrades women, 140

Homicide punished with death, 368

Honour, high notions of, incompatible with despotism, 179

Ho-tchung-tang, the minister, anecdote of, 183
trial and condemnation of, 387

Hottentots, resemblance of, to the Chinese, 48
portrait of one, compared with Chinese, 50

Humiliation of the Dutch Embassadors, 9

 

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Ice, a luxury enjoyed by the poor near Pekin, 109

Idolatry, one cause of, 485

Jewish law punishing children for their fathers, 375

Jews might have carried the silk worm to China, 437
remarks on these people, 438

Immortals, sons of, a sect in China, 463

Imprisonment not known as a punishment, 378

Incense burnt before the Chinese compass, 42

Infanticide, remarks on, 168
extent of, in China, 169
common among the ancients, 171
probable causes of, 173

Inns, none in China, 421

Inscription on the flags of the yachts, 69
those on monuments, 326

Inundation, 515

Jones, Sir William, his opinion of the Chinese, 27
of their arts, sciences, &c., 356

Ireland, peasantry of, compared with those of China, 578

Iron-ware, 298

Italian opera, Chinese drama a burlesque on, 219

Ivory, cutting of, 308

 

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Kamskatka, known to the Chinese, 14

King of Holland, Emperor's letter addressed to, 43

 

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Lake of Hang-tchoo-foo, 523

Lama, religion of, in China, 464

Language,
Chinese
written character of, 236
method of studying, 259
colloquial, 264
number of words in, 265
grammar of, 267
Mantchoo Tartar, 270
sooner lost than religious opinions, 405
inconvenience attending our ignorance of, at Canton, 615

Lanterns, feast of, 484

Law, one of an extraordinary nature, 165
effects of this law, 166
a curious case of, 373

Laws, code of, 366

Lens of Mr Parker, 342

Leibnitz, binary arithmetic of, 277

Letter of M. Grammot to the Dutch factory, 7
of the Emperor of China to the King of Holland, 14

Literature, 274

Lowang, one of the Chu-san islands, 36

Lowther-hall, grounds of, compared to the park of Gehol, 134

 

M

Macao, surmise with regard to, 20

Macartney, Lord, his account of Chinese gardening, 126
of the birth-day ceremonies, 196
his observations on the Tartars and Chinese, 415

Madagascar, a people on, resembling the Chinese, 45

Madrid, strange notion of the inhabitants of, 99

Mahomedans visit China in the ninth century, 47
get into the interior in the thirteenth century, 442

Malays of Scythian origin, 51

Man-midwives, none in China, 353

Manners of domestic life, 142
a concern of the legislature, 178
and amusements of the court, 191

Mansfield, Lord, his observation on early risers, 229

Mantchoo Tartars, probably a mixed race, 185
a language of, 270
policy of, 412

Manure, an article of commerce, 84

Marco Polo, supposed to have brought the compass from China, 40

Match-locks, why preferred to firelocks, 411

Mechanical powers, 311

Medicine, state of, 344

Meetings of the people rare, 396

Merchants, how considered in China, 180

Micare digitis, a Roman game, 158

Michael de Murano, chart in the church of, 47

Military, establishment of, &c., 405
curious manœuvre of, 504

Minister of State, miserable lodgings of, 10

Missionaries, remarks on the communications of, 3-28-31
accompanied by spies when they visited the English, 105
story of an infant saved by one, 174
condition of those in the capital, 445
unjustly accuse the Chinese of superstitions, 462
cause their own persecutions, 446

Mollusca-medusa, an article of food, 55

Mongul Tartars, benefit derived by their conquest of China, 43

Monuments, inscriptions on, 329
erected over the dead, 340

Mountains ascended for religious purposes, 451
nature of those of China, 599

Music, 314
specimens of, 318

Musical instruments, plate of, 315

 

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Nations, who had early intercourse with China, 440

Navigation of the Yellow Sea unknown, 33
of the Chinese unskillful, 38
inland, improved by the Tartars, 43

Nautical Almanack, a valuable present to the missionaries in Pekin, 112

Nelumbium, or water lilly, 473

New-year's-day, the only holiday in China, 155

Noah, supposed by the Jesuits to have travelled into China, 433
ark of, where it probably rested, 432

 

O

Oar song of the Chinese, 81

Oath, form of, among the Chinese and Sumatrans, 52
never administered in a Chinese court of law, ib.

Objects that occur in China, 4

Occurrences in the Yellow Sea, 25

Office obtained only by learning, 386
of government, civil, 404
military, 406

Officers of Canton, conduct of, towards the Dutch, 10

Opium much used in China, 153

Opthalmia, 351

Ornamental buildings in landscape gardening, 129

Orphan of China, remarks on, 220

 

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Pagodas, observations on, 503

Paine, Tom, his doctrines too sublime for the Chinese language, 396

Painting, 323

Palaces of China worse than Saint James's, 194

Pantomime described, 203

Paper, manufacture of, 310

Park of Gehol described by Lord Macartney, 129

Pauw, his opinion of the Chinese, 27

Peasantry, condition of, 310

Pearl, story of one belonging to an Armenian, 611

Pei-ho, entrance of, 68
second embarkation on, 488

Pekin, approach to, 91
some account of, 93
uncommon bustle in the great streets of, 96
populace of, compared with that of London, 97
police of, 100
uniformity of,

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