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hotel of the British Embassador in, 103
appearance of, from Hai-tien, ib.
hue and cry raised in, 120
gazette of, 391
contrasted with London, 420
prices of provisions in, 549
buildings and population of, compared with those of London, 581

Perouse de la, his account of a people resembling Chinese, 44

Pilots, difficulty of procuring them at Chu-san, 58

Plants, in Pe-tche-lee, 493
near Hang-tchoo-foo, 525
near Canton, 601

Plough, ceremony of, compared with the Isia, 487

Poetry, 280

Polarity of the magnet known to the Scythians, 41

Police of Pekin, 100

Polo Marco, valuable testimony of, 35

Polygamy an evil of small extent, 147

Population of floating craft, 84
and extent of China, 575
compared with those of Great Britain, 576
as given by Father Amiot, 582

Populousness of China, causes of, 587

Poor laws, none, 401

Porcelain, 304

Portraits of a Chinese and Hottentot, 50
among the presents, difficulty respecting, 114

Portuguese missionary, intrigues of, 18

Posture-masters, feats of, 204

Potatoes a certain crop, 585

Poverty of the Chinese, 495

Predestination, 454

Present of the governor of Ten-tchoo-foo, 65

Present of the officers deputed from court, 67

Press, liberty of, in China, 392

Prince of the blood, anecdote of, 182

Printing, 311

Procession from Tong-tchoo to Pekin, 85
of, 146

Property not secured by law, 177
laws respecting, 379

Prophecy, folly of being guided by, 456

Pulse, 345

Punishments, capital, not frequent, 378

Puppet-shew described, 201

 

Q

Quacks, tricks of, 347
great pests in England, 465

Quarries of stone, 598

 

R

Red-book, Chinese, 405

Religion, primitive, of China, 450
no longer exists, 486

Religious opinions, difficult sometimes to explain, 423

Revenues, 403
application of them, 407
vessels to collect them, 534

Rice erroneously supposed to cause opthalmia, 351
the staff of life in China, 547
mill for cleaning, 565
a precarious crop, 586

Road from Tong-tchoo to Pekin, 91

Roads neglected in China, 513

Romans, amphitheatres of, 224

Russia and China compared, 324

 

S

Sabbatical institution, none in China, 154

Sacrifices, 509

Salt, stacks of, near Tien-sing, 78
remarks on the use of, 510

Salutation, mode of, 108
expressions of, mark a national character, 189

Sameness throughout China, 5

Savages, custom of maiming the human body among, 73

Scenic representations of the Romans, 224

Scythians probably acquainted with the polarity of the magnet, 40

Scorpion, remarkable circumstance concerning one, 114

Scott, Doctor, saves a man from being buried alive, 165

Sculpture, 328

Seres not the same as Chinese, 436

Shing-moo, or holy mother, 473

Ships of the Chinese, 37

Silk, probably known to the ancients, 437
cultivation of, 571

Simplicity the leading feature of the Chinese, 312

Skating, amusement of, 211

Small-pox, when introduced, 450

Snake, bite of, how cured, 348

Society, state of, 138
domestic, 151

Soffala, Chinese found at, 45

Song of Moo-lee-wha, 316

Streets of Pekin, 94

Steam, effects of, known to the Chinese, 298

Sugar-mills, 539

Suicide seemingly encouraged, 178

Surgery, state of, 353

Sumatrans of Chinese origin, 51

Sword-blades of Gill much admired, 113

Swan-pan, 296

 

T

Tan, or Chinese altar, 452

Tao-tze, or immortals, sect of, 466

Tapers burnt on altars, 481

Tartar women, dress of, 97
Mantchoo, scarcely distinguishable from Chinese, 184

Tartary, heights of, remarks on, 438

Taste, 331

Taxes, moderate, 400
fixed, 402

Tcho-ka, an island in the Tartarian sea, 44

Tea a supposed preventive of certain disorders, 350

Tea-plant, trick played by the Chinese concerning, 538
observations on the culture of, 572

Temple, Embassy lodged in a, 421
in a cavernous rock, 596

Terrace system of agriculture, 530

Ten-tchoo-foo, present of the governor of, 65

Tien-sing, approach to the city of, 71

Ting-hai, visit to the city of, 57

Ting-nan-tchin, name of the Chinese compass, 40

Titsingh Dutch Embassador to Pekin, 9

Towers of the walls of Pekin, 91

Trackers of the yachts pressed into this service, 162

Trade discouraged, 399
how conducted at Canton, 610

Tranquillity, internal, 395

Travellers see objects differently, 3

Treason punishable in the 9th generation, 372

Trial of an English seaman for killing a Chinese, 618

Tribunal of Mathematics, 110
some account of, 111

Ty-phoon, what, 34
strength of one, 41

Tyrus, commerce of, described by Ezekiel, 48

 

V

Van Braam, application of, to Batavia, 8
happy turn of mind of, 13
his account of an Imperial banquet, 210

Vanity, national, of the Chinese, 189

Van-ta-gin, 70
kind attentions of, 604

Varuna compared with Neptune and Hai-vang, 470

Venereal disease not common, 352

Viceroy of Canton, haughty conduct of, 10
swallows his snuff-box, 179

Villa belonging to the Emperor, 102

Virgin Mary and Shing-moo compared, 472

Vishnu compared with Jupiter and Lui-shin, 470

Visiting Tickets very ancient in China, 190

Visitors at Yuen-min-yuen, 110

Vocabulary, brief one of Chinese words, 243

Volcanic products not found in China, 600

Vossius, Isaac, his opinion of the Chinese, 26

 

W

Wall of China, 333
of Pekin, 91

Watch made by a Chinese, 306

Wealth expended to pamper the appetite, 552

Weather, stormy in the Streight of Formosa, 34

Wheel to raise water, 540

Women, dress and appearance of, at Tien-sing, 72
Tartar commonly seen in the capital, 97
reflexions on the condition of, 138
condition of in China, 140
employments of, 143
on the Imperial establishment, 234
not prohibited from frequenting temples, 480
of Sau-tchoo-foo, appearance of, 517
articles of sale, 518
course features of those of Kiang-see, 541

Words, number of, in the Chinese language, 265

 

Y

Yachts, trackers of, 501

Yellow Sea, observations on, 25
commerce of, 60
river, ceremonies used in crossing, 509

Yuen-min-yuen, miserable apartments at, 108
gardens and buildings of, 122

 
  THE END.
 

Printed by A. Strahan,
Printers-Street.

 
 
FOOTNOTES
 

[1] Monsieur (I beg his pardon) Citoyen Charpentier Cossigny.

[2] This expression alludes to the ancient opinion that China was surrounded by the sea, and that the rest of the world was made up of islands. Yet though they now possess a tolerable notion of geography, such is their inveterate adherence to ancient opinion, that they prefer retaining the most absurd errors, rather than change one single sentiment or expression that Confucius has written.

[3] The expence occasioned to the court of China by the British embassy, will be stated in a subsequent chapter.

[4] In the very next page (202) he however corrects himself, by observing that either the Chinese or Malays navigated as far as Madagascar.

[5] If any argument were wanting to prove the originality of the magnetic needle as used in China, the circumstance of their having ingrafted upon it their most ancient and favourite mythology, their cycles, constellations, elements, and, in short, an abstract of all their astronomical or astrological science, is quite sufficient to settle that point. Those who are acquainted with the Chinese character will not readily admit that their long established superstitions should be found incorporated on an instrument of barbarian invention.

[6] Plin. lib. xvii. cap. 3.

[7] I should not have taken notice of this odious vice, had not the truth of its existence in China been doubted by some, and attributed by others to a wrong cause. Professing to describe the people as I found them, I must endeavour to draw a faithful picture, neither attempting to palliate their vices, nor to exaggerate their virtues.

[8] Adam's Roman Antiquities.

[9] Mr. Torreen.

[10] Linn. Systema Naturæ.

[11] See Gibbon, under Emperor Justinian; and Menagiana, in which is given the translation of a very extraordinary passage from Procopius.

[12] T. Calpurnius.

[13] Duke of Buckingham. See the notes on this character in Shakespear's Henry VIII. Act. i, Scene 2.

[14] For the curiosity of those who may be inclined to speculate in etymological comparisons between the Chinese and other languages, I here subjoin a short list of words in the former, expressing some of the most striking objects in the creation, a few subjects of natural history, and of such articles as from their general use are familiar to most nations, these being of all others the most likely to have retained their primitive names. The orthography I have used is that of the English language.

 
The Earth tee The Air kee Fire ho Water swee The Sea hai A River ho A Lake tang A Mountain shan A Wilderness ye-tee The Sun jee-to The Moon yué The Stars sing The Clouds yun Rain yeu Hail swee-tan Snow swé Ice ping Thunder luie Lightning shan-tien The Wind fung The Day jee or tien The Night ye or van shang The Sky or Heaven tien The East tung The West see The North pee The South nan Man jin Woman foo-jin A Quadruped shoo A Bird kin A Fish eu An Insect tchong A Plant tsau A Tree shoo A Fruit ko-ste A Flower wha A Stone shee Gold tchin Silver in tse Copper
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