their missions not calculated to make terms, 13
_Duties_ levied at Canton, 613
E
_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
I
_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
K
_Kamskatka_, known to the Chinese, 14
_King of Holland_, Emperor's letter addressed to, 43
L
_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 manoeuvre 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
cause their own persecutions, 446
unjustly accuse the Chinese of superstitions, 462
_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
N
_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
P
_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, 101
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
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