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[1] Monsieur (I beg his pardon) Citoyen Charpentier Cossigny.
Perhaps it may not be thought amiss, before he enters on the more immediate subject of the work, to correct, in this place, a very mistaken notion that prevailed on the return of the embassy, which was, that an unconditional compliance of Lord Macartney with all the humiliating ceremonies which the Chinese might have thought proper to exact from him, would have been productive of results more favourable to the views of the embassy. Assertions of such a general nature are more easily made than refuted, and indeed unworthy of attention; but a letter of a French missionary at Peki
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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
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 manΕuvre 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
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,
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