INDEX.
A
Abaris, the flying arrow of, [40]
Africa, coast of, known to the Phenicians, [48]
Agriculture, an honourable profession, [397]
of Pe-tche-lee, [554]
of Shan-tung, [554]
of Kiang-nan, [561]
terrace system of, [568]
Air sung by Chinese boatmen, [81]
Almanack, national, [284]
Almeyda, a Portuguese Jesuit, malignant spirit of, [19]
Alphabet of the Mantchoo language, [272]
American Indians resemble the Chinese, [44]
traders, how considered at Canton, [593]
Amplification, Chinese example of, [36]
Ancients unacquainted with China, [435]
Anniversary of the Emperor of China's birth-day, [196]
Anson's voyage, character of Chinese in the account of, [27]
Antiquary, curious mistake of one, [258]
Appeal, none in civil causes, [277]
Arbitrary power, instance of, [85]
Arch, very ancient in Chinese architecture, [339]
those called triumphal, [95]
Archipelago of Chu-san, violent currents in, [54]
Architecture of the palace of Yuen-min-yuen, [124]
style of, in landscape gardening, [135]
general observations on, [330]
monumental, [339]
Arithmetic, [196]
Armenian and his pearl, [611]
Army establishment, [405]
how employed, [408]
Astronomy, [284]
ignorance of the Chinese in, [290]
Authority, parental, basis of Chinese government, [359]
B
Baboom, an Armenian, trick played by him at Canton, [612]
Bamboo, the practice of flogging with, instanced, [161]
general utility of this plant, [309]
reflexions on the punishment of, [380]
compared with that of the knout in Russia, [383]
Bedford, Duke of, his portrait in China, [115]
Beverage of life, [464]
Bishop of Pekin, his visit to Yuen-min-yuen, [110]
Books, ancient ones of China, [276]
Breakfast, Chinese, [89]
Briareus of China, [471]
Bridges, [337]
one of ninety-one arches, [520]
Budha, compared with Fo, [468]
Burying-ground, [497]
C
Calendar, national, an engine of government, [391]
Camellia Sesanqua, [536]
Camelopardalis, noticed by Marco Polo, [46]
Canal, Imperial, [335]
observations on, [506]-[512]
Cannon, [299]
Canton, reasons for the Embassy avoiding it, [33]
situation of foreigners trading to it, [610]
Carriages of the Chinese described, [90]
those made by Hatchett puzzle them, [113]
Cavalry, Tartar, [410]
Censorate, [363]
Ceremony of the Court, [21]
Chain-pump, [311]
Character, physical, as given by Linnæus not correct, [184]
moral, of Chinese and Tartars, [186]
Characters of the Chinese language, [248]
keys or roots of, [251]
examples of the composition of, [255]
Chastity, palace of, [235]
Chemical Arts, [298]
Checks to the absolute power of the Emperor, [362]
Children still-born exposed in the streets, [176]
Chou-ta-gin, [70]
Chou-ta-gin, kind attentions of, [604]
Christian Religion might once have been introduced, [449]
Churchmen, intrigues of, not easily obviated, [18]
Cingalese, of Chinese origin, [53]
Cities of China, walls, towers, and gates of, [91]
observations on, [500]
Cleanliness no part of the Chinese character, [77]
Cock-fighting, [159]
Coffins, splendid appearance of, [95]
Collieries, [594]
Commerce of the Yellow Sea, how carried on, [60]
Comedy described, [201]
extraordinary scene in one, [221]
Comparison of China and Europe, [29]
of a Chinese and a Hottentot, [49]
Compass, an original invention of Chinese, [39]
observations on, [61]
explanation of the circles on, [62]
Conclusion, [621]
Conduct of Chinese prepossessing, [80]
Confucius, religion of, [451]
no statues to the memory of, [458]
hall of, [459]
Cork Convent, [597]
Corvorant, the fishing, [506]
Cottons, manufactures of, [307]
cultivation of the plant, [556]
Court of China, forms of, immutable, [21]
manners and amusements of, [191]
Crimes and punishments, [367]
Criminal offences, mode of trial for, [370]
Crowd of persons at Ting-hai, [57]
at Tien-sing, [78]
at Tong-tchoo, [86]
in Pekin, [96]
Cruelty, instance of, [161]
Crystal lenses, [341]
Cuckoo-clocks, [181]
Currents, violence of, in Chu-san Archipelago, [54]
Custom respecting Embassadors, [22]
Customs and dress not subjects of ridicule, [74]
Cycle of sixty years, [293]
D
Daughters always sold, [145]
Day of rest, policy of observing one, [154]
Decimal Arithmetic, [297]
Deity not personified in China, [457]
Deluge, universal tradition of, [432]
Deodato, an Italian missionary, [107]
Departments, public, [365]
Descartes, his idea of prolonging life, [466]
Dignities, personal, [385]
Dispositions, natural, altered by influence of laws, [160]
Distillation of Seau-tchoo, [303]
Drama, state 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]
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 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]
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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