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]