CONTENTS. CHAP. I. PRELIMINARY MATTER. INTRODUCTION.-General View of what Travellers are likely PAGE 1 CHAP. II. OCCURRENCES AND OBSERVATIONS IN THE NAVIGATION Different Testimonies that have been given of the Chinese Charac- 96699 of the Tyrians. Reasons for conjecturing that the Hottentots may PAGE 17 CHAP. III. JOURNEY THROUGH THE CAPITAL TO A COUNTRY VILLA Order of Procession from Tong-choo to the Capital.-Crowd assem- yuen. Lord Macartney's Description of the Eastern and West- PAGE 59 CHAP. IV. SKETCH OF THE STATE OF SOCIETY IN CHINA.--MAN- Condition of Women, a Criterion of the State of Society.-Degraded CHAP. V. PAGE 93 MANNERS AND AMUSEMENTS OF THE COURT.--RECEP- General Character of the Court-Of the Buildings about the Palace. 129 CHAP. VI. LANGUAGE.- --LITERATURE, AND THE FINE ARTS.-- Opinion of the Chinese Language being hieroglyphical erroneous.— Contagious Fevers.-Small-pox.-Opthalmia.-Venereal Disease. PAGE 159 CHAP. VII. GOVERNMENT-LAWS-TENURES OF LAND AND TAXES - TABLISHMENTS. Opinions on which the Executive Authority is grounded.-Principle |