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Chapter 8
ASIA AND ITS INHABITANTS.
Tartary according to Witzen--China according to the Jesuits and Du Halde--Macartney in China--Stay at Chu-Sang--Arrival in Nankin-- Negotiations--Reception of the Embassy by the Emperor--Fetes and ceremonies at Zhe Hol--Return to Pekin, and Europe--Volney-- Choiseul Gouffier--Le Chevalier in the Troade--Olivier in Persia--A semi-Asiatic country--Russia according to Pallas . . . 361