Chapter 47

_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

_THE END._

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