  A Abaris, the flying arrow of, 40 Africa, coast of, known to the Phenicians, 48 Agriculture, an honourable profession, 397 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 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 Archipelago of Chu-san, violent currents in, 54 Architecture of the palace of Yuen-min-yuen, 124 Arithmetic, 196 Armenian and his pearl, 611 Army establishment, 405 Astronomy, 284 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 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 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 Cannon, 299 Canton, reasons for the Embassy avoiding it, 33 Carriages of the Chinese described, 90 Cavalry, Tartar, 410 Censorate, 363 Ceremony of the Court, 21 Chain-pump, 311 Character, physical, as given by LinnÆus not correct, 184 Characters of the Chinese language, 248 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 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 Comparison of China and Europe, 29 Compass, an original invention of Chinese, 39 Conclusion, 621 Conduct of Chinese prepossessing, 80 Confucius, religion of, 451 Cork Convent, 597 Corvorant, the fishing, 506 Cottons, manufactures of, 307 Court of China, forms of, immutable, 21 Crimes and punishments, 367 Criminal offences, mode of trial for, 370 Crowd of persons at Ting-hai, 57 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 Dress of the Chinese, 71 Dutch Embassadors, humiliating conduct of, 9 Duties levied at Canton, 613 E Ebriety, not a Chinese vice, 152 Eclipse of the moon, observance of, 216 Egpytian mythology in China explained, 424 Embassador, English, proceeds to Gehol, 104 Embassadors, Dutch, treatment of, at Canton, 9 Embassies, Dutch and English, different treatment of, explained, 17 Embassy, English, a necessary measure, 22 Emperor of China laughs at Van Braam's aukwardness, 13 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 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 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 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 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 Hottentots, resemblance of, to the Chinese, 48 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 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 Inns, none in China, 421 Inscription on the flags of the yachts, 69 Inundation, 515 Jones, Sir William, his opinion of the Chinese, 27 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, Lanterns, feast of, 484 Law, one of an extraordinary nature, 165 Laws, code of, 366 Lens of Mr Parker, 342 Leibnitz, binary arithmetic of, 277 Letter of M. Grammot to the Dutch factory, 7 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 Madagascar, a people on, resembling the Chinese, 45 Madrid, strange notion of the inhabitants of, 99 Mahomedans visit China in the ninth century, 47 Malays of Scythian origin, 51 Man-midwives, none in China, 353 Manners of domestic life, 142 Mansfield, Lord, his observation on early risers, 229 Mantchoo Tartars, probably a mixed race, 185 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 Minister of State, miserable lodgings of, 10 Missionaries, remarks on the communications of, 3-28-31 Mollusca-medusa, an article of food, 55 Mongul Tartars, benefit derived by their conquest of China, 43 Monuments, inscriptions on, 329 Mountains ascended for religious purposes, 451 Musical instruments, plate of, 315 N Nations, who had early intercourse with China, 440 Navigation of the Yellow Sea unknown, 33 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 O Oar song of the Chinese, 81 Oath, form of, among the Chinese and Sumatrans, 52 Objects that occur in China, 4 Occurrences in the Yellow Sea, 25 Office obtained only by learning, 386 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 Pekin, approach to, 91 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 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 Populousness of China, causes of, 587 Poor laws, none, 401 Porcelain, 304 Portraits of a Chinese and Hottentot, 50 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 Property not secured by law, 177 Prophecy, folly of being guided by, 456 Pulse, 345 Punishments, capital, not frequent, 378 Puppet-shew described, 201 Q Quacks, tricks of, 347 Quarries of stone, 598 R Red-book, Chinese, 405 Religion, primitive, of China, 450 Religious opinions, difficult sometimes to explain, 423 Revenues, 403 Rice erroneously supposed to cause opthalmia, 351 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 Salutation, mode of, 108 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 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 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 Tartary, heights of, remarks on, 438 Taste, 331 Taxes, moderate, 400 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 Temple, Embassy lodged in a, 421 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 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 Ty-phoon, what, 34 Tyrus, commerce of, described by Ezekiel, 48 V Van Braam, application of, to Batavia, 8 Vanity, national, of the Chinese, 189 Van-ta-gin, 70 Varuna compared with Neptune and Hai-vang, 470 Venereal disease not common, 352 Viceroy of Canton, haughty conduct of, 10 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 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 Words, number of, in the Chinese language, 265 Y Yachts, trackers of, 501 Yellow Sea, observations on, 25 Yuen-min-yuen, miserable apartments at, 108 THE END.Printed by A. 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