Travels in China Book

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAP. II. Occurrences and Obfervations in the Navigation of the Yellow Sea, and the Paflage up the Pei-ho, or White River. Different Tejlimonies that have been given of the Chinefe Chara8er.?Comparifon of China with Europe in the ftxteenth Century.?Motives of the Millenaries in their Writings.?Briti/h Embajfy pnjjei the Streights of Formofa.?Appearance of a Ta-fung?Cbufan IJlands.?Inflance of Chinefe Amplification.?'Various Chinefe VeJJels.?Syjlem of their Navigation?their Compafs, probably of Scythian Origin ?foreign Voyages of.?Traces of Chinefe in America?in an I/land of the Tartarian Sea?in the Perfian Gulph?traded probably as far as Madagafcar.? Commerce of the Tyrians.?Reafons for conjecturing that the Hottentots may have derived their Origin from China.?Portrait of a Chinefe compared with that ifa Hottentot. ?Malays of the fame dcfcent as the Chinefe.?Curious coincidences in the Cujioms of thefe and the Snuiatrans.?Cingalefe of Chinefe Origin.?One of the Brigs difpatched to Chu-fan for Pilets.?Rapid Currents among the I/lands.?Viftt to the Governor.?Difficulties in procuring Pilots.?Arbitrary Pro- - ceeding of the Governor.?Pilots puzzled with our Corrpafs?Ignorance of?Arrive in the Gulph of Pe-tehe-lee.?Vifit of two Officers from Court, and their Prefent ?enter the Pci-ho, and embark in convenient Yachts.?Accommodating Condufl of the two Officers.?Profitfton of Proviftans.?Appearance of the Country?of tht People.? Drefs of the Women.?Remarks on their fmatl Feet.?Chinefe an uncleanly andfriwzy People.?Immenfe Crowds of People and River Craft at Tien- Sing.?Decent and prepoffeffing Conduit of the Multitude.?Mufical Air fungby the Rowers of the Yachts.?Favourable Traits in the Chinefe Character.?Face and ProducJs of the Country.?Multitudes of Ptople Inhabitants of the W...Read More