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was held at this fpot by the Ruihan and Chinefe mer- 

 chants ; where they brought their relpedive goods for 

 lale ; and continued until they were difpofed of. This 

 rendezvous foon became a fcene of riot and confulion ; 

 and' repeated complaints were tranfmitted to the Chinefe 

 Emperor of tlie drunkennefs and mifcondudl of the Ruf- 

 fians. Thefe complaints made a if ill greater impreffion 

 from a coincidence of fimilar exceffes, for which the Ruf- 

 fians at Pekin had become notorious. 



Exafperated by the frequent reprefentations of his 

 fubjecSts, Camhi threatened to expell the Ruffians from 

 his dominions, and to prohibit them from carrying on 

 any commerce, as well in China as in the. country of the 

 Mongols., 



BmbifTvof Thefe untoward circumftances occafioned another- 



Ifmailoff to 



p<;km. embafly to Pekin, in the year 17 19. LefF Vaffilievitch 



Ifmailoff, a captain of the Ruffian guards, who was fent 

 embaffador upon this occahon, fucceeded in the nego- 

 tiation, and adjufced every difficulty to the fatisfadion 

 of both parties. At his departure he v/as permitted to 

 leave behind Laurence Lange, who had accompanied him 

 to Pekin, in the charaiter of agent for the caravans ; for 

 the pur^wfe of fuperintending the condu6f of the Ruf- 

 fians. His refidence however in that metropolis was but 

 friort; for he was foon afterwards compelled, by the 



Chinefe. 



