HISTORY 
darins to await his Excellency’s 
arrival, and pilots to be properly 
‘stationed, to take charge of his Ma- 
jesty’s ships, to conduct them in 
safety to Tien-sing, as well as to 
prepare for receiving the Ambassa- 
dor, and conveying him and _ his 
suite to Pekin; concluding his com- 
mands with these remarkable 
words, “ that as a great mandarin 
had come so far to visit him, he 
must be received in a distinguished 
manner, and answerable to the oc- 
casion.” His Majesty’s intentions 
were most faithfully and fully car- 
ried into execution. Ships, with 
persons of distinction on board, 
were stationed at different places on 
the coast of China, to find out and 
welcome the Ambassador. After 
his Janding, he was waited on and 
treated with the most elegant and 
profuse hospitality at every town; 
and wherever he stopped, by man- 
darins and viceroys, and at the 
imperial courts, both at Pekin, 
where it resides during the winter, 
and at Zhe-hol in Tartary, its sum- 
mer residence. The whole suite of 
the Ambassador, soldiers, servants, 
_ and other attendants, were enter- 
tained in the most sumptuous man- 
ner, at the expence of the Empe- 
ror, from the moment they ap- 
proached the shores of the Gulf 
of Pekin, to that of their depar- 
ture. 
The squadron entered the Yellow 
Sea on Tuesday, the 9th of July. 
On the 17th, the ships and brigs, 
some of which had held different 
tracks, all joined on that day: they 
perceived two head-lands or capes, 
which, together with an island to 
the north-east, are likely to be the 
first lands made by ships navigating 
directly from the southward to- 
wards the Gulf of Pekin. It was 
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thought, therefore, desirable to as- 
certain their situation with exact- 
ness, and to give each a name. 
‘They are all of them situated with- 
in afew minutes of the 37th degree 
of north latitude and the 122d de- 
gree, and from ten to twenty mi- 
nutes east longitude. It wasagreed 
that they should be called Cape 
Macartney, Cape Gower, and 
Staunton’s Island. Through the 
straits of Mi-a-tau, the squadron 
proceeded to Ta-coo, within the 
mouth of the Pei-ho, just men- 
tioned; where the Ambassador was 
furnished with yachts for his suite, 
and provisions, and also boats for 
carrying the baggage to Tien-sing. 
To these vessels were added such 
others as were to carry the manda- 
rins of various ranks, and other 
Chinese appointed to attend the 
embassy, in number, at least equal 
to that of the Europeans who com- 
posed it. At Tien-sing, the citta 
celeste of Marco Paolo, where they 
arrived on the 10th of August, the 
Ambassador was received, as soon 
as he went on shore, by the viceroy, 
and a deputy from the Emperor. 
Behind the Ambassador, attended 
with all his officers, artists, servants, 
musicians, and guards, a body of 
Chinese troops were drawn up, in 
great military parade. The vice- 
roy conducted the Ambassador, 
with some of the principal people 
about him, through a triumphal 
arch, into a pavilion; at the upper 
end of which was a darkened re- 
cess, or sanctuary, where the Ma- 
jesty of the Emperor was supposed 
constantly to reside. And, to that 
Majesty it was signified that a re- 
spectful obeisance should be paid ; 
which was accordingly performed 
by a profound inclination of the 
body. After tea, sweetmeats, and 
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