THE ®<SJ%ESE: 



INLAND, ON THE COAST, AND AT SEA. 



BEING A NARRATIVE OF SCENES AND ADVENTURES DURING A 

 THIRD VISIT TO CHINA, FROM 1853 TO 1856. 



INCLUDING NOTICES OF MANY NATURAL PRODUCTIONS AND WORKS OF ART, 

 THE CULTURE OF SILK, &c. ; 



WITH SUGGESTIONS ON THE PEESENT WAR. 



By ROBERT FORTUNE, 



HONORART MEMBER OF THE AGRI-HORT. SOCIETY OP INDIA, AUTHOR OP 

 "THREE years' WANDERINGS IN CHINA," "A JOURNEY TO THE TEA COUNTRIES," ETC. 



wiTH< ^laioeTwioNs. 



LONDON: 



JOHN MUERAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. 



1857. 



The rigid qf Translation is reserved. 



