aeng, fill of whick* , wbrthi? of beinf hatii3*d down. Eu- 

 ropenn coUDiries are origijtally on iJie iiuuide verge of civi- 

 lization, nnd ilieir beii)^ jtow assiaiilaied to lite viltAgea of 

 our inner liind, h enriri ly owiiij^ lo the virruoiis ttitiueiicQ 

 of Oiir august govtriimeni, vvliich iransfitniis tliuse diaiont 

 and unknown regions, by the innate forci^ of ita maj^-s(y. 



A(i'«ouifli far from being imeili'iehi, I dare noi refuse care- 

 fully 10 record tbe thit^gs u liich J have sc&ii and Iteardi Ip). 

 fctlier wiilj some references lu the country audita ififnibl- 

 tania, in eliort every individual word nod ariinn wortliy qf 

 being^ iio'cd (down ; lime imblisliiug the wliole, in ord r to 

 render eomc bitiiiII ns«i^<: lance (o^vnrdii correciin^ incu'B 

 iniudd, xmi fih^mi'nfng rr't/fit priNcrpI'-s I'u die world ! 



TJifi 56ih ytar of K^eu-lung, (1791) SiU mgnih, 34 tky» 



