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noon ])assed, with u light, but hivourahh' breezi?, 

 tiws Bocqa Tigris, and entered tli^ niwt. This 

 entrance to a vi^f m&^iMc«B^ mtmdv& 

 s^tivani , is capahh' of being very strongly foitified. 

 The Chiiu'ric liavr turts, inoiiiitiu"* a "Tcat niim- 

 ber of cannon, erected on each side of tlie pas- 

 sage: tlxey excited some degree of interest in 

 mt miw^ as MUf tliose ^fieiRseA tjf tk$ broad- 

 side of his Majesty's sliip Alcesl^ #Oin^ y^lfS 

 since ; a triumph ofBritish firmness over Chinese 

 impudence. 



The country about Chuen, pee had a picturesque 

 ai^peniranee j Im^ although we ^^sp* ^ mXit^ re- 

 lated aboot the CHnese cnltirating mexf s|>0t of 

 land, not leaving even tlie most barren spots 

 mioccupied, in few coniitries have I seen more 

 land left waste, mucli of >\ hicli has an appear- 



mm ieictlMtf : tihe vMei^ <sertaln5y 

 eultiyatedx ^ssi h^ii sax ^^w^ mi fhBmng 

 feature in the landscape from the vivid green of 

 the Tiuuieroiis phiiitations of wliiit sceiiuul to b{^ 

 suj>;ar-caue !?eattered about. But witJi this ex- 

 ception, and the neat cottages nearly buried in 

 the folia^ of trees gntr^iindsng ikmt, there 

 wm EO interesting' view : the elevated hiud 

 Avas. principally bare, barren, and uurulti vated. 



On entering the river, the scenery was very 

 pleasing ; tlie banks were low, and, for the most 



