to their respective rooms, divested themselves 

 of tlieir official rohes, and the senseless figures 

 ^^lefttc^thmg^m-t VfWai mtm tops hnm- 

 wglmfyre them ; lihe ^l6li4^ of the temple 



was a type of tliat portentous spectre, superstition* 

 Another hirge and handsomely-adorned temple 

 was situated beyond this, as well as numerous 



G&iWg. of wMes^^Bg mtUn tite IstdosuTe, all 



B^ng soon satiated with the sight of gilded 

 gods, and fanatical priests, niingle(i with all the 

 gaady paraphernalia of superstition, we adjourned 

 iGf vkw fat pigs wMdi saSatfid m ly thfiEP 

 e^iuvla il«imetiiQae b^ibre w^Ql^^ ib^^ir dwell* 

 ing, — where wc beheld them luxuriating in a 

 bed of filth, having notln'iig to do but undergo 

 the laborious occupations of eating, drinking, 

 sleeping^ and getting h% t h^0m Ami 

 saered Mckefe, Mi hmt pT^bMfM&d 



"Wifih feod, but were now wpty. They WiKp^ 

 enormously fat, and seven or eight in num- 

 ber. Some persons iufornied nie that they were 

 kept until they died suffocated with fat ; but 

 otikers said they foiuied m dumtal wbu^^ 

 fice to tjid dnmg tlie gnuid fesfcNkI?. 



These huge, filthy creatures, are so gross as 

 tp cause the moutlis of the Chinese who behpld 



