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to the Prince Regent. — Selection of presents for the Emperor. — Mandarins disgraced. — 
Remarks on Tung-chow and its environs. — Cheating propensity of the Chinese. — Eu- 
ropean Coins. — Tchen. — Fur shops. — Sables. — Druggists’ shops. — Public houses. — 
Sam-tchoo. — Beggars. — Observations on mendicity. — Timber sellers. — Their houses. 
— Plants. — Nelumbium. — Petsai. — Fruits. — Xing-ma, or Cordage plant. — Nature 
of the soil. — Insects. — Sickness at Tung-chow. — Noxious qualities of the water. — 
Death of one of the band. — Observations on the cause of disease at Tung-chow. — 
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CHAPTER V. 
Embassy leaves Tung-chow. — Plants. — Peasants. — Arrival at Tien -sing. — Articles 
of ingenuity. — The Yu, its different varieties, its manufacture. — Agate. — Pudding- 
stone, — Chinese barbers. — Shampooing. — Chinese razors. — Barbers’ instruments. — 
Departure from Tien-sing. — Euho, or Imperial River. — Appearance of the country. — 
Corn and oil mills. — Oil of Sesamum. — Mode of expressing the oil. — Blacksmith’s 
shop. — English pen-knives. — Razors. — Scissars. — Exactions of the soldiers. — Illness 
of the author. — Face of the country. — Quit the province of Pe-tche-le. — Plants. — 
Character of Chang. — Character of Yin. — The judge of Pe-tche-le. — Blind musi- 
cians. — Sang-yuen. — Thuja Orientalis. — Willows. — Pagoda of Lin-tsing. — Maho- 
medan mosques. — Cha-ho. — Tang-chang-foo. — Fan-shang-meaou. — Wan-ho. — Lake. 
— Embankments of the Canal. — Province of Shantung. — Province of Kiang-nan. — 
Face of the country changes. — Chung-tswe-tsee, or full harvest moon. — Sacrifice of the 
boatmen. — Yellow River. — Ambassador and suite land. — Pass a flood-gate. — Pass 
Tsing-keang-foo. — Locks. — Population. — City of Hival-gan-foo. — Kaou-yen-chow. 
— Temple. — Impressment of trackers. — Their confinement. — Pagoda of Kao-ming-tse. 
— Change boats. — Woo-yuen. — Picturesque landscape. — Qua-tchow. — Imperial Ca- 
nal. — Observations on Imperial Canal. — Plants. ■ — Rice fields. — Snakes. — Shells. 
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Embassy enters the Yang-tse-keang. — Quan-yin-mun. — City of Nankin. • — Porcelain 
Pagoda. — Hot baths. — Cotton. — Plants. — Walls of Nankin. — Leave Nankin. — 
City of Woo-hoo-shien. — Tallow tree. — Geological appearance. — Arrival at Ta-tung. 
— Ta-few. — Cotton mill. — Tea-plant, first met with. — Oaks. — Remarks on them. — 
Ginger. — Kwa-yuen-chin. — Death of William Millidge. — Conical Rock. — Province 
of Kiang-si. — Enter the Poyang Lake. — Ta-koo-shan, or Orphan Rock. — Ta-koo- 
tang. — Plants. — Arrival at Nan-kang-foo. — Archways. — Romantic Scenery. — Temple 
of Pih-luh-tung-shoo-yuen. — Ferns used as tea. — Ferns collected. — Embassy quit the 
