NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY 
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IN THE INTERIOR OF 
CHINA, 
AND OF 
A VOYAGE TO AND FROM THAT COUNTRY \ 
IN THE YEARS 1816 AND 1817 J 
CONTAINING 
AN ACCOUNT OF THE MOST INTERESTING TRANSACTIONS 
OF 
LORD AMHERST’S EMBASSY TO THE COURT OF PEKIN, 
AND 
OBSERVATIONS ON THE COUNTRIES WHICH IT VISITED. 
By CLARKE ABEL, F.L.S. 
AND MEMBER OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 
CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER AND NATURALIST TO THE EMBASSY. 
ILLUSTRATED BY MAPS AND OTHER ENGRAVINGS. 
LONDON: 
PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, 
PATERNOSTER-ROW. 
1818. 
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