INDEX 
A 
ABELIA, 376. App. 
Abelia C/iinensis, a plant common on the 
shores of the Poyang lake, 167. Descrip- 
tion of, 377* App. 
Alceste sails from Spithead, 1. Anchors 
off Madeira, 2. Leaves Funchal roads, 
4. Anchors in the harbour of Rio di 
Janeiro, 10. Leaves Rio, 24. Arrives 
at the Cape, ib. Anchors in Table Bay, 
ib. Sails for* the Straits of Sunda, ib. 
Anchors in Anjer roads, ib. Leaves Ba- 
tavia, 58. Joins the Discovery off the 
Great Lemma, 59. Sails from Hong- 
Kong, 63. Anchors off Lintin, 207. 
Anchors off Macao, 236. Leaves that 
place, 237- Anchors in Manilla Bay, ib. 
Leaves Manilla Bay, 251. Passes Tim- 
belan Isles, 252. Discovers Gaspar 
Island, ib. Strikes on a coral reef in the 
Straits of Gaspar, ib. Attacked by Ma- 
lay prows, 262. Burnt, 264. Plundered, 
267. 
Ambassador embarks on board the Al- 
ceste, 1. Receives at Hong- Kong dis- 
patches from Macao announcing the 
Emperor of China’s favourable intention 
towards the Embassy, 63. Visited by 
two mandarins of low rank, 68. By 
Chang and Yin, 69. Leaves the Al- 
ceste, in his barge, 7-> Arrives at Ta- 
koo, and receives a visit from the legate, 
73. Arrives at Tien-sing, 79. Invited 
to an Imperial feast, 79. Performs the 
English ceremony before the symbol of 
the Emperor’s presence, 83. Partakes 
of the feast ; receives presents, 84. 
Leaves Tien-sing, 84. Repeatedly urged 
to perform the ceremony of prostration, 
86. Arrives at Tung-chow, 92. Visits 
imperial commissioners, 94. 355. App. 
Refuses to perform the ceremony of 
prostration, 95. Visited by Ho, 96. 
Refuses to receive the infamous litters 
prepared by the Chinese for the inva- 
lids of his train, 99. Leaves Tung-chow 
for Yuen-min-yuen, ib. How treated on 
the road, 1 00, 101. Treatment of, at Yuen- 
min-yuen, 105. Refuses to appear be- 
fore the Emperor, 106. Insulted by 
Ho and other mandarins, 105. Leaves 
Yuen-min-yuen and arrives at Hai- 
teen, 107. Visited by Chinese physician, 
ib. Quits Hai-teen at the mandate of the 
Emperor, 110. Returns to Tung-chow, 
111. Refuses to leave Nan-huing-foo 
till the boats of the Embassy are pro- 
visioned, 190. Arrives at Canton, 206. 
Has an interview with the Viceroy of 
Canton, 209. Leaves Canton, and em- 
barks at Wampoa, 230. Visits the Go- 
vernor of Manilla, 239. Leaves the 
Alceste, after the wreck, 253. Leaves 
Pulo Leat for Batavia, 257. Dispatches 
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