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letters to Sir Wm. Keir, 261. Arrives 
at Batavia, ib. Leaves Java, 283. Ar- 
rives at the Cape, 284. Sails for St. 
Helena, 3 1 3. Arrives at, ib. Has an 
interview with Napoleon, 315. Arrives 
in England, 318. 
Aqueduct at St. Sebastian, 10. 
Arachis hypogcea, plant much cultivated 
about Nan-gan-foo, 182. Mode of 
cleaning it. Fruit, ib. Oil extracted 
from, ib. 
Areca catechu , 250. 
Arms, Javanese, 37- 
Artemesia, 217. 
Artocarpus incisa, 250. 
Integra , 250. 
Ascension, Island of, 317. Contains ba- 
saltic lava, pitchstone, and obsidian, ib. 
318. Goats, ib. Frequented by turtle, 
ib. How fortified, ib. 
Asclepias, 250. 
Author taken ill, 142. 
Azalias , 220. 
B 
Barbers , Chinese, 134. Operation per- 
formed by, ib. 
Bat, great Java, 43. 
Batavia , arrival at, 273. Description of, 
274. 
Baths, hot, on the island of Luconia, de- 
scriptions of, and observations on, 247, 
248, 249. 
, vapour, 248. 
Bauhinia, 250. 
Beggars at Tung-chow, 117- 
Begonia grandis, 199. 
Blacksmith’s shop, 140. 
Bonzes of Quong-yin, 198. Of Canton, 
226. 
Bowing , ceremony of, 83. 
wAcL. . 3 & A . 
Brandy, Chinese fond of, 69. 
Bridge near Tung-chow, 99. 
Buitenzorg , visit to, 281. 
Buonaparte, Napoleon, interview with, de- 
scription of, 315. 
C 
Ccesar, receives the Embassy on board, in 
Batavia roads, 283. Leaves Java, ib. 
Takes fire, ib. Arrives in Simon’s Bay, 
284. Sails for St. Helena, 313. Ar- 
rives at, ib. Leaves, 317. Touches at 
Ascension, ib. Leaves, 318. Arrives 
in England, 330. 
Camellia, or oil plant, 174. 363. App. 
Japonica, 220. 3 1 4. 
Oleifera , 199. 363. App. 
Camellia, 220. 
Camphor-tree , 178. Japan method of ex- 
tracting the gum from, 179. Principal 
tree used in building, 180. 
Canal, Imperial, 146. Remarks on, 153. 
Canarium commune, 277* 313. 
Cannabis sativa, 1 26. 
Canton, streets of, 211. Inaccessible to the 
Embassy, 219. 
Cape Frio, Bio Janeiro, 8. 
Cape of Good Hope, geological description 
of, 285 to 311. 
Cassuarina equisetifolia, 314. 
Castor oil plant , 1 24. 
Cards, Chinese, 1 1 7* 353. App. 
Ceremony of prostration described, 83. Per- 
formed by Mandarins, ib. Performed 
in private by the Viceroy of Canton, 
209. Of delivering the Emperor’s 
letter, ib. Religious, in a temple at 
Canton, 228. Of prostration explained, 
App. 355. 
Champaca , 27 S. 
Cha-ho, or river of floodgates, 146. 
