Chapter C: Calendar, national, an engine of government, 391

_Camellia Sesanqua_, 536

_Camelopardalis_, noticed by Marco Polo, 46

_Canal_, Imperial, 335
observations on, 506-512

_Cannon_, 299

_Canton_, reasons for the Embassy avoiding it, 33
situation of foreigners trading to it, 610

_Carriages_ of the Chinese described, 90
those made by Hatchett puzzle them, 113

_Cavalry_, Tartar, 410

_Censorate_, 363

_Ceremony_ of the Court, 21

_Chain-pump_, 311

_Character_, physical, as given by Linnæus not correct, 184
moral, of Chinese and Tartars, 186

_Characters_ of the Chinese language, 248
keys or roots of, 251
examples of the composition of, 255

_Chastity_, palace of, 235

_Chemical Arts_, 298

_Checks_ to the absolute power of the Emperor, 362

_Children_ still-born exposed in the streets, 176

_Chou-ta-gin_, 70

_Chou-ta-gin_, kind attentions of, 604

_Christian Religion_ might once have been introduced, 449

_Churchmen_, intrigues of, not easily obviated, 18

_Cingalese_, of Chinese origin, 53

_Cities of China_, walls, towers, and gates of, 91
observations on, 500

_Cleanliness_ no part of the Chinese character, 77

_Cock-fighting_, 159

_Coffins_, splendid appearance of, 95

_Collieries_, 594

_Commerce_ of the Yellow Sea, how carried on, 60

_Comedy_ described, 201
extraordinary scene in one, 221

_Comparison_ of China and Europe, 29
of a Chinese and a Hottentot, 49

_Compass_, an original invention of Chinese, 39
observations on, 61
explanation of the circles on, 62

_Conclusion_, 621

_Conduct_ of Chinese prepossessing, 80

_Confucius_, religion of, 451
no statues to the memory of, 458
hall of, 459

_Cork Convent_, 597

_Corvorant_, the fishing, 506

_Cottons_, manufactures of, 307
cultivation of the plant, 556

_Court of China_, forms of, immutable, 21
manners and amusements of, 191

_Crimes and punishments_, 367

_Criminal offences_, mode of trial for, 370

_Crowd of persons_ at _Ting-hai_, 57
at _Tien-sing_, 78
at _Tong-tchoo_, 86
in _Pekin_, 96

_Cruelty_, instance of, 161

_Crystal lenses_, 341

_Cuckoo-clocks_, 181

_Currents_, violence of, in _Chu-san_ Archipelago, 54

_Custom_ respecting Embassadors, 22

_Customs_ and dress not subjects of ridicule, 74

_Cycle_ of sixty years, 293