Chapter I: Ice, a luxury enjoyed by the poor near Pekin, 109

_Idolatry_, one cause of, 485

_Jewish_ law punishing children for their fathers, 375

_Jews_ might have carried the silk worm to China, 437
remarks on these people, 438

_Immortals_, sons of, a sect in China, 463

_Imprisonment_ not known as a punishment, 378

_Incense_ burnt before the Chinese compass, 42

_Infanticide_, remarks on, 168
extent of, in China, 169
common among the ancients, 171
probable causes of, 173

_Inns_, none in China, 421

_Inscription_ on the flags of the yachts, 69
those on monuments, 326

_Inundation_, 515

_Jones_, Sir William, his opinion of the Chinese, 27
of their arts, sciences, &c., 356

_Ireland_, peasantry of, compared with those of China, 578

_Iron-ware_, 298

_Italian opera_, Chinese drama a burlesque on, 219

_Ivory_, cutting of, 308

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_Kamskatka_, known to the Chinese, 14

_King of Holland_, Emperor's letter addressed to, 43