Chapter M: Macao, surmise with regard to, 20

_Macartney_, Lord, his account of Chinese gardening, 126
of the birth-day ceremonies, 196
his observations on the Tartars and Chinese, 415

_Madagascar_, a people on, resembling the Chinese, 45

_Madrid_, strange notion of the inhabitants of, 99

_Mahomedans_ visit China in the ninth century, 47
get into the interior in the thirteenth century, 442

_Malays_ of Scythian origin, 51

_Man-midwives_, none in China, 353

_Manners_ of domestic life, 142
a concern of the legislature, 178
and amusements of the court, 191

_Mansfield_, Lord, his observation on early risers, 229

_Mantchoo Tartars_, probably a mixed race, 185
a language of, 270
policy of, 412

_Manure_, an article of commerce, 84

_Marco Polo_, supposed to have brought the compass from China, 40

_Match-locks_, why preferred to firelocks, 411

_Mechanical_ powers, 311

_Medicine_, state of, 344

_Meetings_ of the people rare, 396

_Merchants_, how considered in China, 180

_Micare digitis_, a Roman game, 158

_Michael de Murano_, chart in the church of, 47

_Military_, establishment of, &c., 405
curious manœuvre of, 504

_Minister of State_, miserable lodgings of, 10

_Missionaries_, remarks on the communications of, 3-28-31
accompanied by spies when they visited the English, 105
story of an infant saved by one, 174
condition of those in the capital, 445
cause their own persecutions, 446
unjustly accuse the Chinese of superstitions, 462

_Mollusca-medusa_, an article of food, 55

_Mongul Tartars_, benefit derived by their conquest of China, 43

_Monuments_, inscriptions on, 329
erected over the dead, 340

_Mountains_ ascended for religious purposes, 451
nature of those of China, 599

_Music_, 314
specimens of, 318

_Musical instruments_, plate of, 315

N

_Nations_, who had early intercourse with China, 440

_Navigation_ of the Yellow Sea unknown, 33
of the Chinese unskillful, 38
inland, improved by the Tartars, 43

_Nautical Almanack_, a valuable present to the missionaries in Pekin, 112

_Nelumbium_, or water lilly, 473

_New-year's-day_, the only holiday in China, 155

_Noah_, supposed by the Jesuits to have travelled into China, 433
ark of, where it probably rested, 432

O

_Oar song_ of the Chinese, 81

_Oath_, form of, among the Chinese and Sumatrans, 52
never administered in a Chinese court of law, _ib._

_Objects_ that occur in China, 4

_Occurrences_ in the Yellow Sea, 25

_Office_ obtained only by learning, 386
of government, civil, 404
military, 406

_Officers_ of Canton, conduct of, towards the Dutch, 10

_Opium_ much used in China, 153

_Opthalmia_, 351

_Ornamental_ buildings in landscape gardening, 129

_Orphan_ of China, remarks on, 220

P

_Pagodas_, observations on, 503

_Paine, Tom_, his doctrines too sublime for the Chinese language, 396

_Painting_, 323

_Palaces_ of China worse than Saint James's, 194

_Pantomime_ described, 203

_Paper_, manufacture of, 310

_Park_ of Gehol described by Lord Macartney, 129

_Pauw_, his opinion of the Chinese, 27

_Peasantry_, condition of, 310

_Pearl_, story of one belonging to an Armenian, 611

_Pei-ho_, entrance of, 68
second embarkation on, 488

_Pekin_, approach to, 91
some account of, 93
uncommon bustle in the great streets of, 96
populace of, compared with that of London, 97
police of, 100
uniformity of, 101
hotel of the British Embassador in, 103
appearance of, from _Hai-tien_, _ib._
hue and cry raised in, 120
gazette of, 391
contrasted with London, 420
prices of provisions in, 549
buildings and population of, compared with those of London, 581

_Perouse de la_, his account of a people resembling Chinese, 44

_Pilots_, difficulty of procuring them at _Chu-san_, 58

_Plants_, in _Pe-tche-lee_, 493
near _Hang-tchoo-foo_, 525
near Canton, 601

_Plough_, ceremony of, compared with the _Isia_, 487

_Poetry_, 280

_Polarity_ of the magnet known to the Scythians, 41

_Police_ of Pekin, 100

_Polo Marco_, valuable testimony of, 35

_Polygamy_ an evil of small extent, 147

_Population_ of floating craft, 84
and extent of China, 575
compared with those of Great Britain, 576
as given by Father Amiot, 582

_Populousness_ of China, causes of, 587

_Poor laws_, none, 401

_Porcelain_, 304

_Portraits_ of a Chinese and Hottentot, 50
among the presents, difficulty respecting, 114

_Portuguese_ missionary, intrigues of, 18

_Posture-masters_, feats of, 204

_Potatoes_ a certain crop, 585

_Poverty_ of the Chinese, 495

_Predestination_, 454

_Present_ of the governor of _Ten-tchoo-foo_, 65

_Present_ of the officers deputed from court, 67

_Press_, liberty of, in China, 392

_Prince_ of the blood, anecdote of, 182

_Printing_, 311

_Procession_ from _Tong-tchoo_ to Pekin, 85
of, 146

_Property_ not secured by law, 177
laws respecting, 379

_Prophecy_, folly of being guided by, 456

_Pulse_, 345

_Punishments_, capital, not frequent, 378

_Puppet-shew_ described, 201

Q

_Quacks_, tricks of, 347
great pests in England, 465

_Quarries_ of stone, 598

R

_Red-book_, Chinese, 405

_Religion_, primitive, of China, 450
no longer exists, 486

_Religious_ opinions, difficult sometimes to explain, 423

_Revenues_, 403
application of them, 407
vessels to collect them, 534

_Rice_ erroneously supposed to cause opthalmia, 351
the staff of life in China, 547
mill for cleaning, 565
a precarious crop, 586

_Road_ from _Tong-tchoo_ to Pekin, 91

_Roads_ neglected in China, 513

_Romans_, amphitheatres of, 224

_Russia_ and China compared, 324

S

_Sabbatical_ institution, none in China, 154

_Sacrifices_, 509

_Salt_, stacks of, near _Tien-sing_, 78
remarks on the use of, 510

_Salutation_, mode of, 108
expressions of, mark a national character, 189

_Sameness_ throughout China, 5

_Savages_, custom of maiming the human body among, 73

_Scenic_ representations of the Romans, 224

_Scythians_ probably acquainted with the polarity of the magnet, 40

_Scorpion_, remarkable circumstance concerning one, 114

_Scott_, Doctor, saves a man from being buried alive, 165

_Sculpture_, 328

_Seres_ not the same as Chinese, 436

_Shing-moo_, or holy mother, 473

_Ships_ of the Chinese, 37

_Silk_, probably known to the ancients, 437
cultivation of, 571

_Simplicity_ the leading feature of the Chinese, 312

_Skating_, amusement of, 211

_Small-pox_, when introduced, 450

_Snake_, bite of, how cured, 348

_Society_, state of, 138
domestic, 151

_Soffala_, Chinese found at, 45

_Song_ of _Moo-lee-wha_, 316

_Streets_ of Pekin, 94

_Steam_, effects of, known to the Chinese, 298

_Sugar_-mills, 539

_Suicide_ seemingly encouraged, 178

_Surgery_, state of, 353

_Sumatrans_ of Chinese origin, 51

_Sword-blades_ of Gill much admired, 113

_Swan-pan_, 296

T

_Tan_, or Chinese altar, 452

_Tao-tze_, or immortals, sect of, 466

_Tapers_ burnt on altars, 481

_Tartar_ women, dress of, 97
Mantchoo, scarcely distinguishable from Chinese, 184

_Tartary_, heights of, remarks on, 438

_Taste_, 331

_Taxes_, moderate, 400
fixed, 402

_Tcho-ka_, an island in the Tartarian sea, 44

_Tea_ a supposed preventive of certain disorders, 350

_Tea_-plant, trick played by the Chinese concerning, 538
observations on the culture of, 572

_Temple_, Embassy lodged in a, 421
in a cavernous rock, 596

_Terrace_ system of agriculture, 530

_Ten-tchoo-foo_, present of the governor of, 65

_Tien-sing_, approach to the city of, 71

_Ting-hai_, visit to the city of, 57

_Ting-nan-tchin_, name of the Chinese compass, 40

_Titsingh_ Dutch Embassador to Pekin, 9

_Towers_ of the walls of Pekin, 91

_Trackers_ of the yachts pressed into this service, 162

_Trade_ discouraged, 399
how conducted at Canton, 610

_Tranquillity_, internal, 395

_Travellers_ see objects differently, 3

_Treason_ punishable in the 9th generation, 372

_Trial_ of an English seaman for killing a Chinese, 618

_Tribunal_ of Mathematics, 110
some account of, 111

_Ty-phoon_, what, 34
strength of one, 41

_Tyrus_, commerce of, described by Ezekiel, 48