OF A JOURNEY OVERLAND, THROUGH THE MARITIME PROVINCES OF CHINA, FROM MANCHA O, ON THE SOUTH COAST OF HAINAN, TO CANTON, IN THE YEARS 1819 AND 1820, LONDON: PRINTED FOR SIR RICHARD PHILLIPS AND Co. BRIDE-COURT, BRIDGE-STREET. THE following Pages consist of the popular portion of observations recently made in a Journey overland, through the maritime Provinces of China. The The preceding part, as it contains merely nautical and meteorological information, of no interest to the general reader, is omitted. On the strict truth of the present communication let no doubt be entertained; and its value is the more deserving of estimation, as none but those exposed to the opportunity of shipwreck are likely to learn so much of that curious portion of mankind, as is exhibited in the following pages. It would therefore be tiresome and unnecessary to detail occurrences at sea, and the subsequent matters incidental to mercantile negociation, in which my time was occupied in Cochin-China, and for that reason I beg leave to shew merely what I consider most directly worthy of attention regarding the Hainanese and Chinese. J. R., Supercargo. AG |