. China, in a series of views : displaying the scenery, architecture, and social habits of that ancient empire . ion ? Yes, let the Chinese abolish despotism, enlarge theliberty of the people—remove prohibitory duties, cultivate foreign commerce—establishphilanthropic institutions—and receive, the Gospel; then will the distinction betweenvirtue and vice, truth and falsehood, honour and shame, be understood, and the dutiesof the public censor become less onerous and more valuable. AMOY, FROM THE OUTER HARBOUR. Again tlieir own shore rises on the view,No more polluted with a hostile hue :No sull
. China, in a series of views : displaying the scenery, architecture, and social habits of that ancient empire . ion ? Yes, let the Chinese abolish despotism, enlarge theliberty of the people—remove prohibitory duties, cultivate foreign commerce—establishphilanthropic institutions—and receive, the Gospel; then will the distinction betweenvirtue and vice, truth and falsehood, honour and shame, be understood, and the dutiesof the public censor become less onerous and more valuable. AMOY, FROM THE OUTER HARBOUR. Again tlieir own shore rises on the view,No more polluted with a hostile hue :No sullen ship lies bristling oer the foam,A floating dungeon—all is hope and Byron. When Du Halde dwelt amongst the Chinese, Amoy was much valued as a commercialposition, and, had the empire enjoyed free institutions, the trade of Eastern Chinawould unquestionably have centered in this picturesque locality. Amoy is a famousport, hemmed in on one side by the islands, which are high, and shelter it from every• Six Months with the Chinese Expedition, by Lord Jocelyn, &c. t TlV/e Vol. II-, p. ^ I I 1x I AMOYj FROM THE INNER HARBOUR. 57 wind ; it is also so spacious, that it can contain many thousands of vessels; and the seathere is so deep, that the largest ships may come up close to the shore, and ride therein perfect safety. You see there, at all times, a great number of Chinese junks, andabout twenty years ago, you might see there many European vessels; now they comehither but seldom, and all the trade is removed to Canton. The emperor keeps six orseven thousand men there in garrison, under the command of a Chinese general. Inentering the haven, you double a cape, or rock, which thus divides itself into two, almostas the Mingaret does in the port of Brest. The rock is visible, and rises several feetabove the water. Three leagues thence, stands a little island, having a hole throughwhich you see from one side to the other, and called, on this account, the BoredIsl
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