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Excerpt from The Chinese Traveller, Vol. 1: Containing a Geographical, Commercial, and Political History of China
Tbe fe/uit Mifionaries, to wbom we owe our bi?ory, were well qualified to furni/b us witb tbc bell materiak for tbis pnrpofe, by tbeir education and great tradition, tbeir knowledge of various arts and fiiences, and of tbc cbine/z: tongue, tbeir'winnipg addrqs, tbeir. Admittance into the court and Emperor's. Palace, tbeir familiar in tercourfi: witb tbc inbabitants. We bave no reajbn to di?ru/i tbe fidelity of tbc above-named ant/jors in tbeir various relations, except wberea tba religion or. Particu lar intere/t of tbe fe/uits order is concerned. We may? Expeft few ufiful. Or. Entertaining accounts from tbo/e wbojzefi tanob, upon tbe coo/t of a country, or dwtll in it for fame time merely to trade tbere we can bave lit tle, from tbem but a few notorious cujloms, babits, of tba people, and buildings wbicb remarkably frike tbe eye at fir/t figbt. Tbeir bi/lory of tbe manners, genius, and produce of a country will be always found defettive, ' more efpecially ds tbeir education is uj'ually narrow, and limited to tbc beams} wbicb tbey purfurtbbri'3wejin3fiw dei'nione tbat tra vel into Qbina purely to'iigei'teitfie of it, and tbat for a good reajbn tbc jedloqi polity p? Tbe people ren ders tlmt country d cb per/ens.
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