Departure from the Capital of Hou-pé. - Farewell Visit to the Governor of
the Town. Burial of the Two Martyrs. - State of Christianity in Hou-pé.
- Disagreeable Incidents on the Road. - No Provisions in a Town of the
Third Order. Visit to the Palace of the Town Prefect.
Criminals. Horrible Details of a Trial.
Bandit. Mode of Administering Justice.
siderations upon Chinese Legislation.
of the Code.-Defect of Precision in certain
Laws relating to Officers of Government. Organisation of the Family.
Repression of Crime. - Ritual Laws. - Taxes and Territorial Pro-
The Kouan-kouen, or Chinese
Code of Laws. - General Con-
Penal and Materialistic Character
Laws. - Principle of Solidarity.
Departure from Kouang-tsi-hien. - Storm. - Government Couriers. - Mode
of Epistolary Correspondence. -Grand Festival at Hoang-mei-hien. — Fire-
works. — Chinese Music. — Idea we ought to have of the Music of the Ancient
Chinese.- Imperial Road to Pekin.-The Roads in China.- Halt upon the
Borders of Lake Ponyang.-Embarkation.— Kakkerlacs on board the Junk
-Glance over the Province of Hou-pé. — Agriculture in China. — Imperial
Festival of Labour.— Details concerning Agriculture. — Agricultural Pro-
ductions. The Bamboo.- The Water-lily. Imperial Rice. Observant
Character of the Chinese. Classification of Corn. - What becomes of the
Swallows during Winter. Manner of making a Cat tell the Time.-
Method of hindering Asses from Braying