THE MIDDLE KINGDOM; A SURVEY OF THE GEOGRAPHY, GOVERNMENT, EDUCATION, SOCIAL LIFE, OF THE CHINESE EMPIRE AND ITS INHABITANTS. WITH A NEW MAP OF THE EMPIRE, AND ILLUSTRATIONS, PRINCIPALLY ENGRAVED BY J. W. ORR. BY S. WELLS WILLIAMS, AUTHOR OF "EASY LESSONS IN CHINESE," IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. NEW YORK & LONDON: 1848. G66 ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1847, by S. WELLS WILLIAMS, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York. R. CRAIGHEAD, PRINTER, 112 FULTON STREET. T. B. SMITH, STEREOTYPER, 216 WILLIAM STREET. ILLUSTRATIONS IN VOL. II. PORTRAIT OF REV. D. ABEEL. WHEELBARROWS USED FOR TRAVELLING, BRIDGE SHOWING THE MODE OF MAKING THE ARCH, 20 27 PROCESSION OF LADIES TO AN ANCESTRAL TEMPLE, APPEARANCE OF THE BONES OF A FOOT WHEN COMPRESSED, 35 39 |