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Updated: May 8, 2025
The print annexed represents the procession of a Chinese Mandarin of the first order. First appear two men who strike each upon a copper instrument called a gongh, resembling a hollow dish without a border, which has pretty much the effect of a kettle-drum. Follow the ensign-bearers, on whose flags are written in large characters the Mandarin's titles of honour.
Other guards bearing sharp axes: some, weapons like scythes, only strait. Soldiers carrying three-edged halberds. Two porters, carrying a splendid coffer, containing the seal of his office. Two other men, beating each a gongh, which gives notice of the Mandarin's approach. Two officers, armed with staves, to keep off the croud.
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