MR. ABEL'S ACCOUNT

OF

THE EMBASSY TO CHINA.

IN THE PRESS, AND IMMEDIATELY WILL BE PUBLISHED,

In One Volume, Quarto, illustrated by Maps and other Engravings, of Landscapes,
Natural History, Geology, &c. with numerous Wood Cuts of Mechanical and
Scientific Subjects,

UNDER THE

SANCTION OF THE HONOURABLE EAST INDIA

COMPANY,

AND DEDICATED, BY PERMISSION,

TO THE

RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD AMHERST,

PERSONAL

OBSERVATIONS,

MADE DURING THE

PROGRESS

OF THE

BRITISHI EMBASSY THROUGH CHINA,

AND ON

ITS VOYAGE

TO AND FROM THAT COUNTRY,

IN THE YEARS

1816 & 1817.

BY CLARKE ABEL,

PHYSICIAN AND NATURALIST TO THE EMBASSY.

PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, KEES, ORME, AND BROWN,
PATERNOSTER ROW.

THIS Work will comprise the Author's PERSONAL Narrative of
the most interesting Events which befel the BRITISH EMBASSY from the
Time of its leaving England to its Return; together with his Remarks on
the GEOLOGY, NATURAL HISTORY, and MANNERS of the Countries visited
by it.