OF

CHINA AND INDIA;

COMPRISING

A DESCRIPTION OF THOSE COUNTRIES AND THEIR INHABITANTS,

EMBRACING THE

HISTORICAL EVENTS, GOVERNMENT, RELIGION, EDUCATION, LANGUAGE,
LITERATURE, ARTS, MANUFACTURES, PRODUCTIONS, COMMERCE, AND
MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE PEOPLE, FROM THE EARLIEST

PERIOD OF AUTHENTIC RECORD, TO THE PRESENT TIME.

EDITED BY

ROBERT SE AR S. ' 1!!

Illustrated with Two Hundred Engravings.

NEW YORK:
PUBLISHED BY ROBERT SEARS, 128 NASSAU ST.

AND FOR SALE BY BOOK-AGENTS AND BOOKSELLERS GENERALLY.

1851.