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Excerpt from China: A General Description of That Empire and Its Inhabitants, Vol. 2 of 2: With the History of Foreign Intercourse Down to the Events Which Produced the Dissolution of 1857; With Illustrations
Although the circuit of the ancient walls of Nan king exceeds that of the present capital of China, it has been already stated that the larger portion of the area is now either a waste, or consists of fields in a state of cultivation. The last embassy had an opportunity cf inspecting it in 1816, having been detained in the immediate neighbourhood for about two days, from the 2lst to the 23d October. The opportunity was improved to the utmost, and the liberty with which we were enabled to satisfy our curiosity received some addition in consequence of an accident, wherein the firmness of the ambassador was exercised with a favourable effect.
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