The builder himself will, in all probability, be obliged to rest contented with the consciousness of his talent.
From the ship-yard we proceeded to the garden, which was very large but greatly neglected.

There were neither alleys nor fruit trees, rocks nor figures; but, to make up for these, an insufferable quantity of summer-houses, bridges, galleries, little temples, and pagodas.
The dwelling-house consisted of a large hall and a number of small chambers.

The walls were ornamented, both inside and out, with carved wood-work, and the roof abundantly decorated with points and pinnacles.
In the large halls plays and other entertainments are sometimes enacted for the amusement of the ladies, who are universally confined to their houses and gardens, which can only be visited by strangers in their absence.

{112} A number of peacocks, silver-pheasants, mandarin-ducks, and deer are preserved in their gardens.

In one corner was a small, gloomy bamboo plantation, in which were some family graves; and not far off a small earthen mound had been raised, with a wooden tablet, on which was a long poetical inscription in honour of the favourite snake of the mandarin, which was buried there.
After duly inspecting everything, we set off on our road home, and reached there in safety.
I was not so fortunate a few days later on visiting a tea-factory.
The proprietor conducted me himself over the workshops, which consisted of large halls, in which six hundred people, including a great many old women and children, were at work.