Drawing by William Alexander, draughtsman of the Macartney Embassy to China in 1793. A fishing boat in a canal with a view of the lake Poo-yang in the background. The boat possesses an elaborate contrivance for raising nets which is employed by two fishermen, other are consuming their dinner. On the left, on a levee, there are seen mounds of earth, which were used to repair the canal breaches. Image taken from "The Costume of China, illustrated in forty-eight coloured engravings", published in London in 1805.