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round: the mouth fmall, globofe : the upper- 

 jaw is the longeft : the eyes are fmall, near 

 the upper margin of the mouth : the opercula 

 branchiojlega confift of three bones. 



Snow-white Dolphins (Dclphinus Chinen- 

 fts) tumbled about the fhip ; but at a diftance 

 they feemed in nothing different from the 

 common fpecies, except in the white colour. 



The next day I again went to Canton. 



The 1 1 th of December. 



Thts day, which is the fixth in the eleven 

 month of the Chinefe, or Shienghio, is very re- 

 markable among them ; if it is clear, it fore- 

 tells a good year ro come ; but when beginning 

 with rain, they expect a flerility of crop. They 

 bring facrifices to their idols, in order to be pre- 

 ferred from the dearth. It was fine weather 

 all the day along, whence they prophecied a 

 plentiful year. 



The 17 th of December. 



In the forenoon I buried the Purfer Hubm, 

 who died yefterday of the dyfentery. He was 



born 



