■2S OSBECK'S VOYAGE. 



born in France, and brought up to the Roman 

 Catholic religion : he afterwards embraced the 

 Lutheran religion at Gothenburgh, and poflerTed 

 great knowledge in both religions. He kept 

 his good-humour on to a great age ; and indeed 

 it never forfook him to his death. In the 

 afternoon I gave him the facrament, and imme- 

 diately after he departed peaceably. To bury 

 him, we paffed the river to a peninfula, and 

 afterwards through a great canal, over which 

 many bridges were made, till we at lad arrived 

 at the burying-place, which had been bought 

 for him in an inclofed place on the left. The 

 Chincfe took fix tale for the grave. Near the 

 burying-place was a number of coffins above 

 the ground, as I have already remarked elfe- 

 where. 



The mob was very riotous, and we made 

 hafte to fmi(h the fervice. Afterwards we went 

 to the aforementioned pagode> which lies on 

 the other fide of the canal, in Honang. In 

 the fields hereabouts were little holes here and 

 there,' in which feeds were put and cover- 

 ed over with allies. A fpot, on which accord- 

 ing to the account of the Chincfe a medicinal 

 herb was planted, was covered with mats, 

 which were expanded a yard high above the 



ground. 



