on VaxAGLs to -China. 145 



it is. The old Force/lane, the ftone PorcclIane 3 

 and the prefent Porcelline, feem to be ms.de 

 in different places, and of different materials. 



Do we know what the brown or red ware 

 is made of? Would it be impoffible to get a 

 little way into the country by means of mo- 

 ney, and to be able to get a fight of fnch 

 manufactures? Could we not get cotton (which 

 is bought up in great quantities here by the 

 Armenians) to Sweden by the way of Turkey f 

 But we muff dwell no longer upon fuch fup° 

 pofiti< 



ions. 



We may here get collections in all the king- 

 doms of nature. They fell birds, limes, Ihells, 

 and infects. They Will alfo fupply you with 

 trees -, among which the Bambou tree, and the 

 China root, with many others, deferve to be 

 brought to Sweden. The country is adorned 

 with the fined trees and plants, and almofl all 

 of them are very different from thofe of Swe- 

 den. But, to make flill more accurate obfer- 

 Vations, fome courage is required, and a careful 

 examination of all their accounts. 



The quarry at the Ijon tower deferve 3 a 



journey ; though the flohes which are dug 



Yol. II. L tfere 



