u> { 6 Of the Ufefulnefs of Attention 



there are worked in flone-cutters {hops at 

 Canto??,. There you may perhaps find another 

 fort of ftone, below, in, or above, the ftrata of 

 fand ftone. Even thofe who are not ufed to 

 collect (tones, might enrich our Swedifh cabi- 

 nets of natural hiftory from hence ; a piece of 

 ftone of the fize of a chocolate-cake is eafily 

 wrapped up in a piece of paper, on which the 

 place may be marked where it was found. 

 Species of the earths, fands, and clays, of fo 

 diftant places, would likewife adorn our col- 

 lections. You may likewife enquire at Canton 

 about Ores, viz. gold ore, from Sumatra, cop- 

 per ore from Japan, Porcellane earth from the 

 fame place, Tintenaque, Chinefe gold ore, &c. 



Many other articles there are, worthy our 

 attention : .but I need not try your patience 

 any longer, Gentlemen ; and what is here omit- 

 ted may be fupplied by the accuracy of the 

 [ t traveller. 



I must once more mention Java and its 

 neighbourhood, which we fee again on our re- 

 turn. 5/. Helena, an Englijh ifland, has for- 

 merly been a convenient refting place to us ; 

 Afcenflon likewife, where birds and fillies are 

 caught with little trouble: the former on the 



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