222 TOREEN'S VOYAGE; 



LETTER V. 



THE 17th of March I fent the continua- 

 tion of my accounts by a friendi I will 

 now relate what I have feen in China. 



A person who for the fir ft time vifits this 

 country, thinks he has a new world before 

 him ; for almoft every thing looks different 

 from what he has feeri in other places, Unlets 

 where climate renders fome fimularity of cuf- 

 toms necefTary. 



The rocks and the fliore, even a good way 

 into the fea, are covered with fifhermen and 

 their tackle •, which fight immediately leads 

 one to conclude, that the country muft be very 

 populous. The naked and uninhabited iflands 

 hereabouts feem at firft to occafion other 

 thoughts ; but, on advancing a little further, 

 the plains and vallies fpeak the number and 

 the induftry of the inhabitants. 



The lowed fields are fowed with rice, be- 

 eaufe it requires a great deal of water, which 



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