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to fome people. If you were to hear fome 

 anecdotes told in Eajl India of the Dutch man- 

 ner of governing there, you would by no 

 means be aftonifhed to find that the intereft of 

 the company is but feldom trufled to any but 

 thofe who have given undeniable proofs of 

 the good attachment to their own. One is apt 

 to expect that the magiftrates will take cogni- 

 zance of thefe things : but they bring this ex- 

 cellent maxim with them out of their own 

 country, leven en leven laten z ; which keeps 

 them from making any drift enquiries. 



With your leave, I now intend to proceed 

 to defcribe our voyage, and add the reft of my 

 obfervations on the behaviour of the Cbinefe. 



They are either incapable of^ or not ufed 

 to, an habit of intenfe inveftigation. Many 

 Europeans are likewife obliged to confefs with 

 father Loubere, that one is incapable of think- 

 ing much in hot climates. On the other hand, 

 their application to trade is fo much the 

 greater ; they purfue gain, without being 

 tired; and as their expectations are frequent- 

 ly boundlefs, fo bankruptcies are frequent 

 among them. All men here traffickj and 



z To live, and to let others live, 



when- 



