Sf<5 TOREEN'S VOYAGE. 



Their barbers have an exceeding light 

 Jiand at fhaving ; but a perfon who is not ufed 

 to their cuftoms, will be aftonifhed when they 

 afterwards pull him by the nofe, and begin to 

 thump his back with their clenched fills. 



Their phyficians feern.to be very atten- 

 tive, becaufe they fpend an hour in feeling the 

 pulfe; but they mult likewifc make ufe of 

 quacks tricks, when they pretend to tell by it 

 the number of ftools which the patient has 

 jiad, 



The dropping and weak eyes of the Cblnefe 

 are occafioned by the rice, which is their mod 

 ufual food, as the Europeans fay. Next to rice, 

 their mod ufual diet is bacon and fait fifh ; 

 both are cut into little bits, and eaten together 

 with the rice : they convey the victuals to their 

 mouths with a couple of flicks. People of 

 higher quality feaft upon birds-nefts b , fmews 

 of deer, and the like corroborative dainties. 

 Between meals they make ufe of tea, fweet- 

 meats, betle, and tobacco, which is almoft as 

 fmall as muff, and is fmoaked in brafs tobacco 

 pipes by perfons of both fexes. The Ohmfc^ 



& See note, p. 258, vol. I. 



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