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 LETTER VII. 



THOUGH I have taken care not to men- 

 tion what I have already found well 

 described in other authors, yet I fee from the 

 Stockholm gazette, that I have either relied too 

 much on my memory, or on the heads in the 

 Englijh collections. 



The Chinefe ell, or cubit as it is called, con- 

 tains about fourteen inches three-fifths. I 

 doubt whether they have any folid meafure ; 

 fmce they weigh every thing, even wood and 

 water. A pekul is about 142 pounds and a 

 half, Swcdijb weight: 100 katly make one 

 ■pekul: with this they weigh heavy goods. 

 Gold, filver, and the like, are weighed by the 

 id, of which fixteen make a katty. A tel 

 contains ten mcfs; ten kanderins make one 

 ■?nefs, and a kanderln weighs ten kas. Father Dit 

 Halde mentions yet eight gradual lefs weights; 

 fo that nfun, which is the lead of all, feems 

 only to be of ufe to thofe who will try by 

 cutting an4 weighing whether matter is infi- 

 nitely diviiible. They have, as is well known, 



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