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Its fituation is fo happy, that its northerri 

 parts are no more incommoded by the cold, 

 than the fouthern ones are by the heat. Both 

 are temperate for the inhabitants ; the wea- 

 ther in the country, in the intermediate fpace, 

 is mild, uniform, and accordingly pleafant to 

 live in, convenient for health, and apt to pro- 

 duce all kinds of plants. 



The trade-winds, which are peculiar to the 

 fouthern and warmer regions, are no fmall ad- 

 vantage ; for the northern one clears the air, 

 by carrying away all the unwholefome vapour 

 jraifed by the heat; the fouthern one, on the 

 other hand, cools the fcorching heat of the 

 warm feafon. The greateft part of the Chinefs 

 frontiers are watered by extenlive feas, which 

 make good bays and harbours at moderate 

 diltances. While nature feems to have here 

 fet bounds to navigation, it opens new chan- 

 nels for it by means of navigable rivers, which 

 extend to the innermoft parts of the empire. 

 The tide, which goes up a great way into the 

 country, five Szvedijh miles above Canton, ren- 

 ders navigation more convenient ; and gives 

 the bed opportunity to the feveral towns of 

 communicating their advantages to each other, 



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