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they always wear it undyed, but it is faid to 

 be ftrong beyond credibility, and is called 

 Chingchiu from the place it comes from. 



THE FISHERY. 



The Taboo, is a very long river, and wide 

 at its mouth, and abounds more with fifh than 

 any in this country ; remarkable as the mores 

 of China are for this commodity. It may per- 

 haps be thought that the tide is a hindrance 

 to any iifliery, efpecially in places which are 

 inconvenient to be drawn with nets : however, 

 they catch a multitude with thofe imple- 

 ments. The moil common manner of catching 

 fifties is, they drive in on the fands at a diftance 

 from the fhore, long poles or rather pofts a fa- 

 thom afunder; between thefe they place black 

 coloured nets of ftrong yarn, into which the 

 fifti enter and are caught. This manner of 

 catching fifties correfponds to ours of catching 

 them with junkets placed in the river. 



They have likewife a number of baikets 

 which are formed of bamboo and willow 

 flicks, a fathom and a half long, and like 

 our bafkets. They make ufe of thefe when 



the 



