CHIN A. 175*. 187 



■by a bell. They give one knock at half an 

 hour paft twelve, two at one o'clock, and fo 

 on till four o'clock, when they give eight 

 thumps, to fignify that eight half hours are 

 paft : at half an hour after four, they begin 

 again in the lame manner ; fo that at four, 

 eight, and twelve o'clock, eight thumps arc 

 always given on this inftruraent. 



T h e Chinefe drum on this inftru- 

 ment at their feftivals, and fet fire to 

 little boats of gilt paper, and throw them 

 into the fea, as a part of their morning 

 and evening amufement on fuch occafions. 

 On board the mips is a quarter-matter^ or ca- 

 det,, who (lands near the compafs, and. cries 

 out, when the half-hour glafs is run down, to 

 him who is near the bell, how many pulls he 

 muft give. 



The Danijh IJland (which bears that name 

 becaule that nation commonly bury their dead 

 in that place) is oppofite to the BancJhaU 



The French ifland is the next above the 

 Vanijh : this is the burying-place of the Eng- 

 tijh, Swedes, French, and Dutch. However, 

 in both iilands there are likewife fome Chinefe 



graves* 



