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bfandy, water, &c. We ought to try whe- 

 ther the Cbinefe would not like* to ufe juniper- 

 wood inftead of fandal-wood ; which latter 

 comes from Sitratte; and has almoil the fame 

 fmell with juniper. 



Fishermens fampanes are the leafl of all, 

 narrow like fome of our fairing boats, and 

 have a very little deck, of draw or bamboo ; 

 or are even without that poor convenience. 

 Bad as thefe boats are, yet parents and their 

 naked children are feen to get their livelihood 

 in them both fummer arid winter, by fifhing, 

 and by picking up what has been thrown over- 

 board by others. For this purpofe they tie 

 fcveral hooks to a cord, and throw them out 

 in different places, almoft in the fame manner 

 as fifhermen in our country lay their eel hooks. 

 They have better or worfe fortune as it hap- 

 pens. There is nothing (o filthy but what 

 thefe people will ufe as food : and the hogs 

 which die and are thrown over-board, and, by 

 beginning to putrify, float in a few days, are 

 often the occafion of fuch quarrels as end in 

 battles. The reafon why the Europeans fink 

 the hogs which die on board their fhips is, 

 that the inhabitants of this place may not feed 

 upon them : for it is faid that the Chintfe, 

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