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ing a tower with nine flories, which the Chinefe 

 call Pa-tiaw™. 



These towers ferve as ornaments to the 

 cities, and, as the Chinefe affirm, as a meafure 

 to the roads : but the inhabitants contradict 

 what fome hiftories have advanced, that thefe 

 towers are ufed in times of war, as watch 

 towers : on the different ftories of thefe towers 

 grew trees and plants, but I could not deter- 

 mine their kinds, being at too great a diflance ; 

 fomewhat further on, I faw the mouth of ano- 

 ther river, through which the larger Chinefe 

 boats pafs. There was a Pagoda, with feveral 

 houfes. On the fhore grew in feveral places, 

 Saccharum pluviatile and Cyperus odoratus. 



The Chinefe here catch fifli, by putting up 

 mats along the fhore, while the tide is in, 

 which hinder the fry from returning with the 

 ebb. As foon as the water was fallen, many 

 people were feen wading up to the knees in 

 the blue clayey ground mixed with fand, after 

 the little fry, which jumped about in the mud 

 like lizards ; but when they faw no means of 

 faving themieives, they crept a foot deep into 



w Pagoda, 



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