2C2 OS BECK'S VOYAGE. 



faw here a net drawn by two Cbinefe up tq 

 their chins in water. 



Duck Sampanes lay on the ihore : hundreds 

 of ducks came into the boat, as foon as the 

 owner let down the bridge and called them. 



The Brandy Tower was fomewhat further 

 off, on the left ; the Cbinefe call it Tie-koang ; 

 "When the failors come over-againfl it, and can 

 fee light quite acrofs the windows of the tower, 

 from their floop, they are entitled to a draught 

 of brandy. This cuftom gives name to the 

 tower, which is half way between Wampu and 

 Canton. 



The Lazarus tree is further up on the right; 

 It was faid, that people having the leprofy, and 

 other nafty difeafes, lived under this tree, 

 which has very luxuriant branches. Some 

 little inns, which {land feveral of them clofe 

 together, fomewhat higher up on ports, above 

 the river, make the beginning of the fuburbs : 

 before them he innumerable fmall and great 

 fampanes quite crowded, as well as junks or 

 large Cbinefe veflels; which occafion the 

 pafiage to be very narrow and difficult, by the 



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