C H I N A 1751. i&j 



crofs-ways ; but the partitions and upper floors,, 

 &C. are foractimes entirely of wood : therefore 

 they are fo poorly provided againft fire, that 

 on the feventh of December 1743? m three or 

 four hours, more than 150 houfes were re- 

 duced to afhes : the fire, for want of proper- 

 regulation, would have fpread farther, if it 

 had not been for Commodore Anfcn and 

 his men : the inhabitants, who believe an 

 inevitable deftiny, were merely fpectators, 

 not attempting to extinguish it. The factories 

 look like two houfes built parallel and near to 

 each other, between which there is a court- 

 yard - m the floor 6f the lower flory is covered, 

 like the court yard, with fquare or rather 

 oblong (tones ; in thefe Hones are here and 

 there little holes, through which the water" 

 may run into the river ; the flair-cafes are 

 either of ftone or wood ; the rooms are high, 

 and the roofs are Hoping and covered with 

 tiles, like thofe La Spain. 



Windows are made in the roofs, but they 

 are fquare, and lefs than thofe in the walls : 

 there are no ceilings up flairs below the roof : 

 a room has feldom windows on more than one 

 fide ; thefe are long, and narrow, with wooden 

 bows, and have fquare panes of mother of 



pearl, 



