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pearl, but the poorer fort make ufe of other 

 Ihells ; which are the breadth of a hand each 

 way. Lead and glafs are never to be met with 

 in a Chinefe window: thefe windows (land 

 open in day time, becaufe they do not give 

 fufficient light ; at night they are (hut, to keep 

 out gnats, bats, &c. In the lower flory are 

 few windows, and thofe look into the inner 

 court. 



Near fome of the rooms is a little garden, 

 of the fize of a middling room. The doors^ 

 when opened, give fufficient light to thefe 

 apartments : for the fide towards the garden is 

 quite free. The garden encroaches no farther 

 on the court yard than the projection of the 

 building. From the exceffive heats, the doors 

 are moilly kept open ; but a nanking curtain, 

 is commonly hung up before them, with three 

 pieces of wood plated with brafs ; one of which 

 is at the top, one in the middle, and one at 

 the bottom. 



Our hangings confided of white Chinefe 

 paper, palled to the wall. Though this paper 

 is very fmooth, yet lizards (lacerta Cbinenjis) 

 run with fuch agility up and down the walls. 

 that they can fcarce be caught. In fummcr 



