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time they abound in thehoufes, but in winter 

 they difappear : they do no harm, but merely 

 feek for their food, which is mill-beetles and 

 other infers. 



The Chinefe padlocks are made in fuch a 

 manner that many of them may be opened 

 With one key ; and therefore it is a proper 

 precaution to bring fome from Europe. 



The company finds in every room a table, 

 chairs, and a bed, with curtains of gauze, or 

 blue 7ianking-ftuff. 



You are obliged to draw your curtains quite 

 clofe, to keep out Mufqtatoes, a fpecies of gnats* 

 which is very troublefome at night; and whofe 

 (ting is fometimes the caufe of incurable com- 

 plaints. 



Hence the influence of different climates 

 appears : for in our country the bite of a flea, 

 and the {ling of a gnat, are reckoned equal 3 

 but it is quite other wife in Cbina> though 

 thefe gnats are the fame with ours. 



In each room is likewife a lamp, fattened to 

 the roof by a long rope. The Chinefe do the 



c fame 



