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fame in their houfes, though they have both 

 white wax candles and others, which they call 

 Lapp-tiocL Thefe latter looked as if they were 

 wade of tallow ; but, as I fuppofe, were made 

 of the fruit of the tallow-tree. The out- 

 ward layer of thefe candles, which is red aiid 

 llifFj is called Nan-cy in the Chinefe language. 



Some kept, on the outfide before the win- 

 dows, in a glafs bowl, gold and filver fifties, 

 called Kanmi-ko by the Chinefe. 



Their colours ihift like thofe of the fined 

 birds. Fbr their food, a fpecies of plants was 

 put into the water, the leaves of which refera- 

 ble Ceratophyllum demerfum & Piftiaferatiotes, 

 which is here called Siu-yan-gai. 



Others had, befides thefe Mies, feveral 

 little trees in flower-pots, before the windows, 

 fuch as are likewife cultivated in their nurfe- 

 ries and gardens ; 'videlicet, a fort of low fweet 

 orange trees, with a fmall fruit which is called 

 Gatt here ; moreover the Lemt-yes tree, which 

 bears little round four lemons called Na- 

 mang in China, and which are ufed inftead of 

 tamarinds, or common lemons, in punch, and 



generally 



