*i6 OSBECK'S VOYAGE, 



in our country, which have not yet been tried 

 in medicine. 



The goldfmkhs Work pretty well, and com- 

 monly cheaper than in our country ; but they 

 do not think it inconiiitent with their characters 

 to cheat. In filver fnuff-boxes, plates of lead 

 have been found ; not to mention other frauds. 

 Their touch-ftones nearly refemble an egg in 

 fhape, and were like our pebbles. Snuff-boxes 

 are made of feveral forts of ftones, commonly 

 called fliiors, of mother of pearl, falfe agate 

 from Sumatra, and of tortoife fhells ; fome 

 have Japan copper on the inilde, in-laid with 

 figures of filver. The Europeans get buttons, 

 heads of canes, Sec. made, in which manner 

 part of the filver comes again to Europe after 

 the Chinefe have wrought it. Gold is not fio 

 much eHeemed as with us, and is not fo fine. 

 Great quantities of gold are brought from 

 China into France and other countries. 



The joiners here make ufe of a lefs number 

 of tools than ours do, but they are not fo 

 ikilful as ours. For want of a bench, they fit 

 down on the ground, put the board agai-nft the 

 belly, and hold it only with the feet. Their 

 hatchets, or tu-pao, are fmall, and fomewhat 



excavated 



