CHINA. 1751. 231 



Rubbing is ufual among the Cbinefe, to put 

 the blood in motion, inftead of bleeding. The 

 people who do this bufinefs rub and beat the 

 body all over with their clenched fills, and 

 work the arms and other limbs fo that their 

 crackling may be heard at a confiderable dif- 

 tance. Some young fellows follow this trade ; 

 they carry a chain with feveral inftruments on 

 their fhoulders •, among thefe inftruments are 

 tongs, with which they make a noife like that 

 of a Jew's trumpet, and give notice of their 

 being at hand. They cut the nails with an 

 iron which has the look of a narrow plane ; 

 as alfo the hair within the noftrils, and on the 

 eye-brows, for fuch a trifle, that even the 

 lowed rank of people are enabled to make ufe 

 of them. 



Porcellane comes hither from other places; 

 fome is painted, and fome not. That which 

 is painted here according to particular direc- 

 tions, or with names, or coats of arms, is very 

 dear. The porcellane from Nanking is reckon- 

 ed the bell, next to that from Japan ; though 

 a certain author fays, that the beft.porcelane 

 comes from the village of Sinktefimo. See 

 VAmbaJade da Frcv. wiles > p, 118. The 

 Q^4 Jhm 



