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Flowers of paper, and filk fluffs. Of the 

 innumerable quantity of painted flowers which 

 are to be had here, none are like nature ; and 

 either the leaves or the petals are mifreprefent- 

 ed. As for the animals, they feemed to mc 

 like horfes with birds feetj and men With 

 claws. 



Japanned goods are bureaux, fhriries, 

 band-boxes, powder-boxes, and other boxes, 

 tea-boards, tables, fnuff-boxes, &c. 



Gold is exported in great quantity to France § 

 and other European places. 



Copper in bars. Japan copper is much em- 

 ployed to in-lay boxes of mother of pearl* 

 and of other kinds. Tortoife fhell boxes are 

 plated on the infide with fuch copper, gilt. 



TinIenaque, or tutariego. See Walk* 

 rim's Mineralogy, p. 464. fpec. 32. is to be 

 got In long pieces, each of five or fix pekuls, 

 at th£ rate of threb or four tel. It comes In 



r.ities of feeing the performances of Eurofeaii artifts, tfiey- 

 are much improved, and particularly in perfpe&ive, with 

 vi'hich they were before perfectly unacquainted. 



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