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their own accounts. The men let their beards 

 grow, and divide them into feveral locks. The 

 Chinefe are fome of them greater and others 

 (mailer in fize than we are. In convention 

 they are civil : in their demeanor gentle ; in 

 focial life diligent, having genius for trade in 

 particular : but they are likewife talkative, in- 

 quifitive, loving to take prefents ; are obfti- 

 nate, proud, and fufpicious. They fit upon 

 their feet, for want of chairs. When they 

 meet one another, they lift up their hands; 

 but touch neither hat nor cap, and do not 

 move their feet, but bow a little, faying, 

 Hoaw, Hoa-j}* which is a friendly falute, with 

 which they wifh all manner of good to each 

 other. The lower fort of people kneel down 

 before men of high rank, and ihew them their 

 fubmimon both by words and gefture. 



The drefs of the men generally is as follows: 

 They wear two wide coats of filk or cotton, 

 the lower of which is white, but the upper 

 purple or black ; they are like our long night- 

 gowns, and have no lining, ftiffening, button- 

 holes, folds, and facings ; they are buttoned 



* Good, Good. A repetition of the pofitive makes their 

 fuperlative, as in the Hebrew language. 



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