C H I N A. 1751. 5 2 5 



September the 8th, 1751. 



To-day, being the fifteenth Sunday after 

 Trinity, 1 preached in the factory in the 

 fuburbs of Canton, and fome Chinefe came to 

 hear me. In the afternoon I patted the river 

 in a boat, and landed at the little town of 

 Holam, or Honam. Here was a large pagoda, 

 or Chinefe place of worfhip (if there are not 

 feveral one above another) ; round about it 

 were built houfes for the priefts and their 

 (rewards. Between the more and thele houfes 

 is a broad way, or great fpace, furrounded 

 with large high trees, which were called 

 Leean-fee. At the entrance flood two gilt 

 images, fomewhat bigger than life. On the 

 fides lay large blocks of wood, which were 

 intended for the imperial palace at Peking. 



My company fat down at the uppermoff. 

 Pagoda and eat fome water-melons, but I had 

 a greater inclination towards the plants that 

 grew hereabouts ; for which reafon I went 

 to the other fide of the houfe. Here I was 

 met by a Chinefe, who offered me a filled to- 

 bacco pipe ; but, on my refufing to accept of 

 it, he took hold of my coat, and endeavoured 

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