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in their language are called La-tyce and Long- 

 an d , and which have already been mentioned. 

 We went further on to the right, into a little 

 wood, confiding moftly of Bamboo trees, of 

 which our light Bamboo walking-flicks are 

 made, which we get from the Cbinefe. The 

 wood is light and exceeding tough, for which 

 reafon it is more ufed than any other fort. 

 The Cbinefe cover their boats with it, and 

 build their warehoufes, called Bancjhals, near 

 Wam-pu, for the European mips, of that fort 

 of wood ; and their own houfes are partly of 

 the fame. It fupplies them with flicks to carry 

 any thing upon, for chairs, beds, tables, rails, 

 fails, angling-rods, hats, cafes for guns, fans, 

 weavers combs, painting-brufhes, bowers, 

 fpouts, and troughs for cattle ; in which latter 

 cafe, the wood is fplit afunder. Thefe Reed- 

 trees are of all fizes, from the bignefs of a 

 quill, to that of a yard round, and more ; and 

 many yards long. The tree flowers, as the 

 Cbinefe fay, every fixtieth year only c . It 

 appeared to me that there are two forts of this 

 tree in this country : one grew on the hills, no 



d The leaves of this tree are palmated, and have eleven 

 lanceolated lacinia, fmooth at top, and downy below- 

 The flowers grow in clutters, and have five filaments. 



* In the year 1754. 1 got fome flowers from China. 



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