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fupercargo Robert s t who died the fecond of 

 this month, in the 54th year of his age. All 

 the captains and fupercargoes were invited to 

 come at two o'clock in the afternoon, and to 

 follow the corpfe to the aforementioned bury- 

 ing-place. On going thither I faw the follow- 

 ing plants, which covered the old walls of the 

 city. 



Pteris vittata. [Tab. iv.] 



Barleria crijlata. Its blue flowers were ia 

 feveral places the ornaments of the wall. 



Ficus Indica, with round flgs. 



Urtica nivea, which I have feen no where 

 but on the walls of Canton. 



Convolvulus reptans covered the graves, where 

 fome boys were met together with fiftiing-rods 

 in their hands. They made ufe of a kind of 

 large dragon-fly (Libellula Chinenfis) as a bait. 

 I underftood they were catching frogs, but 

 had as yet tried their luck in vain. It is happy 

 for us that the art of fifhing is not rifen to 

 fuch a pitch of perfection as hunting ; for 

 then fifties would be as fcarce in our lakes as 

 deer are in our woods. 



Jujlkia procumbent grew on the road. 



A GOOD 



