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letters in Dutch, mixed with fome Latin. On 

 this occafion people of all nations were aflem- 

 bled together. 



The Chinefe had ere&ed tents about the 

 tombs, and diverted the funeral proceffion with 

 their rope-dancers. 



The 13 th of Odober. 



After I had a fecond time preached in the 

 fa&ory, the remainder of the day would not 

 allow of any trip out of town ; and for this 

 reafon I only walked about the neighbouring 

 ftreets, to fee whether the Chinefe had any cu- 

 riofities in their {hops, for they make no dis- 

 tinction with regard to Sunday, I found a fort- 

 of linen fomewhat rough to the touch, which 

 was faid (together with another very common 

 brown fluff) to be made of a kind of bark. 

 This linen was very white, and as narrow as 

 the afore-mentioned Canton cotton-linen^ but 

 it was neither cotton nor linen. 



Flax is fo rare a commodity in theEa(l,that 



many have judged with great probability, that 



4 the 



