384 OS BECK'S VOYAGE. 



the fine linen of the rich man, Luke xvi. 19. 

 was no more than our common linen. 



Abrus precatorius Linn. Syft. Nat. Ed. 12. 

 (in the third edition of the Spec. Plantar. Lin- 

 nxus calls it Glycine Abrus) is a fort of little 

 red peafe, with a black fpot, which were fold 

 in the chandler -mops. I bought fome for a 

 low fort of coin ; but fome children feeing me 

 buy them, gathered about me and defired me 

 to give them fome, which I did, and was glad 

 to get rid of them in this manner : I was told, 

 that they could buy fruit with them ; that they 

 were valued as the loweft coin, and ufed in 

 weighing gold. 



A sort of mujky which the Chinefc call Wad- 

 namm, was kept in great bladders, and fold 

 much cheaper than in our country. 



b BupREs r ns maxima, Muf. Reg. Suec. 82. 

 a fine green infect, which the Chinefe had dried, 

 and faflened leaden wings to it (which were 

 fo painted as to make them look like butter- 



b The Buprejiis max, is a fpecies of the coleoptera ; and 

 mutt make a ftrange raonller when difguifed by ihe wings 

 of the hpidoptera. 



flies), 



