CHINA. 1751. *8$ 



files), was to be fold in the vaults among other 

 trifles. 



The next day I again returned on board 

 the fliip ; but the minifter from the Gothic 

 Lion, Mr. toreen, went to town. When two 

 fhips are at Canton at the fame time, one chap- 

 kin generally officiates aboard the {hips, and 

 the other in town. 



The 1 8th of Oftoher, 



Pack-fanny is the Chinefe name of a long* 

 tranfparent, white fifh, which is caught in this 

 river, and being dried is boiled and eaten. It 

 is Albula Chinenjis, and has the following cha- 

 racters : the lingle dorfal-fn oppofite the anus 

 is low, right-angled, and has 1 2 rays : the 

 pccloral-Jinsy fomewhat below the head, are 

 oval, and have 1 o rays : the ventral fins are 

 in the middle of the fiih's length, and are 

 wedge-fhaped, and have eight rays : the anal 

 Jin is in fome meafure articulated, and has 26 

 rays : the tail is furcated : the body is of the 

 length of a fpan, and is white, tranfparent, 

 and without fcales : the head is narrow, lan- 

 ceolated : the operculum branchiojteg. confifts 



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