ACCOUNT OF THE COASTS. 147 



the idols, in various other pages, and the cuftoms and drefles of 



the inhabitants are moft frequently exhibited. In refpedt to the 



gardens of the Cbinefe, thofe of the private men are mentioned 



in the fecond volume of the Cbinefe Mifcellany, and thofe of the , 



emperor moft admirably defcribed by Le Frere Attirety painter 



to the reigning monarch in 1743. 



I NOW return to the latitude of Canton^ and purfue the to- Coasts or 

 pography of the coafts. By reafon of the great rigor with which 

 the Cbinefe exercife their prohibition of trading in any of their 

 ports except Canton^ our knowlege of the fhores or harbors is 

 very confined. We fhall have very little to fay of an extent of 

 between two and three thoufand miles of coaft, following the 

 bending of the outline ; the whole of which appears ftrangely 

 rugged, with promontories, divided by bays, harbors, and 

 creeks. 



The Ladrone ifles, and thofe of Lema before the bay of Can- LadroneIsle*. 

 ion, are lofty, rude, and broken ; that of the 4IF^^ ^^^-f takes its 

 name from two hills that afTume the form. Piedra BiancaSy far- 

 ther to the north, is a very high rock of a white color ; both the 

 laft are marks to navigators. 



Foo-tchien, the province adjoining to fluang-tung on the north, Foo-tchjen. 

 is a mountanous country, but the mountains, by the induftry of 

 the inhabitants, are formed into amphitheatres, with terraces, 

 which often extend feveral miles in length, and a feries of 

 twenty or thirty, one above the other. The account given by 

 Du Halde* is fo curious as to merit the attention of our readers. 

 Thefe are planted with rice, which is nourilhed by water forced 



* Vol. i. 273. 



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