QUA 



in the province of Yim-nan ; 15 miles N.E. ofTchou- 



hiong. 



QUAN, a town of China, of the third rank, in Chan- 

 tong ; 22 miles W. of Tong-tchang. 



QuAN, or Gimn, in Ornithohgy. See Pemelope Crijlata. 

 QUANAMORA, in Geography, a town of Africa, in 

 Upper Guinea, on the banks of the Scherbro', faid to 

 contain 5000 families. N. lat. 7° 45'. W. long. 10° 15'. 



QUANDROS, a name given by writers of the middle 

 ages to a ftone to which they attribute great virtues, and 

 which, they fay, is found in the liead of a vulture. 



QUANG-LING, in Geography, a town of China, of 

 the third rank, in Clian-fi ; 15 miles W.S.W. of Ouei. 



QUANG-NING, a town of China, of the third rank, 

 in Quang-tong ; 35 miles N. of Tchao-king. 



QUANG-PING, a city of China, of the firfl rank, 

 fituated in the northern part of the province of Pe-tche-li, 

 between the provinces of Chang-tong and Ho-nan, which 

 has nine towns of the third clafs dependent upon it. All 

 its plains are well watered by rivers. Among its temples, 

 one is dedicated to thofe men, who, as the Chinefe pretend, 

 difcovered the fecret of rendering themfelves immortal ; 

 212 miles S.S.W. of Peking. N. lat. 36^ 47'. E. long. 

 H4° 29'. 



QUANG-PUNG, a town of China, of the third rank, 

 in Pe-tche-li ; 17 miles N.W. of Tay-ming. 



QUANG-SI, a province of China, iituated between 

 thofe of Quang-tong, Hou-quang, Koei-tcheou, Yun-nan, 

 and the kingdom of Tong-king ; about 360 miles from 

 E. to W., and 230 from N. to S. In commerce, as well 

 as extent, it is not equal to that of the other provinces ; 

 and yet it fo abounds with rice, as to fupply, for fix months 

 in the year, the province of Quang-tong, without which the 

 inhabitants of this province could not fubfift. The moun- 

 tains with which it is covered, abound with mines of gold, fil- 

 ▼er, copper, and tin, and in this province is a lingular kind 

 of tree, containing a foft pulp, which yields a fort of flour, 

 and of this flour they make a very good bread. Befides 

 parroquets, hedge-hogs, and the rhinoceros, wild animals, 

 curious birds, and uncommon infefts are found here in great 

 •number. This province contains twelve towns of the firft 

 clafs, and eighty of the fecond and third. Its capital is 

 Qilei-ling. Groflier's China, vol. i. 



The population of this province is eftimated by fir George 

 Staunton at 10,000,000 ; its extent is faid to comprehend 

 78,250 fquare miles, or 50,080,000 acres. The revenue 

 transferred from it to the treafury at Peking, comprifing 

 land, fait, and taxes, is ftated at 500,000 tahels, or ounces 

 of (ilver. 



QUANG-TCHANG, a town of China, of the third 

 rank, in the province of Chan-fi ; 28 miles S. of Ouei. 



QUANG-TCHEOU, or Quang-chou-fou, a city of 

 China, of the firft; rank, in the province of Quang-tong, 

 ufually called by the Europeans Canton ; which fee. 



QUANG-TONG, the moft conliderable of the fouth- 

 ern provinces of China ; bounded on the N.E. by Fokien, 

 on the N, by Kiang-fi, on the W. by Quang-fi, and the 

 kingdom of Tong-king ; the reft is waflied by the fea. The 

 country is diverfified with plains and mountains, and the 

 land is fo fertile that it produces two crops every year. 

 Trade and the fecundity of the foil fupply this province 

 ■with every thing that can contribute to the pleafures of 

 life ; it fumilhes gold, precious ftones, filk, pearls, eagle- 

 wood, tin, quickfilver, fugar, copper, iron, fteel, faltpetre, 

 ebony, and abundance of arom.uic woods, which are much 

 valued, Befides European and Indian fruits, it produces 

 feveral that are peruliar to itfelf. All the toails abound 



QUA 



with fi(h, and furnifli great quantities of oyftcrs, crabs, and 

 tortoifes of an immenfe fize : of the ftiells of thcfe the 

 Chinefe make feveral pretty toys. Tame ducks are reared 

 in this province in great numbers : the Chinefe are induf- 

 trious in breeding them, and they hatch their eggs in ovent 

 or dunghills, tiiough they do not feem to have derived 

 this mode of breeding them from Egypt, wliere it is prac- 

 tifed. They carry them on barks in large flocks to feed 

 on the fea-lhore, where, at low water, they find (hrimps, 

 oyllers, and other kinds of ftiell-fifh. At the approach 

 of night they are collected together by only beating on a 

 bafin, upon which they immediately form themfelves into 

 different flocks, and each returns to the veflel to which it 

 belongs. The Chinefe have a method of faking their meat 

 without injuring its flavour, and they fait their eggs by 

 enclofmg them in a coat of clay mixed with fait. Thefe ■ 

 faked eggs are faid to be very wholefome, and even fick 

 perfons are permitted to eat them. Although the climate of 

 this province is warm, the air is pure, and the people are 

 robuit and healthy. They are noted for their induftry, 

 and for a talent of imitation, which they poffefs in an emi- 

 nent degree. As this province is at a great diftance from 

 court, its government is one of the moll important, and it 

 is alfo one of the moll flourilhing in the empire. Its vice- 

 roy has alfo the command of Quang-fi, and refides at Chee- 

 king, for the convenience of expediting his orders to either 

 of thefe provinces. Tliis governor always has a number 

 of troops ready, properly polled, to check the incurCons 

 of robbers and pirates, who might otherwife interrupt and 

 injure trade : for the fame purpofe, a great number of for- 

 trelfes (moft of them being cities provided with numerous 

 garrifons) have been built along the coafts and in the 

 interior parts of the country. This province is divided 

 into 10 diftrifts, which contain 10 cities of the firft clafs, 

 and 84 of the fecond and third. Groflier. 



The number of inhabitants, according to, fir George 

 Staunton's ellimate, is 21,000,000; its-area comprehends 

 79,456 fquare miles, or 50,851,840 acres. The revenue 

 remitted to the imperial treafury at Peking, and raifed 

 from land, fait, and taxes, amounts to 1,340,000 tahels, 

 or ounces of filver. The military force is faid to amount 

 to 50,000 men. Its capital is Canton ; which fee. 



QUANG-YANG, a town of China, of the third rank, 

 in the province of Quang-fi ; 30 miles S. of Tfuen. 



QUANG-YUEN, a town of China, of the third rank, 

 in the province of Se-tchuen, feated on the Kialing ; 50 

 miles N. of Pao-king. 



QUANNEFIORD, a bay on the W. coaft of Weft 

 Greenland. N. lat. 62° 10'. W. long. 48° 5'. 



QU ANO, a town of Japan, on the illand of Niphon, on 

 the S. coaft, 70 miles E. of Meaco. N. lat. 35° 58'. E, 

 long. 136° 14'. 



^UANTALLA, an ifland of Africa, at the mouth of 

 the Zaire, celebrated for a filver idol, to which the neigh- 

 bouring kings fend prefents and offer facrifices. 



QUAN-TAO, a town of China, of the third rank, in 

 Chan-tong; 25 miles W.N. W. of Tong-tchang. 



QUAN-TCHANG, a town of Cliina, in Chan-tong ; 

 13 miles N. of Po. 



QUANTITE', Fr. This word in mufic, like profody, 

 does not fix the number of notes or of fyllables, but their 

 relative duration. Quantity produces the rhythm, as accent, 

 produces intonation. Rhythm and intonation generate me- 

 lody. Roufleau. See Melody. 



QUANTITY, QuANTlTAS, any thing capable of efti- 

 mation or menfuration ; or, which being compared wth an- 

 other 



