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member to have feen, among others, more 

 than lOGoDeerfopentupbythefefort ofNets, 

 which came to caft themfelves into the Hands 

 of the Hunters, having found no pafTage to 

 fave themfelves by : tl\ey kill'd alfo Bears, 

 Boars, and more than 60 Tigers, but thefe 

 are taken by other means, and with other 

 Weapons. 



The Emperor will'd that I fliould be prefent 

 at all thefe different Huntings, and he recom- 

 jnended to his Father in Law, in a raoft o- 

 bliging Manner the having a particular care 

 of me, and of giving charge that I fiiould not 

 be expofed to any danger in the Hunting of 

 the Tigers, and the other fierce Beafts ; I was 

 the onlyPerfon of all the Ma^7darwes vjho was 

 without Arms, and fo near to the Emperor-, 

 though I made Light of the Fatigue during 

 the time we were in our Journey, I found my 

 felf fo wearied every Evening when I got 

 to my Tent, that I was not able to fup- 

 port my Self and I fliould have difpenfed 

 with my felf divers times from following the 

 Emperor, if my .Friends had not counfeFd 

 me to the contrary, and if 1 had not fear'd 

 that he would have taken it ill if he fliould 

 have perceived it. 



After having pafled about 400 Miles in 

 Hunting daily after this manner, we arrived 

 at lafl: at Xyn-Tam^ the Capital City of the 

 Province, where we fl:ayed four Days. 



The Inhabitants oiCoree came to prefent to 

 the Emperor a Sea-Calf which they had taken, 

 the Emperor caufed nle to fee it, and asked 

 whither our Enrofean Books had fpoken any 

 thing of this Fifli? I told him we had a 



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