MifcelUnea Curiofa, Vol. Ilf^ 



Filhermen ; for the Trade of this place be- 

 ing newly granted, has not as yet brought 

 any confiderable Merchants hither. The 

 Ifland in general abounds with all fdrts of 

 Provifions, fuch as Cows, Buffalo's, Goats, 

 Deer, Hogs wild and tame, Geefe, Ducks 

 and Hens ; Rice, Wheat, Calayances, Cole^ 

 worts. Turnips, Potatoes, Carrots, Beetes 

 and Spinach But for Merchandize there's 

 none but what comes ftova Ning-fo^ Hang-- 

 cheu^ Nankin and the Inland Towns, fbme 

 of which I hope to fee, when I have acquird 

 a little of the Chinefe Language. Here alfo 

 the Tea grows in great plenty on the tops 

 of the Hills, but it is not in that efteem 

 with what grows on moreMountainous Iflands. 

 Altho this Ifland is pretty well ftor'd with 

 People, yet its far from what it was in F. 

 Martinim\ tinie,whenh e defcribes Cheuxan : 

 and this puts me in mind, that the Super- 

 ftitious Pilgrimages thereto, mentioned by 

 him, muft be meant of the Ifland Pou^to^ 

 which lies 9 Leagues from hence, and 3 Miles 

 to the Eaftward of this Ifland, whither (they 

 fay) the Emperour defigns in the Month of 

 May next (being his Birth-day, and the 40th 

 Year of his Age) to come to worfliip ?h an 

 Ancient Pagod there, famous for Sandity j 

 having fent one of his Bonz.es akeady thi- 

 ther to get aU things in orden 



