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Marttni fays he could never find a Latin 

 Name for the Fula Mogorin of the Portuguefe^ 

 I'm fure it's the fame with the Syringa Ara^ 

 hica flore pleno alboin Parkinfone. He fays alfo, 

 that the Kieu-yeu or Tallow-tree bears a 

 white Flower like a Cherry-tree ^ but all that 

 I have feen here bears a fpike of fmall yel- 

 low Flowers like the jrAus of a Salix. 



The Bean, or Mandarin Broth, fo frequent- 

 ly mentioned in the Dutch Embaffy and other 

 Authors, is only an Emulfion made of the^^ 

 Seed of Sefamum and hot Water. 



Their chief Employments here are Fifli- 

 ing and Agriculture. 



. In Fiftiing, they ufe feveral forts of Nef s 

 and Lines as we do ; but becaufe they have 

 large Banks of Mud in fome Places, the Filli- 

 erman, to go more eafily thereon, has con- 

 trived a fmall frame about 3 or 4 Foot long, 

 not much larger than a Hen- trough, elevated 

 a little at each end, in which he refts upon 

 one Knee, leaning his Arms on a crofs Stick, 

 rais'd fo high as his Breaft, and putting out 

 the other Foot often upon the Mud, he 

 puflies forward his Frame thereon, and fa 

 carries himfelf along in it. 



As to their Agriculture,all theirFields(where 

 any thing is planted) whether high or low^ 

 are made into fuch Plots as may retain the 

 Water on them when they pleafe. They 

 Plow up their Ground with one BufJelo or one 

 Cow, Where they are to Sow Rice, they pre- 

 pare the Fields very well, by clearing it of all 

 manner of Weeds, moiftiiing to a Pulp, and 

 fmoothing it with a Frame drawn acrofs :i 04 

 which they Sow the Rice very thick and co.- 



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