iron [ilaieg, lo fasten Ihem together on either side. OutfiiJe 

 tlie vessel's plants they use copiier or zinc plates, which are 

 spread along all over the bottom. Tiie masts are in three 

 pieces ; the sails are made of eloth, of which there are 48, of 

 all iizea ; the rigging on each side is fastened with iron and 

 copj>er ; hence the vesseli arc firm and strong, and seldom 

 meet wiih accidents. The bulwarks of the vessel are about 

 the height of a parap«t wall, along; which are arranged a 

 number of great guna. Large sliij>8 hare two tiers of cannon, 

 and smnll vessels one tier. Each man among the crevT Uaa a 

 particular buiiness assigned him, and though the niglit be 

 dark, the rain pouring down, and the wind raging, they dare 

 not neglect their duty. The regulations on board of ship are 

 ejtcoedingiy Bcvere ; for heavy olTences instant death is the 

 punishmentj of wiiich the Captain alone ii the judge. Hence 

 pirates do not dnre to anfiroacii European vesaeli. Looitiog at 

 our Chinese junks from Amoy, • Sightly formed, and fastened 

 with strawj they eeem merely like children's playthings ; on 

 this account they are frequently attacked by rdbbers. 



THIS TELESCOPE, OR "^^£^1^ THOUSAND MIHROH. 



That by this instrument distant objects should he ieen, is 

 not so much a matter of wonder ; but that there should be 

 some with crooked tubes, for surveying the sides and corners 

 of buildings J and themo3t retired parts of roomi^ in short every 

 nook J is matter of great surprite. The beat of these are 

 worth thowgands of reali. They are used in warfare, for 

 by means of these one can look into the cainp of an enemy, 

 and linow liis real iituation ; penetrating within the era- 

 braawes, and behind the screens, to see whether the troops he 

 few or many, all which can be thoroughly surveyed. UjJ ^ 

 31 ^ ^ -ffi *f^^y it k the cunning invention of tuper- 

 natural agents. 



^ jtfe SKY-ROCKETS OR BOM0S. 



Europeans, in attacking their foes, make great use of bombs, 

 and the skill of the English in this resfjecl, comparetl wiih 



