^ '(h LAAOE AND SMALL ZCQS. 



The ^ ^ aea gooie* ia double the size of the commoa 

 goose, and the eggi it protiuco are about five or six inchea 

 in diametefj and two or three pounds in weight : the shell is 

 hard, and if let fall on the ground it will not break. Some 

 people from foreign parts having brought home, to China, ona 

 or two of these, have pretended llmt ihey were mare*a eggij in 

 order to excite wonder, but they are all the egp of the bird men- 

 tioned above. In Baiavia, the cock of the domestic fowl aome- 

 timea lays eggs, bat they are tmall like comfitSj and when 

 broken are found to contain only a white dubf tance, without 

 any yolk. This is however to be considered aa a departure 

 from the usual order of things, and ia a bad omen * those 

 families in which such fowls are domeaticAted are sure to 

 meet with fomo misfortune. We have known several in- 

 slaaces of (hii. 



The four-wheeled carriagea are drawn by two hones, and 

 tJie two- wheeled vehicle* by one horse, In the four-wheele d 

 oarriagea the front wheels are imall, and the hind wheels 

 Urge ; they are made of wood, and bound round with iron; the 

 form of the carriage is like that of a smalt pavilion. The larg« 

 onea will hold three or four pertons, and the smaller convey- 

 ances one or two* They are carved and painted, and coat 

 each aeveral hundred reals . Thai in which the governor 

 Tidea is gilded ; other offioera ef government, and ihe Cap- 

 tain China, ride in ornamented carnages, and the common 

 people in plain varnished vehicles. The seat ia provided 

 with cuahiona, and covered with broad-cloih or velvet, very 

 handsomely and elegantly fitted up. 



• The auLhor probably alludes to the ostrich, as the producer of hia 

 latrgc cggfl ; and in bia account of the small eggs is agair* miskd by 

 tuperstilion. 



