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apply to this labour, and thofe -who do fo, 

 ^re verjr ignorant of the art of mining. 

 They never dig deeper than the height of a 

 man* In the place where I faw them at 

 work, maffes of pure gold, perfedly free 

 from the mixture of extraneous bodied, and 

 weighing two ounces, are fometimes found* 

 This gold, colleded in dull or fmall frag- 

 ments, is afterwards formed Into cakes, and 

 carried to mar ket, where it is fold like other 

 mercbandife. The ufual price of it, ac- 

 cording to the Chinefe value, is an hundred 

 and thirty j/w«J*i but it has been fold 

 fometimes for an hundred and feventeen* 

 A great many mines of iron, which in this 

 country is fold at a dear rate, are found alfo 

 in the mountains, 



* The reader will fee the value of a jfwff in. the 

 ^tticlc of Money, 



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