450 MEMO!ll ON THfi 



fmkn-fan^ or hoard for rechning. The names 

 ^liich the Chinefe give to tlieir cyphers, and 

 the manner in which they exprefe them, arc 

 as follows ; 



1 y . , 



2 cule - • ^ 



3 fan - - = 



4 fee - - 



5 ou _ - - 



MERCHANDIZE. 

 Tea. 



TEA grows on a fmall flirub, the leaves 



of which are eolleded twice or thnce every 



year. Thofe who colled the leaves three 



times a-year, hegin at the new moon which 



precedes the vernal equinox, whether it falls 



in the end of February, or the beginning of 



March. At that period moft of the leaves 



are perfedly green, and hardly fully ex- 

 panded : 



