4S^ MEMOIR ON THE 



common among the Chinefe, If one is 

 obliged to keep the mufk feparate from the 

 bag, it ought to be preferved in a leaden 

 box, in order that the coolnefs of the metal 

 may prevent It from becoming dry^ and con- 

 tracting a bad fmelL 



TOUTEKAG. 



THIS is a white, metallic alloy, made of 

 tin and bifmuth; hard, compa£t, and heavy. 

 The beft, which is in cakes, is very fonorous 

 when ftmck, and pure and brilliant when 

 broken. The emperor of China, alone, has 

 the right of felHng to his fubje£ts, gold^ 

 quickfilver, and toutenag. 



Mother 



