CHINESE TRADE. 469 



that of confidcrable antiquity. Pieces of 

 this kind are generally very thick and hea- 

 vy. They are iirft dipped in common 

 mixed with yellow oil, which gives them, 

 when baked » a fea-green colour : they are 

 then baked a fecond timcj in a very fat 

 iind of Jiquor made from capons and other 

 meat, after which they are put into a dirty 

 fewer for two or three months ; and at 

 the end of that time they refemble porcelain 

 made three or four hundred years ago, 

 which was the period when pieces of that 

 colour and thick nefs were erteemed by the 

 Chinefc. Thefe falfe antiques refemble the 

 real alfo, in not re founding when ftruck, 

 and in producing no humming noife when 

 applied to the ear. 



The Chiaefe are remarkably fond of 

 thofe glafs and cryftal wares which are 

 brought to them from Europe. Porcelain, 

 however, is preferable ; for it has a certain 



kind 



