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kind of fpletidour as well as glafs ; and if it 

 is Ms tranfparent, it is alfo lefs brittle. It 

 likewife bears warm liquors ; and one may 

 hold it in the hand v/ith boiling tea, which 

 could not be done with a filver cup of the 

 fame figure and thicknefs. 



TheChinefe fucceed extremely well in 

 forming grotefque figures and animals of 

 porcelain. This kind of china is commonly 

 called i/cky. 



Such, in general, are the principal ob- 

 je6ls which might be procured from this 

 vaft empire, with the hope of certain gain. 

 I fliall therefore now fay a few words re- 

 fpeding certain Afiatic articles which might 

 be carried to China, and fold there with 

 confiderable profit* 



Aphrodifiacs and reftoratives are in 

 great requeft among the Chiuefe, They 

 are, above all, fond of a kind of birds 

 nefts, found on the rocks near the fea-coaft, 



and 



