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and made by a fpecies of fmali fwallows, o£ 

 the fry of Mi and a vifcous foam which 

 the fun afterwards hardens. Their price is 

 in proportion to their quality* The ifland 

 of Java furnilhes the heft : the white are 

 mofk efteemed. 



The Chinefe fet a great value, alfo, on 

 tlie fms of the fliark, the fea priapus, crabs, 

 fago, tripam^ and a certain kind of Molucca 

 beans defcribed by Rumphius. 



Sago is the pith of a palm of the fame 

 name found in the ifland of Timor. Tri- 

 pam is a fmall fpongy plant without roots, and 

 refembllng a mufliroom. The rounder and 

 blacker it is, it is fo much the more perfect. 

 It is very common at the ifland of Celebes. 



As the moft €xqmfil;e food appears in- 

 fipid to the Chinefe, and as every thing they 

 eat requires to be heightened by feafoning, 

 they confume large quantises of fpiceries, 

 fuch as cloves, nutmegs, and pepper. 



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