Goeffoli whence they draw tfie Earth for Tercel aine , which is 
found between the Rocks of Mountains. This Earth they beat 
very fraallj and ftamp it to a very fine Powder, and then put it 
into Tubs fiil'd with watery where the fineft part finks to the 
bottom. Afterwards 'tis kneaded in the form ot fmall Cubes,of 
the weight of about :^.Catti{^Cam being lo Ounces. ) Thefe 
pieces thus wrought are fold to the people ^ that commonly in 
great numbers fetch them, coming from the Town Sinte/mo 
(oiheTwifeJe«/^6>z^J in the Province of IQanfy^ being about fo 
miles diftant from Wotlitig , neer the City KJ A'N STi which 
people tranfport them to their ho/mes^ and there bake them ia 
this nianner: They heat their Ovens well, for the fpace of i f 
daies fucceflively , and then keep them fo clofe , that no Air 
may get in ^ and after 1 5 other daies are pafs'd, they open the 
Oven in the prefence of an Officer^ who takes every fifth vef- 
lel of each fafhion for the fervice of the Emperor : Which done, 
the reft is fold to thofe oiVcienien^ whence it is tranfported all 
over the Country. So that the Earth is not prepared,in NanJ^n, 
where 'tis found, becaufc the people of that Province have not 
the skill of working it, as the other above-mention'd ; who al- 
io alone blave the Art of coloring it, which they keep as a great 
Secret, not teaching it to any, but their Children and next 
Kindred. 
94 That Mus{^ is nothing elfe , but the Teftrcles of a Beafl 
likeaDear, found in the Province of H<9«^«; and that , when 
tis good and unmixt, as it comes from the Animali^ they fell k 
even in Nankin and Pekin^iot 30, or 55. Teyls (that is, about fo 
many Crowns) the Catti. 
Many other curious informations might be borrowed from 
this Author, concerning the CuflomSjStu dies, Exercifes of the 
Chine fe » of the number of the people of each Province * of 
the Natural productions of the Earth and Rivers there > of the 
Strudture and Antiquity of their Wall 5 of the Magnificence 
of their Porcelain Tower C^^:; but, remitting for thefe things 
to the Book it felf5weflial only add apiece of Oeconomy,ufed 
by the HoHand-MQTchznts in their Commerce with China; which 
isjthat they dry abundance of Sage-leaves, role them up, and 
prepare 
