C 35 3 Num. i8oe 
PHILOSOPHICAL 
TRANSACTIONS. 
Vov Mmh 2inA April 1686. 
THE CONTENTS. 
I Preface.. An Account of a Voyage made hy the Empe- 
* JL perour ^China Corea and the Eafiern Tartary in 
the Tear 16% 2. Containing many Curious Oh fer vat ions and 
Difcoveriesy of the height of Mountains. Declination cf the Com" 
pajs^ and of the Latitudes and Difiances of fever al Places^ 
through which he paffed. A Relation of a fecond Voyage of the 
faid V^vsvp^vom into the Wefiern Tartary containing an exaCt 
Account of the Country Government; Manners^ and CuJtoms of 
thefe People^ and fever al Ohfervations concerning the Miracu^ 
lous Wall, and the Prodigious Height of fome Mountains. An 
Explanation neceffary to jufiifie the Geography fufpofed in 
thefe Accounts. Some Ohfervations and Conjectures concerning 
the Character and Language of the Chinefe, Made by R. H. 
Fellow of the Royal Society , together with th^ Characters 
and Method of their Number Sy and the Letters and Strokes out 
of which, both the Radical and alfo the Compounded and De* 
compounded Ch^raiters are conftructed: with a Specimen of three 
Varieties of Chara^ers or ways of Writings made ufe ofhy them. 
The Figure of the Roman Abacus, together with that of the 
Chinele now commonly made ufe of for the performing of all 
Arethmetical operations necejfary for Trade^ 
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