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Digne being cut by the King to deftroy a Rebel therein 
fifty two Years fmce, and Irom thence the Country is 
become a Lake or Marlh, which they have not yet at* 
tempted Draining; bad Water, therefore drink it warm, 
they have Well Water faltilb, Lakes very ftrange, with 
green Water, turning Iron into Copper, and another with 
blew Water,with which they dye,Crabs turn'dinto Stone, 
in the Iflu of Hahan^ Gold and Silver Fiflies kept there 
in Bafins, which are hurt by much noife, great fmells, 
or violent motion. 
The Fifth treats of the particular Charafter of the Chi- 
nefe Nation,their Antiquity ,Nobility,Modes,good and bad 
Qualities, wherein we are told, that they are as white as 
us in the N. but by their being abroad, and not defen- 
ded from the Sun are fome Olive coloured. Nurfes tie 
the Fe^t of the Chinefi Girls fo foon as Born, to hinder 
their Feet to grow ; China Gold or Silver Thread, is 
Paper Silverd or Guilded over, covering the. Silk, a 
Silk Worm Wild in the Woods, which is Gray, efteem- 
ed much, Nettle Gloath made of the Shrub Co^ which 
is creeping and prepared as Hemp. 
The Sixth is of the Magnificence and Propriety of 
the Chinefe, wherein we are told, that the Varnifh is a 
Simple, the Gum of a Tree, and no Secret, nor known 
Compofition : China Ware, or Porcelane made of a 
fine Eiirthand Water,the Earth is very hard,almoft as foft 
Sicne, which is feparated from Sand or ftrange Earthjbea- 
ten to Duft,and made into Pots,which are afterwards Var- 
nillied over with fome fine of the fame, and Painted, and 
afterwards baked and cool'd kifurely ; they have great 
Lanthorns twenty five Foot Diameter. 
The Seventh is of the Language, Characters of the 
Books and Morals of the Chmefe^ in which he tells us, 
ihey have only 33 3 Words, all Monofyllables, which 
with a different Pronunciation^ in five feveral Tones or 
Notes;, 
