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|t, one like Moffe, the Author obferv'd and defcribes 
it in Fokien, The Gin/em, or Humane Simple, from its 
relembling a Man, grows in LeaMtom.good in all Diftem- 
pers of WeaknefTcs or Sincopes ; half a Dram, in Infufion, 
Decodionor CaSdn'd. They are bctcer Artifan. then 
Scholars, Gun pouderj Printing, and Sea-Compaflcs,has 
bzcn of all Ages us*d by them. Load-ftones are com- 
monly us*d in Phyfick ; uie much Navigation, Sails made 
of Mats, Anchors of Iron and Wood, Cables of Rq. 
tang Cines, very good Sailers m Rivers, efpecially Tor- 
rents, for which they have a kind of Well-Boats, Fi(h 
with a white Board , inviting the Fifties thither, and 
Cormorants too to each Fiftier, they aae good Traders, 
and Politicians. 
, Tome X. 
Letter Firfl: is of the Politique and Governmnnt of the 
Chinefe^ Cock-fighting common there, the Emperor has 
.a88 Millions of LivreSj/rm/? for Revenue fooaoo Men 
in pay in War and Peace ; they bea Criminals,fom [People 
there are,who live by taking this Puniftimenr for Crimi- 
nals, being beaten in their fteads,they reward andpunifb, 
have no Nobility but Mandarins, never fuffer Women to 
.ftir out,havegreat Commerce, their Months are Lunar, 
jtheirCopper,ba(e Silver and fine are taken by weightjGold 
is no Coyn but Commodity with Silver, as lo to i, the 
• the fame with ours;their Foot part more,Roads,fome hang- 
edin the Air as Galeries, fufpended by Pofts from the 
Rocks, great Dull: in Roads, fo they uie Masks, Rice 
keeps feveral Years by being Winnowed, and reckon- 
ed better, wholfomer, and more nourifliing. 
Second is of the Ancient and Modern Religion of the 
Chifiefe, they pofleffed a pure Religion or Wcrfhip of God 
zooo Years, with Superftition ol jL Laohn came Chy- 
miftry,and the Philofophsrs Stone, with a Drink fearch- 
; ed after to make one immortal, which was the aim of 
many 
