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'W^y Of Pearls he hath this remarkable obfervation, f/^,that 
be had one Pearl-oyfter in his hand , that had r^;? pearls io it, 
though of different bigneffes ; they being; in hisopinioo, bred 
in Oyfters^as Egg^ are in the belly of Fowl. Further, he takes 
fioticcof a Pearl in the Cabinet of the King of Ferjia, which 
coft him 32000 Ti/»4;?i, or 140COC0 French livres ; the great- 
eft ihat is known ; as alfoof two Pearls,{h3p*d like a PearjOne 
t)f 7o,the other of 56 ratu : and efpecially of a Pearl belonging 
to a Princeof y^r^to, which, hefaith^ goes in beauty beyond all 
the Pearls in the world ; it Uing perfeftly round, and tranfpa- 
rent, weighing 14 f^r^/ J. 
14. That M«/^j when 'tis firft drawn out of a cerrainbagof 
the Mnsk*deer,'ti3 like Blood coagu1aced:That moft of it comes 
©ut of the kingdom of Boutan , between 56 and 60 degr* Nor- 
thern Latitude 5 but that Cochin-Chim alfo and Tunqmn do fur- 
nifli fome quantity. Concerning the faid Kingdom of jB^?»//?;^ 
(which is tributary to the G.Mogol) he notes, that people tra- 
vel into it from P^?/;/! in B^/jg^/^;, taking their march North- 
ward, even to the €otk degree, fetching from thence not only 
excellent M»i/?r,but choice andanufeful Seed, call'd 
Worm- feed. Of the People of this Kingdom he relares, that they 
have had the ufe of Maskcts,Canon and Powder for feveral ages; 
they giving ouCjthat they now have pieces of Canon, on which 
are found Cyphers or Letters demonflrating them to be above 
sooyearsold. This is that very Kingdom (faith our Author^ 
through which the AmbafTadors of Mufcovypz^^d A. 1 659 into 
Giim, they taking their road all along the Great Tartaryon the 
North of B(?«//i» ; Which AmbafTadors , if ihey had complied 
with the cuftomes and ceremonies of Chwa^ we might probably 
have at this day a beaten road by land from Mufcovy to China^ 
•by the North of tartaric Magm, and much more knowledge of 
the Kingdom of Boutm, "wWichls neighbouring thereto $ and of 
moreother Countries, of which we hardly know rhe names : A 
rhing,that m^ght have proved a great advantage co all Europe, 
15. That Bezoar is found aiiiong the excrement that is in the 
paunch of certain Goats,that feed on a plant,the name of which 
• the Author faith he hath forgot. This plant is faid to thnift out 
certain buttons, about which and the extremities of the bran- 
ches,eaten by thefe Goats, the Bezoar is form'd in their belly. 
*Tis added, that the Bezoar takes its form according to that of 
the 
