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Chujan, No'bemb, 22. 1701. 
SIR, 
\ Formerly told ycu, that the Emperor defign'd to have 
J come to the Iflandot P^?//-/^? (a place of great Devotion) 
to vi^orftiip in the month of May laft, being the 40th year 
of his Age, I (hould4iave faid of his Reign^ but all things 
being prepared there tor his reception, he was diCfuaded 
from his purpofe by fome of his Mandarins^ who made 
him believe that the terrible Thunder there was very dan- 
gerous*. This Pen-to is 2i fmall Ifland about 5 leagues 
round at the Eaft end ot this Ifland, famous for the fu^ 
perftitious Pilgrimagei; -made thither for the fpace of eleven 
hundred years : its inhabited- only by Bortzes^ to the num* 
ber of 3000, all of the fed call'd Hojhang^ or unmarried 
Bonzesy who live si Pj/thagore/m- life ^ and there they have 
built 4®Q Pagodes, t wo whereof are confiderable for their 
Greatnefs and Einery^- being lately covered wiih green, and 
yellow. Tiles brought from the Emperor's Palace at Nankin^ 
and inwardly adorn d with ftately Idols finely grav'd and 
gilded, the chief whereof is the Idol ^on-em. To thefe 
two great Pagodes belong two chief Priefts, who govern 
allthcreftr They .have feveraL Ways and Avenues cut 
through the Ifland^ fonie whereof are ,pav'd with Flag- 
rtones, and overfhaded with; Trees planted on- each fide : 
their Dwellings are the beft I have yet feen in thefe parts. 
All which are rnaintain'd by Gbaritable Devotions 3 and 
the Jupks which go from Ning-po and this place to Japan^ 
touch there both going and cpming, to make their Offerings 
for their good fu^ccefs. There is another Ifladd caU'd Kim- 
to^g $ leagues hence in the way to Ning-pOy whither^ they 
fay 5^0 retire ^ great many Mandmns to live quiet life after 
