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or three Days Growth, and fcarce fully 
opened, Thefe are accounted belt, and 
fold deareft of all, viz. from fifty-fix to 
two hundred and forty Crowns per Pound, 
This grows chiefly about Udji> a fmall Town 
fituated between the Sea and Miaco> the 
capital City, and imperial Seat of the Eccle- 
fiaftical Hereditary Emperor of Japan , where 
they are fent to Court under a good Guard 
of one or two hundred Men, prepared and 
put up in paper Bags, and thefe into large Por - 
celane Pots , called Matfubos . Thefe Leaves 
are not gathered by Handfuls, but one by 
one, that they be not torn, being tender, and 
not above two or three Days old. Yet one 
Perfon that is accuftomed to it, will gather 
ten or twelve Pound a Day ; but others not 
above two or three Pound. This is called 
Fieki Tsjaa y or Ground Tea, becaufe it is 
ground to Powder, and lipped in hot Water ; 
a Dilh of it is fometimes valued at twelve 
Shillings. This Sort is alfo called Udfi T sjaa y 
and Facke Sacki Tsjaa , from l Jdfi y the Place 
where it grows, whofe Soil is very good, 
and becaufe it's gathered off Shrubs of three 
Years old, which are then at their greateft 
Perfection, This is the Tipple of the Im- 
perial 
