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Journey, tlie many and great Hardfhips he fuf- 
tained therein, notwithftanding his Intereft iri 
> both Empires, and his fafe Arrival, after fo 
many Hazards, and enduring fo great Fatigues 
at Mofcow. 944 
SECT. IV. 
A very copious and no lefs curious Account of the 
North-eaft Part of Afia, comprehending^ a di- 
ftindt, particular, and authentick Defcription 
of all that has hitherto palTed under the general 
Name of Siberia^ iheu^ing the Extent and 
Situation of the feveral Diftridls thereof, their 
Climate, Soil, and Produce ; the Rife and 
Courfe of the principal Rivers, Defcriptions of 
ail the great Cities upon their Banks ; of the 
feveral barbarous Nations that inhabit near thefe 
Rivers 5 of the Value of their Furs, and Fifli- 
eries, with the Manner of their Commerce, and 
a clear and full Explanation of a Multitude of 
lefler Circumftances, as well as material Points 
of Fad; which contribute to the perfed Under- 
ftanding the Condition of this hitherto unknown 
Country and all its Inhabitants : To which is 
added, a fuccind Recapitulation of the State of 
the Chinefe Empire towards the Clofe of the lafi; 
Century 5 with fome very impartial as well as 
judicious Remarks on the Temper, Genius, and 
boafted Oeconomy of that famous Nation ; with 
a free Cenfure of thofe Hyperbolical Panegyrics 
that have been bellowed on the Progrefs of 
Science amongft them. 951 
S E C T. V. 
A Geographical Defcription of the extenfive Em- 
pire of China, and of the Sixteen Provinces into 
which it is divided. In which is contained, a 
fuccind View of the Situation, Bounds, Pro- 
duce, remarkable Curiolities, and whatever 
elfe is worthy of Notice in each Province, taken 
entirely from the Writings of the Chinefe them- 
felves," and more efpecially from their authentick 
Records, and natural Hiftories penned by Di- 
redion of the State, with fuch incidenral Ac- 
counts of th&ir Antiquities, and of the perfonal 
Hiilory of the moll famous Emperors, Heroes, 
Statefmen, and Philofophers as have been born 
or flourilhed in any of thofe Provinces through 
the Courfe of many Ages. 961 
S E C T. VI. 
A copious, accurate, and authentick Account, of 
whatever is mod; remarkable, in Regard to Per- 
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fons or Things, throughout the whole Empire 
of China, more eipecially the Number of the 
Inhabitants in general, and of the Chriftians in 
particular, the Rivers, Shipping, Lakes, Bridges, 
&c. The different Religions that prevail, and 
have prevailed amongfl the People, their Man- 
ners, Ceremonies, and extraordinary Politenefs. 
Of the remarbable Trees, rich Fruits, and va- 
luable Drugs in this Country, together with a 
fuccind Account of thofe Kingdoms, that either 
now depend or formerly depended upon it. 975 
SECT. VIL 
A curious and concife Defcription of the Coun- 
try, Hiflory of the Inhabitants, and Account of 
the prefent State of the Kingdom of Corea, to- 
gether with fome Hints of the Eafe, with which 
Commerce might be eftablifhed in its Ports, the 
Benefits that might be expeded from thence, 
the great Likelihood of gaining an Entrance 
from thence into Japan, or at leafl an Inter- 
courfe with tht-Japonefe j and many other en- 
tertaining and inflrudive Particulars relative to 
this Subjcd, and the Trade that is or might be 
carried on in the Dominions and Dependencies 
of the Emperor of China. 1000 
SECT. VIII. 
A fuccind Account of Part of the North-eaft 
Frontier of the Empire, commonly called 
the Country of Kamfchatka, or Ka?nfchatska, 
including the Voyages of Captain Behring for 
dii covering towards the Eafl ; with many cu- 
rious and entertaining Circumftances relating to 
thofe diftant Countries and their Inhabitants ; 
and alfd an Enquiry into the Probability of the 
Country, which he difcovered, being conneded 
with North America with a Variety of other 
Points of great Confequence, in relation to the 
Defigns now on Foot in various Parts of Europe, 
for making a thorough Difcovery of the fupe- 
rior Parts of the Northern Hemifphere, which 
would be of the utmoft Confequence to Trade 
and Navigation in general, and to thofe of Great 
in particular. 1016 
CONCLUSION. 
A retrofpedive View of this whole Colledion, in 
which its particular Advantages are explained, 
and an Account given of the tJfes to w^hich the 
Contents may be applied. 1042 
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