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Show i4 l 1 i ¥ S--- The EmBass 5 of th e e s < L dours 2 1 H S["p a {eafant S d,,gwazt i i i fied wit (ant i merly V€ {8 3gainfi t SormV I rght fi TH Jefcribe | 1 y 3 THE . 1. Ty |> i r,-On ‘one fide of this Prodigious Mountain a3 {h RH 5 8 i i § o1 - ggai : B Fh 1 L] ftands an Idol T i Adomed, and moft Artificially Buile, to which thefe Poor Creaturesfigg‘z, t]?lcccl:rll} cetving all their welfare to confift in offering to this Idol, whom they ado e a their Preferver. You climb up by fleps to this Idol Temple, which ftands o the fide of this Mountain next the River There are feveral firange Mountains and Hills found in China, bt none ar t be compared with this of Sangwonbab, in tegard of ‘its fituation and height Near to Xunte the fecond fmall Cit of th chief Cit of Canton, fies Mountain called Lungnien, froim whence runsa Torrentas clearas Chryftal on this Mountain are found certain ‘rough Stones of ftrans a derf fhapesy which the Chinefes make ufe of ig their way of Tradgeei I\?eavrvt : (']I?J;fu non, the thir(.i {mall City of Canton, lies the Mountain Tab; upon t e Sea-fid where lye thirty fix {mall Iflands : Near to the City lyes Tikewife the ountai Huten,which {erves fuch Skippersas are bound'to the Province o Quantung for Land-mark ‘Near'to Cingyven, the feventh fmall City of Canton, lyes a grea Mountain called Talo, which is furrounded with fteep and fharp to;) ; am§ng which lye rich and pleafant Meadows, where dwell feveral wild an uncivilize people, who oftentimes make inroads upon'the adjacent places to fe l wha they can get Thefe W:lld and irregular peopl live accordino' to their ow Laws, without any {ubjedtion to the Chinefes. . Near to the Gixth fmall City o Cantony lyes a Mountain called Yaimuen 5 from this Mountain the laft Empero of the Race of Sunga (after that the Tartars had Conquered him, and driven hi out of the Country) flung himfelf headlong out of defpair into i S Wewere three days together hovering up and down, before we coul g from among thefe firange and {olitary Mountains ; and faw onl in all that tim but one poor Village called Quantonlow which lies {o lonely, that 'tis ftrang how any people durft live uponit : In fome places of this Ifland between th Hills (whichis very remarkable) lye feveral pleafant and fruitful Corn Fie d Upon the 24" of Marchy we came to a certain fmall City calle Tngtak , th f xt wer grea quit {mall City of the fecond chief City of the Province of Ounantung ; her; w neceflitated to let fall our Anchori,n regard of the violent Stream, an th Torrents which fall from the Hills; for thofe that Towed the Boat wer {pent, and we were forced to give them fome reft to recover their ftreng again |