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Show --- V - B A g .L T - N etherland Eaft-India-Company Verge of 'thi Ido Templ ftood fevera Bedftcad Priefts that come to offer, to lodgein, as in mof ferve for Inns toreceive and Harbour Strangers ple fiood on cither fide two Giants of Plaifte Dragon, and the other -had a Dwarf lying unde his hand : The fignification of thefe two Figure fo Travellers an places, the Idolatrous Edifice In the Porch of this TemWork, the one F ighting with his feet wich a drawn: Sword i may be eafily underftood b thole who have but {fmall skill in the Chinefe Charatters, and Emblems On th other fide of the River ftands another Temple upon a high Hill, which I went t {ce early in the morning and found the {ame fituated in a very Plealant place to whichyou afcend by ftone fteps, asin the Print is expreft. Not far fro hence ftands a fmall Chappel rarely built, according to the Chinefe Model : Suc as Travel this way, ofterupto this Idol for a fafe paffage and prefervation fro the hidden Rocks and Sands, which are many in the Rive or Irquare f'or 25 Narzlg Milc|s compafs MJT There & Tour Winds we lay f reets of the Cit are hand Tow 1y as 1t appear in th Prolpedt of the Cit an efcape, they attribut pento mifcarry, the no truec Confeflion, o At the place wher it to their offerings, prefented to thi then thank and blame themfelves brought gifts too mean for this thei the two Rivers, Changand Can mee Caz which if the Idol ; but if they hap that either they mad Deity and conjoin, athwar the Stream lies a long Bridge of Boats, covered over with Planks: At the end o the Bridge ftands a Toll-houfe for the receipt of Cuftom ‘ The Burgers Houfes n lome very large ones wel | all the reft cunous Idol Temples but tha ¢ annexe Temple whof Print) mayb ‘.[,‘ ~ Y, [ '1" ‘(.\ % \ I L and ¥ called Kuil Kiaf Va o Ci ab lo De an no Ru th b pa w il Ap o 18 Upon th aungam : This City lies clofe to the fide of the River Can, on the right hand, ‘i a very Fruitful and Pleafant Soil. The Tartars were {o cruel to this placein th laft War, that they left nothing ftanding that is any ways remarkable : Itappear to have been formerly a wondrous deligheful place, accurately buiit, and full o Inhabitants. The Country round about this City, produces twice a year grea ftore of Fruit to the Husbandman: Not far from which lies a Hill which ha O Silver Mines, but the Chinefes are not {uffcred by their Laws to dig for any the Eaft-fide of this City is a Mountain called Chas whofe top reaches up to th Clouds, and- though of this vaft height, yet from the bottom to the top ther grow all forts of Trees,and Herbs, which made usa moft delightful Profpelt at diftance. About halfa mile from this place, we faw lying the fixth fmall Cit called Lingeiven, which has a fmall Inlet of the River Caz running up toit; bu thi -- R - P s % :7~ |