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Show - o e The Evnassy of th 2 1 N A i T ‘u e e L T R P T L L x - M L - n ikot The fame day we arrived at Ufu, the fecond fmall City of the eleventh Metropolis called Taiping, laying our Veflels clofe aboard the Walls of the City : Thi Townlies in an Iland of the River Kiang; the Suburbs of this place are ver populous, and full of Commerce; upon each Angle of this Hland are ftron Block-houfes, but neither Mann'd nor ' Guns mounted on them: This City i cryed up through all China for Arms, for the Inhabitants are moft dexterous an exquifite in making all manner of Military neceflaties ; no City in all China to b compared with this ‘Ufu, for in fuch works they are likewile very skilful, and i making of Lamps both great and {mall qgon the. 4 we paft by the third chief City called Teytong, which fome alfo c l Taiping, lying upon the right fide of the River Kiang, in an Ifland ther mad b |