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Show N etherland Eaft-India-Company This Caoyenis very populous and ha fatel Suburbs ot buile ve full of great Houles : The Countrey round yabout pr:)duces greZtle?g;ca[ Rice, and is {o full of Buildings, as if they were all but one continued Villag Toward the Welft the Countrey lies much under Water, but upo the {ides a?lc banks grows great ftore of Reed, which brings in a good Revenue yearly to th publick, and is the only firing they have; for no Trees will grow in this parc of th Countrey They boaft likewife of ftore of Wind-mills, whofe Sails are- made o Méks The great produdt of the Countre confifts of Rice whic the Peafan ftands obliged to look after very narrowly, left it perith upon the ground by to much moifiure,.or too much heat and drought ; fo that their E yesare continuall upon the Crop, otherwife it fuddenly withers to nothing, or a {mall encreafe The Wind-mills therefore are to draw out the Water in a moift {eafon, or to let i in as they think fit, tokeep their hopesfrom burning up ina dry and hot feafon {o that by this means the Chinefes enjoy twice a year a rich Harveft of Fruits b ke the form of our Wafined with Ribbons of fe of this Veflel, hung liker t e S th ito deligh of cach Maft, which wer h Stk Flagsand Pennons; th Ducks and Drakes ; the t out with Taslles of Harr od with rich Silk: Unde i, fate twelve lufiy Seamen we f th e na wesr Ar ca Th ra ordisar Th iv ar i th a ve the c wh (ome Prefents Upon the 27. of May, after that we had lodged all night before the City o Caoyens we fet Sail, and came to the City of Paoing, whichis held for the fixt e e n This City which we found fituY t C t p C n v f t o t {fmall C ated upon the Eaft-fide of the Royal Navigation, 'and {urrounded with fevera firong Walls, in a round form a mile and half about, and fome twenty miles fro re {a an et Voyage ki Fo wi |N + 4 Chine eb Cit - Caoyen 5 ‘toward the Eaft borders upon the Pool of Xeyang, and toward th South-weft near the Pool of Piexe. By the Ruines of the Walls and great Edifipopuan ric place famou ver ces, this City appears to have beenformerl r W la Amongf th b y r f D an e i R c m ve n lous, bu other Edifices which are yet ftanding, is a famous Idol Temple without the Wal J1ad ina o IMe For on the North-fide of the City, built after the fafhion of the Chinefes Navigation runs quité through the Countrey up to the very Walls (as is expreffe in the annexed Cut) by which means they water their grounds ina dryf{eafo occafio upo drai t Mills drainin o ful alf i Countr th o par Thi u he . ,:r !.: Ef " A ( s O o of BXty The Roya " 4 yreat WhiL VMe S,[ Th U |