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Show 4 General Defcription o all China upon the fifth day of the fifth month, in memor Goverrour,who drowned himf lf in this River,to preven that we, plotting to take away his life; he being a Ma well beloved by the People whom he ruled, they to this day, as an honour to hj Pofterity, and t ame, make great entertainment In the Province of Kiangfi, near o the City of Vuchen, runs the Rive from whence the Chinefes fetch th Lieaf, r which they ufe in Hour-glaffe Sand 5 for that this infie,g ateris the leaft {ubje a to the alteration o either time or weather Near to Kiegan isa River called Sen ing, which fignifiesa Pipe o caufe the water running - very {wif throug clifts and ftony pl aces makes a ver Near to Xinchen is the Rjver Xo which does infallib] Y cure everal Difeafes In the Province of Chekiang, nea chen, runsa River whichin regard ofits courfe, is at other times Cientang, an in fome places Cingan. This iver caufeth upon the cighteen h day of the eight month, {ucha very high Tid before this City, that it puzzle themfelves to know the meaning the Philofophe upon that day the wate rileth higher then at any othe time of the year; by reafon o which fo very famou is this day, that the wholeCity a out four a C ock,makes toward the River to be hold the wonderful operation Of SPRINGS WELLS and FOTINTAINS Fo S A- € m - -cemi i e Mufical and Delightful noife N Chinting, the fourth chief C ty of the Province of Peking lyes a Mer Iwhich hath its rife from rwo pri gs, the waters of the one are ver other very cold, and yet they lie very n ar together Upon the Hill Ganlo, near to the City Fu the form of Mans Nofe, and from his Noftrils arife tw {prings, whereof the one is w rm, th other cold In Tengchen, the fifth chief €ity o the Province of Xantung, isa Spring Hanuen, which is a miracle of natu e, for it Bubbles forth water bot hot and col at the fame time, which {eparate and div de themfe[ves In the Province of Xenfi,in the City of Li cheng, s a fountain as clearas C yftal, and is fcarcely five foot deep, yet he top thereof is.very cold, but the bot o {o hot, that there is no enduring to touc it with ones foot In the Province of Ouangfe is a Spring the one half whercof is clear, and th othermuddy; and although any perfo gle them, ye neverthelefs they immediately part and ivide, each receiving prefently their former colours Nearto Fungping 1s a Spring, whofe wat r is {o hot, that ic will boyl an Egge Nearto the City Hiaoy isa Hill called Cao l war Bathesand hot Springs Near to 7ungcbeng 1s a Hill called ailo, upon which isa very deep WC" W}II.C {erves to the Inhabicants, by the obferv tion of jts rife or fall, forafign of a frui ful rbarren year There are feveral other Springs an Waters in many other places of C ina which are very remarkabl for their qualities, and hav great efteem amon them, becaufe they have had fuff cient ex s, wherewith w fhall no longer detain the Reader but proceed to what follows CHAP |