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Show ----e S aha "a Silver Button to make afett by ; and the nexe day he brought to my lodging wha I had befpoke, very Curioully wrought, as if he had been ufed to fuch work though he had never done the like before 5 which argues their ingenuity to b very great Amonglt other Fowls which are to be feen in this Country, are great ftore o Ducks, which the Inhabitants have the art and way to raife and encreafe, beyon all the reft of their Neighbours This Province is governed (asalfo each of all the other Provinces) in the Em perours name by Governours who by thofe of Enrope (becaufe their Offices an Employments much refemble Vice-Roys) are called petty Kings, who commonl refide in the firft chief City of the Province When we were at Canton, Quantung was governed by two Vice-Roys, whereof one inregar of hisyears wa called the old, and the other the young Vice Roy. The Portugneffes called the young King Halick Mancebo The Vice-Roys of Quantung take place of all the Governours of the othe Provinces, becaule fituated upon the Frontires of the Kingdom, and far remot from the imperial City Peking, and borders allo upon the Sea 5 by which th High-ways are troubled wit the Emperou ot t!)c whole refat on of nd! imall Cities of th T 50 I now find my felf n . whole Empire of Cjig m bis due place, and th allwhich I faw my felf wmber (amongfi the IS clean.sh data import.tsv out README Welt with the Provinc { Ktangfi ; onthe Nort by fteep Hillsand Moun »n borders on the Sea, th pping, are in-thefe parts « Hilly and Mountainous Teat lnconvenience upo sft h o t § wter oy firang Robbers, and the Sea with Pyrates orders that the Vice-Roys of Quantung fhall command over th Province of @uantung, though this laft, as the other Provinces, has alfo particula of the Race of Chewa; yet however it did not continue long under that power,bu revolted, and would be ruled by none but the Kingsof Naizwe, The Emperou Hiaorns at laft (of the Family of Hana) conquered this part 5 fince which time i has been fubject to the Emperours of China In this Province ate Ten chief Cities, and Seventy Three {mall Cities, withou reckoning amongft them the City of Maccao, Famous for Traffick and Com merce The Ten chief Cities are thele The chief City of @uanchen commands over Fifteen fmall Cities, amongf which Ido not reckon Muaccao, though it lies under the command of this chie The Fifteen {mall ones of this great City, arethele; as Quanchen, o City Cu g Si ni g Ci gy en Si bo i H a g a Ce gc in T n w n Canton, Xunte Si ga an Ti nx n J n x n Li n hoa,Lungumen, Sanxwi The Second Capital City Xaochen,commandsover Six {mall Cities, as Xaochen Locang, Ginghoa, Fuyven, Ungyen, and Ingte. 'The Country about this chief Cit is for the moft part full of Hills Th Thir chief City i1s Nanhiung \lv chewin pirtl and Funggan s ':; an er work the "m(,G:,dfmit as Quanchew, or Canton, Xaochen, Nanbinng Hoeichen, Chaochen, Chaoking, K aochen, Liencheuy Lincheny and Kiunchen Cities, as Nanhiung, and Xibing l S sou +n Vice-Roys This Country was formerly a Kingdom of it {elf, and called Nainwve, and firf brought under the command of the Chinefe Emperours, at theend of the Reig a o ix Wi 3¢ p Therefor or Nanbung, and command over Tw a Ci ie {m l Te ov c m an a d Ho i ic Ci er ch e Fo rt Th Hoeichen, Polo, Haifung, Hoiven, Lungchuen,Changlo, Hingning, Hoping, Changing The Fifth chief City is Chaochen, and commands likewile over Ten fmall Cities as Chaochen, Chaoyang, Kieyang, Chinghiang, Faoping, Tapu, Hoeilai, Cinghai, Puning, and Pingywven The Sixth chief City is Chaoking, and commands over Eleven Cities, as Chaoking, Sinboei, Sinbing, Yangchun,Yangkiang, Caoming, Genping, Teking ,@uangning Fuchuenyand K alkien Th a |