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Show m N etberland Ed/ZaIndiaaCompan} on th ble dr no tern (ide RL‘ the cn_"d .lll C]lfi; Q"C Yence n""\{;:. TENCE I defy b fhe g aai ") fi"d)'Stru& e Only (omeff"'ld L0ty high Mountai Paree "markable i for bi:gnef as an ' 810 precipitate, all Ve fel ' isg'_d]( O‘. ROCkF,B nks)an tul and circumipe& in thei this City moft hazardous ane The Countrey about abounds in the produ& of Oranges and ether Fraitd™ i is fituated according to the annexed Print; a good part of its Wall is buile upo the Hills, and the ground lying within the Wall is manured by the Inhabitants here is ftanding an Ancient Idol Temple, and the place famous for two Gates all of one ftone , butthe Houfes were moft of them demolifhed by the Tartars The Veffels boun Not far from thefe Walls lies a Mountain called Mung v cuftom better acquainte hoals , recounted to us with muc uled by the Tartars,burn ato unredeemable Slavery . no difcrimination either of sce inclinations with Ruin cent ieruclty po Beautics . to make Bawds and Mz rginatt mpreft whof tops reaches { high, that they feem to be cafed and invefted with Clouds; yet the fides of thi afpirer flourifheth, cloathed with ftately Woods delightful Paftures and mantled with verdan an That fame day toward the evening,we got to the City of Sinkin,the fecond {mal mil s-fro twe t abo lie whi Lin o ian Cic eig thc th ie o Cit Hiakiang; we found this Sinkin alfo on the right fide of the River Can, and was fituated with pleafant Hills, and fruitful Fields behind it. - This place dot not differ muchneither in bignefs nor beauty from Hiakiang, though this ljes in more even Soil, and not fonear the Mountains : Toward the water, ftands in th wit bui dig th o mof Ga buil wel hig an Wal ave th o middl in had been deftroyed by the Tartars 'We lay all night aboard our V{fl%ls ove srofit, at what price focve againft the City, upon the left fide of the Riverynear toan Idol Temple, wher by Upon the 22. we fet fail early In the morning, and arrived by noon before th City of Fungching, which is the fecond fmall City of the firft chief City of Nax¢chang : This City lies in a flatand even Soil, built four-fquare, and ficuated up { (hinef n oo h o f ‘ m i ( o a [: 4 the Governour came to {alute us, and brought fome few Prefents for the Kitchen on the {ai Rive Can an is {urrounde wit a hig Wal abov a mil about On the North fide of the Cityisa populous Suburb, well and clofe built wit goodly buildings There are allo two great and high Triumphal Arches, which had been muc defaced with thereft of the brave Structures in the laft bloody Invafion : ther are likewife feveral Mountains not far from this place, onc is called Pechang, fro whence there falls 2 mighty Torrent of water with a mofthideous noife The next day, being the 23. of April, we came infight of the firft chief City o Nanchang, whichis alfo called by fome according tothe name of the Provinc Th Kiangfi, where this is fituated We were hardly come to an Anchor, but th S Mag: |
