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Show "Ibe EuMBAssY during which Caftigation makes him r m g i e f f e t e t n f wh ther world ; for they believe that thei other Bodies th fa i i p i o l o p o t t c r m after Death the higheft Felicities in anoSouls are tranflated after their Deathsint e t u g a Q i t u M t o u a t us The Inhabitants tol u M th a t f w k l fa e t are as many Cloyfters as days in the yea fa d u r e w c e g o t g F a d tain was always covered with Clo Inth e e w m H o o f e u o p The Count and ferene weather habitants make themfelves Cloth heat and fcorching of the Sun for Summer, which very much keep off th ca e e i C th i w l Hi al li t C i c On the Weft-fide of th r v e e i C th b l h i l Hi th o o b th o f Kien 3 the Water that fall n l b i o i r T t d v d n y P o foveraign for feveral Difeafes. The P a c R i u t u f r v ar i w ing to this chief City, into two parts, bot Corn of all forts Uponthe 29. we made for the City of Huken, being the fourth {mall City o the fifth chiet City Kienkiang, to furnith our felves with Provifions. Thi City lies forty miles from the fore-going chief City of Nankang, upen th narrow of the Lake Poyang, andupon the right fide of the River Kiang, whic mingles withit, and receives no {mall fhare of its Water. On the North-fide o this City appearsa very Pleafant and Antique Rock, which (as is to be feenin th annexed Print) hung {fomewhat over the River, moft delightful to the eye, bein over-grown with Trees: At the bottom of which Mountain ftood a large an beautiful Idol Temple. The Walls of this City are very thick and high, and fo the greater fafety of the City, are guarded in[everal places with Foot Souldiers This City drives a handfom Trade, full of people, and well built ; all manne of Provifions fold cheap, efpecially Fifh, which yields little or no price About this City liesa Hill called Xechung, which fignifies a Stone Bell; fo the Waves and Billows which rife out of the Pool Poyang,*in foul and ftorm W.eathcr, beatagainft this Hill, and occafion thereby fuch a firange and ringin noile, tiat it very much refembles the found of a Bell We were 1o fooner come to an Anchor, but thenews of the Arrival of th Hollanders, filled the whole City with joy, fo that both old and' young came runnin an hi f af fh an w we the m 1N¢( fh an Pr llpo Hy |
