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Show 8 i itiestgminmali -------------- The EMBass Image who bloo of th T oot o o G ASNL S whichis held for the Prote@or nd Defender of this Temple, nd it was dedicated. The Cocks whic I faw offered, were kill'd, and thej kept and {prinkled upon the Im ges, which the of t fterwards they wipe During the Ceremony of th Sacrifice, the Priefts upon th ees made {evera Grimaces and Muttering to themfelves, as if they a God had been in {om carneft contra& difpuring » gr at Tapers buming all that whil an mal V t After this Sacrifice we fteere our courfe Eaft-ward, and ajled down the Rive Kiang with great {peed, having th Strea pla with us 510 that in the evening we am to a famous Village called W nk fien, where we ftayed al t, and in the morng early we fet Sailyand c me upon the 20. of Fune t City of _7ejenje which fome call Lobo i chis f ek Ju gpa pot undC Wat the the [ bot (fo the Plea be hi an Th This Fejenjeen being the fixt and 1aft {mall City of the Ca ital City NinKing, lyes abeut fixty miles fro Na { 3 1‘ o % , E ‘i H A -; h-fide of the Rive Kisng, wholc fireams run nto the large and open Eaf -Indian S a. Here cam feveral Beggarsaboard us t fhow their Tricks >amongf e reft there were two who knocked their heads with f mu cvery memen e looke to {ee them fall down dead ; and in this geftur . they contn}ued till the Con beftowed theijr Charity upon ) Yels they give them fometh ; for unng, they never ceafe ranc heads, till they ki cach other, which has often hapn d. I faw likewife in this Cit another Begga lying upon his knees, who fe med to mutter fomething t himfelf, afterwards h ftruck his naked head againft much force and violence (which was round, and four finge s thick) that he made the FEart to fhake unde him: feveral other fuch Feats the ufe to win remorfe from Strangers This fipaH City of Fejenjeen which is delightful, and fitu ted near to the fid of the River Kiang, ftands o a {mall parcel of ground with n Walls, whic are not very high, but (trong nd thick 5 ¢ ;s buile mighty lofe, and adorned wit f-':w{era‘! Kemples, and idolatron ile a ropulous and wellbuilt Suburb, and much Trade {o that i might well pafs for a draught whereo* you havein he annexed Print Whillt we ftayed in this City, t e Interpreters told us, that th famous Pyrat COXi??gd had landed by fom Ime¢ans or o her, with a intention to have {urprize th P 1 |