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Show The Emass o of th Ci e -- G S5 to {o i? FAOI [T th he e gie Jed g A , e*%&%}L!W ' CAUI A},.' ‘flir". 13 Qfif A-‘J'A_ixl PrO 4 A {car B o o fcnt ftra tot to Upon the 28. we came to the famous S a-Town of Hoaigan, which is reckone for the eighth Capital City of this Provinc of Nanking ; 1t lieson the Faft-fid of the Royal River, about 30 Englif miles from Pancien, in a Flat and Mori Soil,through the midft of which runsa Wal leeming to make two diftinG Towns but another Wall which {urrounds both ivifions, takes away the diftin&ion, an rendersit one entire City : QOne which lies to ard the South is called Hoaigan ca do ver dro an cou H cal it t o fr and the other the North-Eaf? Yengehing ; the fo mer of thefe has ftately Suburbs well Built, and full of People On the right fide of this City, we {aw the Field tull of Tombs and Grave-ftopes In this Capital City the Vice-Roy keeps h s Court in great Splendour and Stat he has full power over ¢he {even Southerl Provinces, and only ownes the Empeperour for his Supream Head His Office ie to look after the Grand Chaw' Revenue which confifts chiefl in Provifions of Rice &ve. which when got in P fo th i afterwards Tran{ported to Peking in his M jefties own Veffels On the North-fide of the City we faw three g eat Torrents of Water; th firft of thefe three, and neareft to the Ri er Hosi, is the mott dangerous, an does the greateft hurt To prevent this' River from overflowing Countries, they have raifed and made two g eat Sluces, with firong Banks on bot {ides, which confine him in hjs highef Pride o 1 li n In the Suburb of Hosigan ftand two Toll-hou es, in the one the Cuftomis pai of all Goods and Merchandizes which pal this way5 in the other, of the Ship which belong to the Subjefs; and with f me part of this Money they maintai their Dikes and Sluces for the defence of he City againft the fudden and violen ruptures of Water Though this City be buile upona Mo ifh ground, yet the Countrey about i i very fruitful in the product of Rice nd Corp > the City is well built, an full o wealthy Citizens to lodge thofe wh which ftands a ftately Temple daily offer to the Idol of the pl ce with Cloyfter Not' far clean.sh data import.tsv out README from hence Jjesa famou Mounrain, which fhoots to the Sk , calle by the Chinefes Yochen, upo t The C/Jinq,'%f come fro Cit {everal parts with Prefents to his thejy God, fuppofled the P otéGor and Defender.oftheir Countrey This Province of Nankmg fill angc Mountains Or In the Countrey of the {econ chief City Fzm}{ ang, near th f{eventh {mal |