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Show N etherland Eafl»lndialCompqnj Wall, hand{ome Buildings,and full of rich Inhabitants,who drive afpecial Trade The Countrey round is very Fruitful in the produ& of Pears, Apples, Pruines Cherries, and the like : We bought here fome Provifions for the Kitchin at Thefe parts likewife abound in Quails, Pheafants, an very reafonable rate other f{orts of Fowl We made no long ftay here, but departed before night, and {ailed at leaft thre days upon this Yellow River, before we came to any confiderable place : At laf upon the fourth of the fame month we drew near to the{mall Town of Tfifang upon the right fide of the River, ina very delightful Soil, and at the Foot of . high Hill. This Town has no remarkable Buildings, nor Walls, only one firon muc Traffic wh Inhabitant ric hasman Trade,an grea o ye bu Caftle with their Shipping At the entrance into the Town ftands a ftately Temple up on a fteep Summit, feen in Profpect at a great diftance withal plow' continuall i whic River Yello thi upo We faw likewil floatin fevera Town th fro fa no manner of great and fmall Veflels woul Exnrop i Artift bef th Iflands, which were {o Artificially contrived,tha th whic Ree commo Stuff' fam th o lik th mak t abl b coldl bu peneca moiftur n tha together clof f Portugueffes call Bamboes, twifte Boards Houfeso littl an Hutts u fe Upon thefe Reeds the Chinefe ¢rate a Children an Wive thei wit liv the and other light Materials, in whic Ifland floatin thef o ‘Som Lan fir uponth ifithey had their dwelling fo fubfif the i liv tha thof an are ableto contain-at' leaft 200 Families whic Commeodities o manne al i the'moft part by Commerce and Traffic th wit dow hurrie ar the Rive th upo toplac plac fro carr the 2 Toll-houfe, where th ve¢ To all fuc h G ood ¢ Royal Channel, or ou mch come out of the Provorlower, Oncofchef il thereft, forh dours were, t Bargemen toylfom 'b u Towe Stream, an Selling l a c p e e t C m t o a n l I e keep and feed aboard t r e t r f b m f f i l u i n c e t Whereloever the o u e t y r v f o a move, and though the a f o e t common Tongue w e t y o a u i r p n v h c i o P c e s e a D China there are fever o t l c e t is alfo one commo fearche fee wh o thes Village, and fet Sai Whape called Neynemiao e t being {poke here both by t wther : The Inhabitant Village f ho made i palled dow thic Alown whe who Strea R? nulc fo 1 l': 14 ' ‘, :v w {]'»\ l)din O :bflhcn) or \VMta" th groun th i fixe Pole wit 'they faften their ‘Floating Tow The Print annexe th i fee b ma Town movin thef o fafhio form an all laden with Goods be nin i where ere they ftop Buying o |