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Show A ettt e--------- -- A -- The Emsassy of th ----------- fhe fuddenly thoots, ' and Di: ving, {wims und P r water as faft as they. c Il u flur ward their Cables with a light Pole. ~ As{oon as fhe has catche her Prey; hatn ftantly appears above water, and the Mafter of the Boat fiands ready to fecey. her, and opens her Bill by force, and takesout the Dainty Afterwards he tuEn herout again to catch more,and to prevent thefe Birds from {wallowing down th prey, they hanga Ring about their Necks, which hinders them from gorging Such Fifh as are too big for them to bring up in theipBills they difcove to the Mafters, by making a noile inthe water, who then helps to pull them o Such Birds as are flothful and loth to Dive, are broken of that 11l habje by beating. When they have catcht enough for their o ners, the Iron ring is taken off, and they areleft to Fifh for themfelves, which makes them the more willin t work for others. - The Fithermen pay a yearl Tribute to the Emperour. for th ufe of thefe Birds, whickare in much efteem with the Chinefes's and fuch as ar nimbleand well taught, are fo dear, that oftentimes one of them goes at fif Toel of Silver, whichis about 150 Guildérs.: We offered to buy o an old Fifher man a couple of thofe Birds, but he refufed, alledging that they ferved to main- tain him and his Family 5 neither could he info m us whence thofe Birds came nor how they were firfl infiruéed ; only he told us, thacthicy were left im by hi Anceftors. We asked him likewife whether they. ever bred with im; who an {wered, very rarely." We bought a difh of Fifh of this old Man, wh ch were mof of them Carpsof a Span and halflong. All the'Innsan public is thir end fure Viciualling-houfes have their Fidlers and Comedian belonging tothem, to recreate their Guefts at Dinners and Suppers. All man e of Provifions are very cheap in thole parts ; we payed but two fhillings D rtch piece for our Dinner, which confifted of feveral Difhes, out of which the Play r gre were likewifle difcharged by our Hoft The next day we departed from Cining, and after a few hours Sailing, we paft b a Village called Nanwaig, lying on the left fide of this Royal Channel, where thi Channel and the River Luer meet andimingle their waters. The Tartars and Ch nefes told us firange ftories of this River, amongft the reft,that if you flinign nin Th lo by fitcks, fix would drive toward the South, and three to the North ; we leemed muc Ro to admire at the faying, butlittle believed till we made experiment our { lves b ou flinging fo many fticks into the water, and we faw fix draw Southward, and thre Northward; but neither the Tartars,Chinefes, nor the Inhabitants,were able to a any thing of this wonderful myfieryof nature: this Temple called the R oyal Serpent, concerning whic wonders tryed over againft an Ido the Chinefes told us fevera L_"__/ o mp e RI e I:J . --------- Upo -fzt:' 3 L |