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Show ATHAN 4ces f ---------. There are allo in the Provi nnan, and Chianfi, Trees whof defervedly be reckoned amo ngft t e pretious commodities they ca 1 young an the value o and nothin Wood ma l that whic tender Aquila, and when i ;o STOWn to maturity it is cal lambi this Plane confiflteth in th odour, which is {weeteft wh n aged can be more fragrant Plenty of the beft fort o the Agnalin in the Mountainsan of of Conchin' china called M i, i €s, out of love to their dec aled Husbands ; or Whe the Corps of great defervin perlons are burnt : f they fottifhly believe thei fal{e Gods are wonderfully d lighted wich 't uch kind of od urs, and are thereb rendred propitious unto the f uls of the departed, in thei Tranfmigration : bu the Calambi is of 2 greater pr ice, andind r¢ eferved for the ' Empero r ; jt groweth upon the Mountains,and is fetche thence by night with Torches the incurfions of wild Beafis here refiding. In Japan th Noblemen make of i Odoriferous Chairs ; fome f ppofe this Wood tobe 2 k nd of our Lentifcus, o the Turpentine, athoug by the benificency improved f the Sun and Climate, i ismuc In the Provinces Suchuen Xenfi, and the Cit y Socien, ear the Chinefian Wall is found in great abundance t at fo famous cerning whofe variety excellency nd Phyfical Dru Rhubarb, con mannnetof gathering an prelerving, wid Author Part 4. Chap.' 6. Fol;o 83. The form of which you ave in this annexe Print There are in the aforef(aid R gions, efj Pecially in the Pr vinc the City Sungiang, Pine-tree of [ wonderful bignefs in th wafte with their arms extended ca not fathom them, within wh fe vaf CJ, ekiang that eigh rind fort nea me me eeds of {o: great bignefs, thar th joints betwixt the inter.nodes or knots will ferve t hold liquor inftead f a Kilderki or Barrel There are fuch variety of Fr it-bearing-trees in China,tha produdts of that nature in th very Climate of the world, hae ever the Torrid, Temperate, or Frozen Zones roduce 5 bue amongft the fhe boafts of one Tre which bears no Fruit, a5 w may {ay, and yce abounds w th delicious variety ; it i called for its thorny and p ickly leaves, by the Chinef s Fo-lo-nie, and infiead o Buds and Blofloms it thry ts forth excrefcencies o 1 prodigious fize, bigge then our largeft Pompions and not unjike » fome of t em as much as a man ca carry; the rind is tough and b iftly, which opened, afforde cious varieties, enough f delio fatisfie twenty verf ns, infomuc 1t a Sack full of Honey Fru thae the Chinefes cal te, the meaneft of whic for tafte, as fome report, cels the choiceft of our M xllons Like unto this is the Tree w l Papaya, and the Chinefes y4y-Xu, it beareth a bunc of fruit no bigger then o r Me llon, of the tafte de cious, the juice to be eat ;n with a Spoon, and th oughout the whole yearit g ries in Flowers green, and oipe Frui year crefc Tndie the brou like unto hem fac bu ad See |
