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of the Eaft Indies. ny
call the Emperor. The Country is fruitful
and populous, and produces much raw Silk
and Drugs, fuch as China Root, Gallingal, &c.
It has 80 Leagues of aSea-coaft, and is boun
ded by the L^^f^Illands 3 and Canton River.
Canton or Quantung (as the Chinefe ex-
prefs it) is the next maritim Province; and
Maccaw y a City built by the Tortugueze*
was the firft Place of Commerce. This
City {lands on a fmall Illand, and is al-
mofl furrounded by the Sea. Towards the
Land it is defended by three Caftles built on
the Tops of low Hills. By its Situation and
Strength by Nature and Art, it was once
thought impregnable. Indeed their beautiful
Churches and other Buildings give us a re-
flefting Idea of its ancient Grandeur, for in
the Forepart of the feventeenth Century, ac
cording to the Chrijiian A^ra^ it was the
greateil Port for Trade in India or China.
The largeft Brafs Cannon th^t ever I faw
are mounted in proper Batteries about the
City. I meafured one (amongft many) out
of Curiofity, and found it 23 Foot from the
Breech to the Muzzle Ring, nine Inches and
a Quarter diameter in the Bore, and it was
izzfo Rotullaes or lb. Weight of folid Metal.
The City contains five Churches, but the
Jefuits is the beft, and is dedicated to St.
Paul. It has two Convents for married Wo-
men to retire to, when their Husbands are ab-
fent,and orphan Maidens are educated in them
till they can catch an Husband. They have
alfo a Gunnery for devout Ladies, young or

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A New Account of the East-Indies: Being the Observations and Remarks of Capt. Alexander Hamilton Who resided in those Parts from the Year 1688, to 1723, Trading and Travelling, by Sea and Land, to most of the countries and Islands of Commerce and Navigation, between the Cape of Good-Hope, and the Island of Japan. The Second Edition. Volume II. By Alexander Hamilton.

Publication Details: Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, London, 1739.

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'A New Account of the East-Indies: Being the Observations and Remarks of Capt. Alexander Hamilton who resided in those parts from the Year 1688, to 1723, Trading and Travelling, by Sea and Land, to most of the countries and Islands of Commerce and Navigation, between the Cape of Good-Hope, and the Island of Japan. The Second Edition. Volume II.'
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front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:8, 3:26, 26a:26b, 27:56, 56a:56b, 57:94, 94a:94b, 95:126, 126a:126b, 127:156, 156a:156b, 157:160, 160a:160b, 161:176, 176a:176b, 177:216, 216a:216b, 217:230, 230a:230b, 231:234, 234a:234b, 235:252, 252a:252b, 253:258, 258a:258b, 259:310, 1:10, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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Hamilton, Alexander
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