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D~fcription ofC H IX~. 
Rocks, within which in the Spring-time a multitude of little Birds, like
unto 
Sparrows or Swallows,.flock to build their Nefts. from whence they come 
's notk      rhey fix their NefIs to the Rocks, wherewith fingular artifice
they lay their Eggs, hatch their young ones, and flie away: Their Nefis are
vather'd  u'D  and Trannr  wpA  , , n .  ..... :.... rt... i   ........-.-
-- 
r; ..   . . -A A4LJ+,vk~cu  .. vvuuicVar  inU ELGUnna nci japan, where 
they are efteem'd as great Delicacies ; they are in a manner diaphanous or
tranfpafen  . I have three of them in my Study; they are fomewhat of ayela
lowifh Colour, of an Aromatical Compofition, and being mix'd with any 
fort of Meat whatfoever, give it a grateful tafle ; the Matter whereof thefe
Nefis are built, they produce out of their Stomachs, which fixing upon the
Rocks.,thcy curioufly form with a Liquor they find iffuing from the Clefts:
But of this fee more in Father Daniel Dartolhs his Hiftory of Cbina, and
Father 
'Philip Marinuashis Hifory of (bina, Fol. 41. 
CHAP. IX. 
Of the Fijhes of China. 
Here is in the Province of 9,untung the fo much admir'd Animal, by 
the Cbhinefes call'd Hoan ioyu, that is, The Safron-Fif, which in the 
q nm m pr  q pa¢rnn, ;c  v nr,, dh r .,.Cr.t"  ,  . .I '...-. A
 ,   ,  A.. -%C  L - Z'   . 
I ,U1LICK - ciuua wL A tUci1Uiqanr LmIi1ULUIoaLU  iLU rL[ ot tiame 
Colour, and like other Fowls flying over the Mountains, feeketh its Nutri-
ment; but when Autumn is ended, returning to the Sea, it is chang'd into
a 
Fifh, whieh the Natives efteemas a great Delicacy for its mofi pleafant tafte.
They report of a Fifh in the fame Province, which they call The Swimming
Cov', that it often cometh Afihore, and fighteth with the Land Cows; but
con. 
tinuing long out of the Water, the Horn waxeth foft, and becoming of no 
defence, the Fifh is compell'd to return again to the Waters to recover the
hardnefs of the Horn. 
The Author of the Jtla faith, That there are a kind of Bats in the Province
of Xenfl, which are as big as a Hen or Goofe, and much fought after by the
Chinefes as a fingulat Diflh, their Flefh being much preferr'd before the
moil 
"delicate Meats that can be made of Hens, See what I have faid before
concern' 
ing Bats in the Empire of the Mogor. 
In the Province of .Zuantung is found a Sea.Monfler with four Eyes and fit
Feet, which liveth by feeding on Oyflers, and vomits up things like Pearls;
it 
refembleth the Creature call'd a Sea.Spider, and is not much unlike a Tor-
toife. 
In the Province of 9,angfi, in the Cleft of a Mountain, are Fifh that have
four Feet and Horns, which the Chine/es call The Deligbt of the Dragon, and
efleern it an Offence worthy to be punifh'd with Death to injure them. They
fay alfo, That there is in this Tra4e of Land an Animal which refembleth
a 
Bird in the Head, and a Fifh in the Tail, whichthey call !kondo-es, that
is 
Swallows ; I have one tofhew in my Study, which will turn it felf unto that
part from whence the Wind bloweth. 
The fame Author likewife reporteth, That in this Province are found 
Crabs, which when they have left the Waver and come into the Air, immedi-
ately are turn'd intoa hard Stone, yet retaining their form. 
CHAP.