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the'Empire of C H IX4A4 
to lay down his Employment, which falls out commonly every halfyear, it 
is allowable for him to take all the Houfhold Goods with him, and then the
Court is to be furnifli'd anew for the fucceeding Governor. 
In Cingtu, the firfi Chief City of the Province Suchue, famous fot Trade'
there.liv'd formerly a certain Great Prince or Governor of the Family of
T7- 
minsa, who in Power and Imperial Title could only be faid to give place to
the 
Emperor ; for in all things elfe he liv'd like a King. This Kingly or Royal
Perfon had a large and flately Palace, which was at leaf* four ItAlian Miles
in 
compafs, adorn'd with four Gates, and fRood in the middle of the City;e.
fore it, toward the South, lay a large broad Street, full of coffly and artificial
Triumphal Arches. 
Near to aingboa, the feventh Chief City of the Provinct of Feicn, atthe foot
of the Mountain Chinyven, runs a large Water call'd Cbung; onthe fidwhereof
flands a large Palace0containing ten Courts. In this Palace is a greatWt-
der taken notice of ; for infallibly there is hearda noife againfi:Wind or
Rain. 
like unto the found of a Clock, of Which (although diligently enqirld after)
no natural reafon can be given. 
Concerning the incomparable, fltey, and coflly Stru re of t  Impe 
rial Palace of Pe~ing, I have already given a particular Defcriptionin my
fo* 
met Relation. 
C HAP. XIL 
Of   ivers, Waterfalls, L4*es, &c. 
Aving fpoken at large of the chiefet things which the Hand 6r t* 
duftry of mortal Man has produc'd, we fhall now ptroeed to pamriou 
£arize LuLU A1IIE ings nerWIlU l~4l i~atue ns, o4LiantIl1 turIIn  Eft-
t 
Cbinefes out ofher rich Store. Under which Name I comprehend RiversPools,
Aquaduas, Hills, Wells, Earth, Plants, Trees, Animals of all forts, and the
like, which are mention'd in the following Chapters. 
Firft of all, There are in Cbina two frmous large Rivers, namely IKiang,
and 
the Yelow khr~er. 
The River/Njog, which is alfo call'd Tangeukiang, fignifying 71 eSn of the
Sea, divides all Cbina into a Northern and Southern Tra: It flows front 
Wef& to Eaft, and receives feveral Names, according to the Provinces
through 
which it runs : It was firft call'd Idnkiang, from the Mountain Mtn, whence
ir 
hath its. fource. Thefe Moiantains firetch themfelves Wefiward of the Pro.
vince of Suchue, very far toward fPrefler John's Country, and come towards
th 
North not far from the Chief City of Guai. After it is got from this Moun..
rain, rufhing forward with great violence, it divides it fe f into fiveral
r aa- 
ches, which turn and Wind through moft of the Provinces. From the City of
Sincin it is cali'd Sntang; afterwards receiving a great many Rivulets itoits
Bofom, it runs before the City of Sui, into the River call'd  ahu. From the
City of Liucbeu it receives the Name of LuAiang, and running from thence
to 
the City of Cbrunking, joyns with the great River Pa, and embraces its Name:
Being gotten beyond the City of aeicbeu, it falls into the Province of Hrqiang,
and regains not far from the City  ng                            T,thes Nae
o  i  s 
far it runs with many crooked Meanders, and Agreat force of Water, through
-ales,