I s l e of S a g a
l in .
Tartars make their boats o f the bark o f trees, fewéd lightly together.
It does not appear that the miffionaries went farther than
Tondon. The report they had o f the great ifland o f Sagalin, or
Sagbalian anga bata, or the ifland o f the month o f the black
river, was from fome Manchetios fent by the emperor in their
barks. For want of neceflaries, they were foon obliged to return.
They obferved certain villages ; and that thè inhabitants
had neither horfes or any beafts o f burden, but made ufe of a
fort of tame flags (rein deer) to draw their fledges. The ifland
is faid to be a hundred and eighty miles long and fixty broad. All
the coaft o f the continent, from the part oppofife to this ifland,
as low as the northern boundary o f 'Korea, is fcarceiy known ;
it bounds the weftern fide o f the ftreights o f Tefd.- What could
be laid of this obfeure part, and o f the oppofite iflands, will be
delivered in a future volume o f this work.
F A Ü N Ü L A
f a u n u l a o f c h i n a .
I. H o o f e d .
Q U A D R U P E D S .
I . H o o f e d .
H o r s e .— ^ p H E native horfes of China are low, compact,
ftrong, and patient o f labor; the fleih o f mares ■ ■': (
is a favorite difli with the Chinefe, a tafte perhaps acquired from
their conquerors the Tartars. On the mountain Holan, in the
province o f Shen-fi, are abundance o f wild horfes.
Ox. Buffaloes are very common in mod parts o f the empire,
efpeeially the fouthern.
The Indian, N° 7.
The filky-tailed or Thibetian, N" 8, is found, fays Mr. Nieu-
boff, about Teng-chew or Ching-chew. The foldiers ornament
their caps with tufts o f the hair; Mr. Nieuboff’s, with horns
whiter than ivory, is to be farther enquired after. It is a wild
fpecies, fo fond o f fait, that the hunters place fome in its
haunts; which they lick fo eagerly as to be inattentive to thofe
who lie in wait for them.
2 2
SHEEP.—The Sheep are o f the broad tailed kind. Hift. Ouadr.
i. p. 41.
G o a t s .— Domefticgoats are common.
A n t e l o p e . The Cbinefe, or yellow, N* 44, abound on the
borders adjacent to Tartary, and are great objetfs o f
the chace.
E b a Deer.