190
II. D ig i t a t e d .
F A U N U L A O F C H I N A .
expofe them in the ftreets, or leave them to be murdered by the
midwives ; fuch horrid fpe&acles are frequent in the ftreets of
i Peking and Canton.
Wolf, N° 159.
Fox, N’ 161.
C a t .— Tigers, V 180, were found in the province of Tche-tchi-
ang, but are moil frequent on the borders o f Tartary. In
fo very populous an empire one would have thought it
impoffible they could long remain unextirpated ; but in
the northern roads, hundreds o f travellers are feen with
lanthorns carried before them to fecure them from thefe
ravenous animals. The hunting o f the tiger was a conftant
diversion with Kam-hi, in his progrelfes into Tartary.
At the age offixty-oine, this great monarch died o f an ill-
nefs contracted by the violence o f his exertions in the
chace o f one o f thefe animals. There are no lions in
China-, the firit ever feen in that empire, was a prefent
made to the emperor Tay-tfu, about the year 1334.
Leopard, N” 182, or Poupi.
Domeftic, N° 195, eaten in China.
Angora, NT i 95, a. white, with beautiful fdky hair, and hang-
ing^ars, the delight of the Chinefe ladies.
In the province of Shen-fi, is an animal refembling a tiger,
Du Halde, i. I08.
B e a r.— Brown, N" 208, or black, N*2o9. The paws o f this, and
divers other animals, brought falted from Siam, and Cambodia
and Tartary, are highly efteemed in China.
6 „B
a d g e r .
Q U A D R U P E D S i 191
B ad g e r .—European, N° 215, eaten by the Chinefe, and often II. D i g i t a t e d .
found in the ihambles.
W esel.—Martin, N“ 242.
Civet, N” 274.
Hare.— Common, N* 299s
Rabbit, N° 302.
Porcupine.— C refted, N* 314, frequent in the ihambles.
M a r m o t .— Earlefs, N°326. Nieuhoff, p. 109, part ii. mentions a
large moufe, with a valuable yellow Ikin, found in a place
he calls Siven.
R a t .— The Rat and moufe very common; and the firft, among
the eatables o f the country.
Sqjtirree.— C ommon, N° 329.
Manis.— Short tailed,.ii. N" 460, found in Formofa-,. the Chin-
Chion Seick o f the Chinefe. -
B a t .— Bats, fays Du Halde,, as big as hens, eaten by the-Chinefe*
are frequent in-Shen-f;. Thefe are either the Ternate,. N”
49S, or the Roujett'e.
This certainly is a very imperfect Faunula o f the great empire
BIRPSv