C r a b s .
C ic a d a .
Sparus chlorourus, vol. viii. p. 21. tab. 260.
erytbrouros, vol. viii. p. 23. tab. 261.
vittatus, vol. viii. p. 83. tab. 275.
Japonicus, vol. viii. p. 87. tab. 277. fig. 1.
cynodori, vol. viii. p. 91. tab. 278.
Labrus viridis, vol. viii. p. 104. tab. 282.
melapterus, vol. viii. p. 111. tab. 285.
cbloropterus, vol.-viii. p. 121, tab. 288.
fafciatus, vol. ix. p. 6. tab. 290.
trkbopter'uSj vol. ix. p. 21. tab. 295. fig. 2»
melapterus, vol. ix. p. 26. tab. 296. fig. 2.
Perea argent at a, vol. ix. p. 75. tab. 311. fig. 1.
Japonica, vol. ix. p. 77. tab. 311. fig. 2.
Jlnthias macroptbalmus, vol. ix. p. 99. tab. 319.
Vofmeri, vol. ix. p. 103. tab. 321.
tejiudineus, vol. ix. p. 104. tab. 322.
bilineatus, vol. x. p. 1. tab. .325. fig. 1.
Japonicus, vol. x. p. 3. tab. 325. fig. 2'.
orientalis, vol. x. p. 8. tab. 326, fig. 3.
Epinepbetus, merra, vol. x, p. 15. tab. 329.
ruber, vol. x„ p. 19. tab. 331.” E.
G r a b s o f g r e a t v a r i e t y in h a b i t t h e f e feas'-; a n d t h a t g r e a t e f ?
o f in fe d t s , t h e Monoculus polyphemus, o r Molucca c r a b , i s n o t in f
r e q u e n t .
A m o n g o t h e r in f e c t s - is f o u n d t h e c la f f i c a l Cicada, Roefel, i i .
t a b . 23. Mouffet 127.
Cantbarides, o r Spanijb 0.ie s , a r e f r e q u e n t h e r e , but n e v e r a p p
l ie d
plied to uie. Another very cauftic fly is defcribed by Kaemp-
fer *, reckoned by the Japahefe poifonous : it is of a blue and
gold color, enriched with fcarlet fpots and lines.
Japan is rich in minerals. Gold is found in various parts o f G o l d .
the ifland, fometimes in grains waihed out o f the fand ; in other
places it is extracted by fufion, from its matrix, or the ores of
copper. All the mines o f this métal are claimed by the emperor,
and none dafe work without his permiffion ; when this is obtained,
two thirds o f the produce are the portion o f the emperor, the proprietor
o f theiand receives one third for his expenceS.
S i l v e r mines abound. Copper is the moil common o f all
the metals, and the greatêft article of commerce with the Dutcb SltTIK.
faflors. All the ore is melted at Saccai or Ofacca, and there only, C o p p e r .
where it is caft into cylinders, about a fpan and a half long, and
a finger thick. The fineft ore is dug at Seruga, from which the
Japanefe feparate and refine a quantity o f gold. The coin of
Japaf,is”,made either of gold, filver, or copper; thofe o f the ColHJ>
two former are generally o f an oblong ihape, rounded at the
ends,,and infcribed with letters, and the arms of the mint maf-
ter, or the emperor, or Dairo. The-form o f the coins is given
by Kaempfer, i., tab. 19. and by 7’avernier, part ii. p. 9. tab. 9,
p. 10. tab. 10. ;■ iu the laft, the filver coins are irregular at their
edges. K% to the copper coins, they.are round, .and perforated,
in the middle, in order to firing them for conveniency .of carriage.
Some of the gold coins weigh an ounce and fix drams ;
and of the filver feven ounces. Several of the filver Japanefe
* Kaempfer, i. 132. tab. x r fig. 7.
l i a coin