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H e offers for fale flips o f fur, with which the Chiiiefe in winter |nake
capes and gnfFs tntheir dreffill p fBe >.t&Hg£-a racoon, or fome fuch animal,
is often feen hanging as an ornament from their cap. In the despth;o’f,
winter the Clunefe wcai an upper garment, which is»ljned( throughout
with t&j&flsiijl o£ ' fdm^;b^|P^fend,,;i;when inj^cfc weather they turn
jhe hairy fide outwardsthey eani&it a very gjrotdijue appearance. The
fbreflgtjpf Chipa are faid to abound, iri*^Lgiofb;eyery fpecies o f wild animal -,t
fome furs are b ro u ^ |(from Siberia and Chinefe Tartary j but that of the
^fea-otfer, acquired of. late yyrs*fitom the iwfth-wefl: coaft‘o,£ America, is
juftly held in the highefl-eflim^tiop. iMffords the warmth ofswool, whilffc
it rivals-the finefl: unwrought filk SMSftnefs and in luftre. ».,
This - man' wears an article®? drefs notj hij-herto defcribed, which is a
pocket. The Gljimefe carry, o^y onjl^fpndy Ms^hfually concealed by? their
tipper ganrient j this is feparate frqj4,their;dfefs, being worn in*front, £^nd
.faffened byj6ri®gs> round thg waift.