PLA T E LIV.
A B O Y W IT H V E G E T A B L E S .
T H ^ rhean« ©hibefe fubfift principally upon vegetables;*
^loots’, affcl hcfc.. 1 hole of <bettcj- condition' indulg ^ ^ch foups. particu-
^tHy^cfras.are,made of bfM^nefts * j andirr ht#Mfeafoned food* which'
are ferffed'tEp and $&ter dfifcr a manner pepiil|a^W '’thal^ountry. Their
m ea * .i^ ^ lw a ^ < ^ to H ^ i ^ e s i a^bfetagM to*ta4?in fmall bafipM
placed1, > eqntMhlti^ Brine'or
they,diplthen;^t(|f?f lir e taBIt « .q ^ g e to f the^Chinefe V
v&ry fparmg, do M ^ k j u f p o ^ u t h u rible^IothbVphtes, fpoons,5
M ilS * or forks?' men-<
tiohed', wlvdi-arc p'Wd h ^ 'lb jw a b k ^m o f t highlj tarmflfd. They'
f&Iffi^up lokij and vegetables'' uith> theiV^:«’ud,E-‘z4ii”- ^ ‘ iKopfticka^"
vt^uYh.feheKfmana^witli g rear dexterity s
• In China-they have a* gteat \arktyio&md(igeneus vegetables, alfo mkny'.
r are-ifouridlui Europe. T I e i^ t4 to h e 4 g ^ p )4 ^ ktep't in the h igh ifP
order;* aHd' nut lief khdilPnoi attention f e ^ t t t l in their/oultivirion.
* J hell edibl ntfts ire frrracPb -a &rd Uuoh, fnSffiUrPrijt an 1 m inner of1 fl ying, may
be claffed with thegenQ|t|hmindo— the fiallo * .Iribe^t I hi -ut bjought'ifrqm>ci;® jn the
Straita of Sunda, from the coafl: f C h n t h na, nd fr m caverns o 1 the ifland of Java
whf re the Malay people collect them from tremendous precipices at the immediate hazard of
their exiftence. \\ hen thoroughk prop ir< d in 1 purified, the u t p ut into jar , u,J fi Q ln
the pnncipal druggills fhops at a very confiderable price. _ In this ftale they have fomewhat. '
the appearance of ifinglafs, ml which they w xild j rc 1 ib.ly reli mb' in tafti 1. (,ut
raitht, plentiful admixture of cim lamon and other fpices hen fer cd up to tabli
;‘t< So called by the I nglifl, a id perhaps onun^Mjthi s ii te rpn t d by fr me of our com-'
mon people, eithei n ac our t of their hern apj ropri t tPfchl _ tr tl e ul of the m mtli, dr
taking up the fmall pieces of meat l in t ire ery ne ally made o fi < r , or of ebony tipped
Wlth 1V0ryi and “M t y carried 9 a fmal'l. cafe which hangs from the fide. A t table they are
held-betwixt tbs-tlgin^&dfwo firg Jln^-s.of '5