Willowing over the rough cobbles of the little pier stepped a thin, bent figure, adorned with a silver nannygoat’s beard and bobbling eyes interrupted by the rim of a pair of pince-nez.

The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day.

The Province of Honan lies on both ſides the River Hoang, and (according to the Opinion of the Inhabitants) in the Centre of the Terreſtrial Globe ; abounding with Rivulets and all manner of Delights, the Air being very Temperate, and the Soil exceeding fruitful : Inſomuch that it is reputed a kind of Paradiſe by the Chineſes, and upon that Account it was heretofore choſen at ſeveral times, for the Seat of the Imperial Court : It is divided into nine Parts, whoſe chief Towns are Hoaiking ; Honan ; Caifung, the Capital City ; Changto ; Queite ; Guihoei ; Juning ; and Nanyang ; a hundred more principal Cities ſtand in this Province.

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