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The fifteenth Day of the eighth Moon, is ſolemniz'd by the Chineſes with great feaſting and rejoycing. […] To this purpoſe, the preceding Days they ſend to one another Preſents of little Loaves and Sugar-Cakes, which they call Yue Pim, or Moon-Cakes. They are round, but the biggeſt, which are about two hands breadth in diameter, and repreſent the Full Moon, have every one a Hare in the middle made of a Paſt of Walnuts, Almonds, Pine-Apple-Kernels and other Indgredients. Theſe they eat by the Light of the moon; the Richer ſort having their Muſick alſo playing about 'em, which is very good.
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The
fifteenth
Day
of
the
eighth
Moon,
is
ſolemniz'd
by
the
Chineſes
with
great
feaſting
and
rejoycing.
[…]
To
this
purpoſe,
the
preceding
Days
they
ſend
to
one
another
Preſents
of
little
Loaves
and
Sugar-Cakes,
which
they
call
Yue
Pim,
or
Moon-Cakes.
They
are
round,
but
the
biggeſt,
which
are
about
two
hands
breadth
in
diameter,
and
repreſent
the
Full
Moon,
have
every
one
a
Hare
in
the
middle
made
of
a
Paſt
of
Walnuts,
Almonds,
Pine-Apple-Kernels
and
other
Indgredients.
Theſe
they
eat
by
the
Light
of
the
moon;
the
Richer
ſort
having
their
Muſick
alſo
playing
about
'em,
which
is
very
good.