a small island of Japan, opposite to the harbour of Saccai, is famed not only for the beauty of its walks, to which crowds of people resort from the city, but for a deity worshipped there, to which vast numbers of persons devote themselves. They go from his temple to the sea side, where they enter into a boat provided

(A) These equivocal animals, however, if we may so term them, are so generally mentioned by travellers in this part of Europe, that we have no doubt of their existence, or of their being found hardy and serviceable as labourers.

(B) Each pound is valued in Piedmont at 18s. The little village of La Tour, in the valley of Lucerne, makes above 50,000 lb. annually, and the exports every year to the single city of Lyons amount to more than 160,000 sterling. provided for the purpose; then, launching into the deep, they throw themselves overboard, loaded with stones, and sink to the bottom. The temple of that deity, which is called Canon, is very large and lofty, and so are many others in the city itself; one in particular, dedicated to the gods of other countries, is thought the finest in the whole empire.