OF THE

JESUITS,

ΙΝΤΟ

Various PARTS of the WORLD:

PARTICULARLY

CHINA and the EAST-INDIES.

Intermix'd with an

ACCOUNT of the MANNERS, GOVERN-
MENT, CIVIL and RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES,
NATURAL HISTORY, and CURIOSITIES, of
the several Nations vifited by thofe Fathers.

Tranflated from the celebrated

Lettres edifiantes & curieufes, ecrites des Miffions
etrangeres, par les Miffionaires de la Compagnie de
Jefus. A Work fo entertaining and curious, that
it has already been tranflated into moft of the
European Languages.

This Work is illuftrated with MAPS and SCULP-
TURES, engraved by the best Masters.
To which is now prefixed,

An Account of the SPANISH SETTLEMENTS, in
America, with a general Index to the whole Work.

By Mr. LOCKMAN.
VOL. II.

SECOND EDITION, corrected.

Printed for T. PIETY, at the Rofe and Crown in Pater-
nofter-Row; and Sold by all the Bookfellers of Great-
Britain, Ireland, and New-England. 1762.

1

THE

CONTENTS

OF THE

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Second Volume.

Page 1

Edication, to the Jefuits of France.

Father Gozani, to Father Suarez. Discovery

of a Synagogue of Jews, in the Capital of the

Province of Honan, in China.

Remarks on F. Gozani's Letter.

II

23

F. Nyel, to F. de la Chaize. A Voyage to Peru.

27

F. de Fontaney, to F. de la Chaize. Occafion of his

Voyage to China. Qualities required in the Mif-

fionaries of India and China. Remarks on the

fouthern Conftellations. The Father's Arrival in

Siam, and Obfervations made there. Shipwreck,

in his Voyage to China. Superftitions of the

Chineze when at Sea. His Arrival at Nimpo, in

China, and his Journey to Peking. Death and

Burial of F. Ferdinand Verbieft. Situation of the

Kingdom of Corea. Journey into fame Chineze

Provinces. Journey of the Chineze Emperor into

the southern Provinces. War between the Muf-

covites and Chineze. The Emperor of China

ftudies