_Chinese_ Water is to be had in no Part of _Europe_. The same Author, in his Description of the fifteenth Province, called _Junnam_, and its Metropolis, tells us, "That in Mount _Xang_, situated to the _North_ of the Town, there is a Spring of intensely cold Water, which, however, is highly beneficial to paralitic Persons." He also tells us, that in the same Province, there is a Spring called _Hiangkui_, which, in their Language, signifies odoriferous Water, "Because it diffuses a fragrant Scent, especially in the _Spring_, at which Time, the Inhabitants offer Sacrifices to the Fountain, and drink Water, mixed with Wine, or with a Liquor prepared of _Rice_. They also assert, that this Liquor cures many Diseases." That these Waters are impregnated with Metallic Particles, I have two Reasons to believe: First, Because _Martinius_ informs us, that the Rivulet near the City _Vusie_, flows from a Fountain on a little Hill, called _Hoej_: The second is, that the Waters of this Lake are conveyed to the remotest Provinces, even to the Royal City, _Peking_, where they are used by the Grandees in preparing their _Tea_. But the best Waters, when taken from the _Spring_, cannot be long preserved from Corruption, unless they abound with a peculiar Salt: Since the cold Mineral Waters of the _Spaw_, lose much of their Virtue by being conveyed only into the Provinces adjacent to _Germany_. Thus, it is sufficiently known to all the _Europeans_, that the _May_ Rains abound with Salt and Sulphur; in consequence of which, they keep longer free from Corruption than other Waters. For this Reason, it is customary among the _Papists_, to prepare their _Holy Water_ of _May_ Rain: See my _Digressio de Febribus Malignis_. But, lest these Reasons should be esteemed conjectural, I shall farther prove, and confirm my Opinion from _Martinius_, who, in the Place before quoted, speaks in the following Manner: "It is not without Reason that the City _Gnihing_ receives that _Name_, which, in their Language, signifies the _Glory of the Earth_; and which was bestowed upon it, because in it are made the earthen Vessels, used in diluting, and drinking their _Tea_. The Reason why these are preferred to the _Chinese_, though more transparent, and diaphanous, is, because the former convey to the _Tea_, a certain Taste and Smell, much admired by the _Chinese_; so that the Inhabitants of that City are much employed in making them; and some of them are sold at a Price equal, if not superior, to those of _Portugal_." Since, therefore, these Vessels communicate to the _Tea_, both a Smell and Taste, which are grateful to the _Chinese_; since the Cause of Taste is a volatile Salt, and that of Smell a certain Sulphur; since this Salt and Sulphur can hardly be separated by Chymistry; and since it is peculiar to Salt to penetrate into the Essence of Things; it must necessarily happen, that the Water, taken from the Lake, or River