with Sterility, or Impotence, which are attended with a dire and numerous Train of Woes. So that we hope the _Europeans_ will guard against Sterility; produced in the _Indies_ by _Coffee_, _Tea_, and _Chocolate_; and in _Scythia_ by opening, or burning the Veins behind the Ears. Having already considered the Regimen of the _Chinese_, I shall proceed to take Notice of their Manners, Customs, and Dispositions: In the Execution of which Design I shall take my Accounts from _Martinius_, who, when treating of Quack-Physicians, affirms, that the _Chinese_, as well as the _Cretans_, are greatly addicted to Lying. The same Author, in his _Atlas Chinicus_, speaks in the following Manner: "The _Europeans_ are superior to the _Chinese_ in Fortitude, but the _Chinese_ excel the _Europeans_ in Brightness of Genius: They are also sagacious, cunning, intrepid, industrious, and dextrous, in managing sudden Emergencies: Notwithstanding their great Abundance, they collect and preserve the most worthless Things, such as Dogs Bones, Feathers, and Hogs Bristles, which they sell. Their Penetration often discovers itself by Fraud, Guile, and Imposition. Their Merchants are industrious and active, and the whole of the Inhabitants spare no Pains, and think no Labour too severe, when they have the smallest Prospect of Gain, because they always prefer Profit to Honesty. They have sound and robust Constitutions, being accustomed to Fatigue from their Infancy: Some of them are of as fair Complexions as the _Europeans_."