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Mifcellanea Curiofa.

Containing a

COLLECTION

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Curious Travels, VOYAGES,

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Natural Hiftories

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COUNTRIES,

As they have been Delivered in to the

ROYAL SOCIETY.

VOL. III.

LONDON:

Printed by F. B. for Jeffery Wale at the Angel in St. Paul's Church-yard; J. Senex & C. Price next the Fleece Tavern in Cornhill, 1707.

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PROBATA

His Excellency

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Alexander Lord Polwarth Eldest Jon of Patrick Earl of Marchmont&c. His majesties ambasador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary to the Congreß at Cambray Lord Clerk Register of Scotland, & Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire. Anno 1722.

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Voyage from England to

AConftantinople,made in the Tear, 1668.

by T. Smith, D. D. and F. R. S.

Hiftorical Obfervations relating to Conftantino-

ple. By the Reverend and Learned Tho.

Smith, D. D. Fellow of Magd. Coll. Oxon.

and of the Royal Society.

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An account of the City of Prufa in Bythynia,

and a continuation of the Hiftorical Obfervati-

ons relating to Conftantinople, by the Reve

rend and learned Thomas Smith D. D. Fellow

of Magd. Coll. Oxon. and of the Royal So-

ciety.

A Relation of a Voyage from Aleppo to Pal-

myra in Syria; fent by the Reverend Mr.

William Hallifax to Dr. Edward Bernard

(late) Savilian Profeffor of Aftronomy in

Oxford, and by him communicated to Dr.

Thomas Smith. Reg. Soc. S.

84

An Extract of the Journals of two feveral Voy-

ages of the English Merchants of the Factory

of Aleppo, to Tadmor, anciently call'd Pal-

myra.

120

Some Account of the Ancient State of the City

of Palmyra, with fhort Remarks upon the In-

fcriptions found there. By E. Halley. 160

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179

A Voyage of the Emperour of China into the

Eaftern Tartary, Anno. 1682.

The Distances of the Places thro' which we paf-

fed in the Eastern Tartary.

195

A Voyage of the Emperor of China, into the

Western Tartary in the fear, 1683. 196

An Explanation, neceffary to justify the Geogra-

phy fuppofed in thefe Letter's.

Some Obfervations and Conjectures concerning

the Chinese Characters. Made by R. H.

R.S.S.

210,

212.

A Letter from F. A. Efq, R. S. S. to the Pub-

Lifher, with a Paper of Mr. S. Flowers, con-

taining the Exact Draughts of feveral unknown

Characters, taken from the Ruins at Perfe-

polis.
233

A Letter from Monfieur N. Witfen to Dr.

Martin Lifter, with two Draughts of the Fa-

mous Perfepolis.
236

A Defcription of the Diamond-mines, as it was

prefented by the Right Honourable the Earl

Marshal of England, to the R. Society. 238

A Letter from the Eaft Indies, of Mr. John

Marshal to Dr. Coga, giving an Account of

the Religion, Rites, Notions, Customs, Man-

ners of the Heathen Priefts commonly called

Bramines. Communicated by the Reverend

Mr. Abraham de la Pryme.
256

Part of two Letters to the Publifher from Mr.

James Cunningham, F. R. S. and Phyfician

to the English at Chufan in China, giving

an account of his Voyage thither, of the Iland

of Chufan, of the feveral forts of Tea, of

the Fishing, Agriculture of the Chinese, &c.

with feveral Obfervations not hitherto taken no-

tice of

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