lieth great store of boats, specially where no salt-water commeth, and that in March and April.  These boates are so many that it seemeth wonderfull, ne serue they for other then to take small fish.  By the riuers sides they make leyres of fine and strong nettes, that lye three handfulls vnder water, and one aboue to keepe and nourish their fish in, vntill such time as other fishers do come with boates, bringing for that purpose certaine great chests lined with paper, able to holde water, wherein they cary their fish vp and downe the riuer, euery day renuing the chest with fresh water, and selling their fish in euery City, towne and village where they passe, vnto the people as they neede it:  most of them haue net leyres to keepe fish in alwayes for their prouision.  Where the greater boates cannot passe any further forward, they take lesser, and because the whole Countrey is very well watered, there is so great plenty of diuers sorts of fish, that it is wonderfull to see:  assuredly we were amazed to behold the maner of their prouision. [Sidenote:  Meanes to fat fish.] Their fish is chiefly nourished with the dung of Bufles and oxen, that greatly fatteth it.  Although I said their fishing to be in March and April at what time we saw them do it, neuerthelesse they told vs that they fished at all times, for that vsually they do feed on fish, wherefore it behoueth them to make their prouision continually.

When we had passed Fuquien, we went into Quicin shire, [Sidenote:  He speaketh of Fuquien shire.] where the fine clay vessell is made, as I said before:  and we came to a City, the one side whereof is built vpon the the foote of a hill, whereby passeth a riuer nauigable:  there we tooke boat, and went by water toward the Sea:  on ech side of the riuer we found many Cities, Townes and villages, wherein we saw great store of marchandize, but specially of fine clay:  there did we land by the way to buy victuals and other necessaries.  Going downe this riuer Southward, we were glad that wee drew neere vnto a warmer Countrey, from whence we had bene farre distant:  this Countrey we passed through in eight dayes, for our iourney lay downe the streame.  Before that I doe say any thing of that shire we came into, I will first speake of the great City of Quicin, wherein alwayes remaineth a Tutan, that is a gouernour, as you haue seene, though some Tutans do gouerne two or three shires.

That Tutan that was condemned for our cause, of whom I spake before, was borne in this Countrey, but he gouerned Foquien shire:  nothing it auailed him to be so great an officer.  This Countrey is so great, that in many places where we went, there had bene as yet no talke of his death, although he were executed a Whole yere before. [Sidenote:  Alias Cenchi.] At the Citie Quanchi whither we came, the riuer was so great it seemed a Sea, though it were so litle where we tooke water, that we needed small boats.  One day about nine of the clocke, beginning