Fig. I. Represents a Kind of Kettle, curiously made of Chinese Copper, furnished with a Handle, divided by a Copper Partition; and which, though at first View, it appears to be one Vessel, is yet, upon narrower Inspection, found to be two, with two Coverings; for A represents a small Furnace, into which the Coals are put; and B, the Mouth of the Furnace, covered with Cross-Bars, for the better Ventilation of the Coals. The other Vessel has its internal Surface lined, or covered with Tin, serves either for drying, or boiling the Tea, and is furnished with a particular small Tube, the Cover of which is exhibited by a; by the Benefit of which, the large Coverings, C D, being shut up, the Vapours of the Tea may be retained, or allowed to exhale at Pleasure.
Fig. II. E represents a Copper Vessel, in which the Tea is either boiled, or preserved, when dry. E represents its Tube, and F the covering of the Tube.
Fig. III. and IV. G G exhibit different Views of one and the same Vessel, the internal Surface of which is lined with a thin gilded Plate, of some proper Metal, and the external Surface, covered with Lack, after the Manner of the Chinese.
Fig. V. I I. No. 1. represents a genuine Chinese Tea-Leaf macerated, and stretched to its full Extent. No. 2. A Leaf of the Chamelæagnus, or what the French call Piment Royal, artificially dried.
Fig. VI. K represents another, and, in my Opinion, a spurious Chinese Tea-Leaf, brought from China.
Fig. VII. L exhibits a Leaf of what Clusius calls the Spiræa Theophrasti, found in the Green-Houses of Copenhagen, and so like the spurious Chinese Tea, with which the genuine is adulterated, that the one cannot be distinguished from the other.
Fig. VIII. M represents a curious Polygonal Tea-Pot, probably made of sealed Lemnian, or Silesian Earth. N its Lid joined by the golden Chain O, to its Handle P. and Q. Its Stroup curiously tipped with Gold.
Fig. IX. R represents another earthen Tea-Pot, with a Stroup, but of a roundish, or oblong Form, and in the Lid of which, is fixed a Ring of Clay S for taking it off and putting it on: Both these earthen Tea-Pots are highly fragrant; the former is of a light, and the latter of a pale red Colour.