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Near the Coaſt of the Province of Fokien lie Quemuy and Eymuy : Further off at Sea, oppoſite to them, appear Formoſa and Tayowan ; the firſt by the Chineſes, who now poſſeſs it, call'd Talieukich ; but to the Eaſt, near the Province Chekiang are the Iſles Changque and Chenxan.
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It would be however a very acceptable thing if ſome curious Navigators would inform us, what tides or Currents are found at Macao, Quemoy, and other places on the Coast of China and on Formoſa ; it being moſt probable that this flood cometh out of the North Eaſt, alongſt the Coaſt of China, for that the Northerly Moonsoon is found to occaſion the higheſt ſpring-tides.
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On the South-Eaſt Coaſt, off of the Bay of Camcheu, lies the Iſland Quemoy, or as le Compte names it Emoui, which makes a very good Haven for Shipping.
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On the aſſurances, therefore, given them by Mr. Borel, their embaſſador to the emperor, they fitted out a great fleet of ſeventeen ſail of large ſhips, under the command of Balthaſar Borth, with orders to join the Tartars, and to act with the utmoſt vigour againſt Coxenga. On his arrival on the coaſt of China he found that conqueror in poſſeſſion of the iſland of Quemoy, which the Tartars, with all their force, were not able to take from him.
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