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he had ffone to Pekin. A third stated tliat Madera chap. 



to 



imagination. 



When they had drank enough sackee they rose to 

 take their leave, and, emptying the contents of the 

 fruit dishes into their pockets, retired in great good 

 humour; but An-yah, not quite satisfied about the 

 number of men on board the ship, probably imagining, 

 from the number he saw aloft, that there were manv 

 more, again asked the question, " how many mans ?" 

 and on being answered as before, replied " not got 

 hundred one ?" which he wrote down a second time ; 



* An island situated neai* Ty-ping-chan, upon which Captain 

 Broughton was wrecked. 



V. 



1827. 



was very ill at the capital, while it was asserted by 

 others that he was dead, or that he was banished to May, 

 Patanjan^. They all maintained they had never any 

 knowdedge of such persons as Shangfwee, and Shang- 

 Pungfwee, the names given to the king and prince of 

 Loo Choo in Captain Hall's publication. From this 

 conversation it was very evident that they knew per- 

 fectly well who Ookoma and Madera were, but did 

 not intend to give us any correct information about 

 them. 



I was a little vexed to find that neither An-yah nor 

 Isaacha-Sandoo, who was also of our party, and is 

 mentioned by Captain Hall, made the slightest inquiry 

 after any of the officers of the Alceste or Lyra, by 

 whom they had been treated in the most friendly 

 manner, and for whom it might have been inferred, 

 from the tears that were shed by the Loo Chooans 

 on the departure of those ships, that the greatest re- 

 gard had been entertained. The only time they al- 

 luded to them was when Mrs. Loy recurred to their 



