PACIFIC AND BEERING'S STRAIT. 20l 



of the natives whom I interrogated on this subject de- 

 clared it was at Ee-goo-see-coo, about nine leagues to 

 the northward ; others, however, told me the name of 

 his residence was Shoodi, or Sheui, as before. Mr. 

 Collie was also informed it was at Shoodi ; therefore, 

 Sheui, or Shoodi, is in all probability the correct name 

 of the place. As the natives pointed out to me the 

 town upon the hill at the back of Napa-kiang as 

 Shoodi, and as another party named it to Mr. Collie 

 Shumi, we may presume that this town is the capital 

 of Loo Choo ; and this is the conclusion, as already 

 remarked, that Captain Hall came to, after many in- 

 quiries on the same subject. Indeed I should think 

 there could not be much doubt about it, as it answers 

 very well both in name and position to the capital de- 

 scribed by Supao-Koang, who remarks that the king 

 holds his court in the south-west part of the island. 

 The ground it stands upon is called Cheuli,* and that 

 near this place the palace of the king is situated upon 

 a hill. In another part he says that the space between 

 Napa-kiang and the palace is almost one continued 

 town.-)- Mr. Klaproth, however, has published ex- 

 tracts from some Chinese documents, which place the 

 capital twenty lis (ten miles ?) east of Napa-kiang. 



In the journals of my officers, I find that some of 

 them were informed by the inhabitants that tribute 

 was sent to China only once in seven years, and others, 

 that it was paid every year. Kaempfer also says that 

 tribute is sent evety year to the Tartarian monarch, in 

 token of submission. By the Chinese accounts it is 

 demanded every second year, as I have already stated. 



* Cheuli by the Loo Chooans would be pronounced Cheudi, in 

 the same way as they call Loo-Choo Doo-CIioo. 

 t Lettres Edifiautes, p. 3-10. 



