1827. 



222 VOYAGE TO THE 



CHAP, declare his submission as heretofore ; and to apprise 



■ , the emperor of an attack which was intended to be 



May, made on Formosa by the Japanese, who had conceived 

 the project of reinstating themselves in that country, 

 and fortifying their settlements there. 



Chang-ning left no son to succeed him ; and Chang- 

 yong, a descendant of the brother of his predecessor, 

 was installed by the Emperor of China in his stead. 

 This prince, notwithstanding the unsettled state of 

 aiFairs, and the danger he had to apprehend from Ja- 

 pan, paid the usual tribute to China, and introduced 

 into his country from thence the manufacture of delft- 

 ware, and an inferior kind of porcelain. 



About eighty years afterwards, A.D. 1643, the fa- 

 mous revolution occurred in China, which fixed the 

 Tartar dynasty on the throne of that empire ; and 

 Chang-tch6, who at that time was King of Loo Choo, 

 sent ambassadors to pay homage to the new sovereign ; 

 when King Chang-tch6 received a sign manual from 

 the Tartar monarch, directing that Loo Choo should 

 not pay tribute oftener than once in two years, and 

 that the number of the embassy should not exceed a 

 hundred and fifty persons. 



In 1663 the great Emperor Kang-hi succeeded to 

 the throne of China, and received the tribute of 

 Chang-tch6 on the occasion. This magnanimous 

 prince sent large presents of his own to the King of 

 Loo Choo, in addition to some of an equally superb 

 quality which were intended for that country by his 

 father. His ambassadors passed over to Loo Choo, 

 and according to custom confirmed the king in his 

 sovereignty, the ceremony on this occasion being dis- 

 tinguished by additional grandeur and solemnity. 

 Kang-hi, probably foreseeing the advantages to be 



