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ragement, and told him he might, by the river Camdodia, iiiijpoi^e 

 of great quantities of woollen-cloth among the Lojes. 



I MAY add here to my account of the river, that at the mouth 

 is never lefs than four fathoms of water,' and that it is navigable 

 for fliips of fome burden up to the very capital, above which 

 fmall velTels only are ufed, and the navigation is (by report) faid 

 to be interrupted by a cataradl. 



According to U Anville, the kingdom oi Cochin-China unites Cochin-China. 

 with its tributary Ciampa at the bay of Comorin ; the original 

 name is Anam. The Portuguefe beftowed on it the appellation it 

 bears at prefent, which, by the help of the Japanefe word Cochin 

 fignifies the country weft of China. In defcribing the form of 

 this extenfive ftripe of empire, I fliall include in it, its les Pais 

 conquis. The whole, beginning from the borders of Cambodia, 

 is in form of a bow, bending into the ocean as far as Cape Varelle, 

 in Lat. 13° o', when it inclines to its northern extremity in Lat. 

 17° 30'. The whole length of this great curvature is about fix 

 hundred and fixty miles, the breadth not exceeding that we have 

 given to Ciampa. The northern borders are defended by a wall, 

 which runs from the fea to the great chain of mountains, and 

 forbids all approach from that quarter, as the inacceffible chain 

 itfelf does every attempt of invafion from their weftern neigh- 

 bors. The Moyes^ who inhabit thefe mountains, are faid to be a 

 moft favage and ferocious race. 



The court of Cochin-China is ufually held at Sinoa\ a little to 

 the fouth of the wall there, fiiys Mr. Bowyear, the king, in his 

 Tongtan oreighth moon, takes his recreation with hisMandarines^ 

 and forbids all interruption by petitions or any fort of bulinefs. 



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