24O CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT 



as a stimulant medecine ; " is also mentioned by Ebn Baitar : C. edulis was observed by Forskal 

 p. 63 frequent among the mountains of Yemen, the berries black and edible. 



The ^ /V h /V ^ Synym of the later Isaiah prophecies xlix. 12, is referred by Gesenius and others 

 to China. And may therefore prove the earliest notice of the Chittese by a Western writer. 



'•556 B. C." (D. Laert, Cyrill , and Clint.), Chilon ephor at Sparta. Already mentioned as by 

 some writers enumerated among the " Seven sages." 



" The same year " (= 538 -(- "17 -)- o y. 9 months " of Berosus in Jos. c. A.), Neriglissoor suc- 

 ceeded as king of Babylon by his son Laborosoarchod : a boy, who reigned " nine months." 



555 B. C. (= 538 -f- " 17 years " of Berosas in Jos. c. A.), at Babylon, Laborosoarchod slain by 

 conspirators, and succeeded by Nabonnedus. — Who reigned "seventeen " years, being the last king 

 of Babylon. 



" 553 B. C." ( . . • Clint.), in Sicily, Camarina "forty-six" years after its foundation captured 

 and destroyed by the Syracusans. 



"551 B. C." On the "thirteenth day of the Eleventh month or near the Winter solstice, in the 

 22d year of Siang-koung king of Lou " (Chinese chron. table), birth of Khoung-tseu or Confucius ; 

 "in the town of Tseou-y of the province " (now called Chan-toung). 



550 B. C. (= 743 -j- " 8th year" in Singal. ann., Burnouf ii. 487), Bimbasara succeeded by his 

 son Adjatasatru, now king of Magadha on the Ganges. Sucriti in the Graha Munjari tables and 

 Puranas (Bentley as. res. viii. 244) seems at least contemporary. 



" Nearly two thousand four hundred years ago," according to the Cingalese, their ancestors came 

 to Ceylon "from the Eastward" (Maunder). The colonists were doubtless acquainted with the 

 Negrillo Race of man, either as inhabiting the Andaman Islands or farther South. — The Andaman 

 Islands and their inhabitants are mentioned in one of the voyages of Sindbad.* 



* Elceocarpus than-lwen of Burmah. A Tiliaceous tree that gave its name to the river Salwen, — ■ 

 or according to the pronunciation of residents the salwen tree ; as pointed out by the natives to 

 Mason v. 537. 



Elceocarpus . ... sp. ... of Burmah. Its hard and valuable timber used from early times for 

 carts and in house and Boat building : — observed by Mason v. 537 growing very abundantly in the 

 neighbourhood of Rangoon, and not uncommon in some parts of Tenasserim. 



Hopea odorata of Burmah. A Dipterocarpous tree called there " then-gan " (Mason) ; and from 

 enrly times, dammar the general substitute for pitch and rosin procured from it : — observed by 

 Mason v. 517 to 527 the most valuable indigenous timber tree of the Southern provinces, used there 

 " for building purposes " and especially for " the best canoes." Westward, is described by Rox- 

 burgh. 



Valeria pan-thect-ya of Burmah. Another Dipterocarpous tree, whose wood from early times 

 was valued and employed by the natives : — observed by Mason v. 527 "common " in Tavoy and 

 Mer^ui, its timber "whiter than Hopea and equally good." 



Sterculia omata of Burmah. A tree called there " shau-nee " (Mason), and from early times 

 ropes made of its bark : — observed by Mason v. 487 to 520 one of the three trees from whose bark 

 "ropes are more frequently made," and identified with the " S. ramosa '' of McClelland yielding an 

 "exudation similar to tragacanth." S. ornata is described by Wallich, and may therefore prove 

 distinct. 



Eriochlcena htwa-nie of Burmah. A Sterculioid tree, its red wood from early times used for 

 paddles, rice-pounders, and building purposes : — observed by Berdmore (Mason v. 536). 



Acacia kuk-ko of Burmah. A very large tree, used from early times for making canoes, and 

 according to Burmese geography "an immense specimen growing on the great Eastern island : " — 

 under the former Burmese government, according to Brandis, "a higher sum was required for permis- 

 sion to fell " the " kuk-ko " than for any other tree (Mason v. 529). 



Inga bung-mai-za of Burmah. A tree, its hard and black heart-wood from early times used for 

 small canoes and wooden bells for cattle : — observed by Berdmore, and Mason v. 529. 



Aeschynomene paludosa of Burmah. Subaquatic, growing half under water, and called by the 



Burmese "pouk" or " nya " (Mason) ; its bark from early times used for making a coarse hemp: 



observed by McClelland, and Mason v. 519. 



Lagerstroemia hlee-za of Burmah. A Lythraceous tree, its red-coloured wood used from early 

 times for paddles and for building : — observed by Berdmore, and Mason v. 53S. 



Pentaptera t/. ... of Burmah. The bitter-wood is a small Combretaceous tree, from early 



times used for boats, said to be exempt from attacks of the teredo: — observed by Mason »•. 533 

 its bark "sold in bazar to chew with betel," but is regarded by him as possibly not distinct from P. 

 arjuna. 



