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possess ; restore us the country ; and your money and goods we will not 

 touch." The Ho Idn, thoroughly informed of the multitude, went away. 



In the twenty-second year* of Khang hi, Cheang khe shang sub- 

 mitted, and the country was entered upon the maps.j~ Shing thinfu 

 became thenceforward Thai wan fu; Thing peng chin became Choi ; lo 

 cen ; Wan nin chiu became Thai wan cen and Fung shdn cen. In the 

 second year of Tung ching,% Chce lo cen was divided into two, the 

 northern portion becoming Cheang fwa cen. 



To the south-east of Shd ma khi% of the district of Fung shdn, is Loe 

 sung, |1 situated on the magnetic point sm.* It is a navigation of 72 

 keng distant from He man. On the northern side is a mountainous 

 region, which seen afar off resembles the teeth of a saw. Its common 

 name is Chdi ngiu hdng.f These hills are inhabited by aborigines, who 

 belong to Loe sung. 



To the "west, north, east, and south of Shd md khl% there are many 

 islands at a distance ; but only one island is contiguous to Thai wan : 

 its name is Hong theo ce. § It also is inhabited by aborigines. No 

 ships traffic there, because the language is altogether unknown. They 

 live upon yams and roots and the productions of the sea. The country 

 produces gold dust. 



There are lofty hills in Loe sung, which extend round from the north, 

 at Chdi ngiu hang towards the south-east. In former times the natives 

 of the Great Western Ocean, named Kan si la Shi pan ya, || took pos- 



* A. D. 1684. 



t That is, became a recognised portion of the Chinese empire ; as a consequence, 

 of which the provinces seem to have received Chinese names, 

 % 1725, A. D. 



§ The most southerly part of the island. 

 || Lucon, one of the Phillipines. 



* South-east. 



f The " ditch or fosse for slaughtering oxen." 

 % This is the most southerly cape of Formosa. 



§ There is no other island on our maps that answers to this description, but 

 Botel Tobago Xima. 



|| Klaproth transcribes these words Kan szu la Chi pan ya : hence, in the edition 



of the original in his hands, the first syllable must have been "*"| and not as in 



mine J , which may be easily supposed to be a typographical error, M. K.'s 



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