1849.] Notice of a Chinese Geographical work. 161 



rhinoceros' horns, ebony, Sanders wood, camphor, sandal wood, kingfish- 

 er's feathers, cow's horns, deer's sinews, ratans, mats, the mats called 

 kai wan tsih, rhubarb, fir seed,* nutmeg, swallow's nests, bichu demar, 

 and sea weed. The money is of silver. The largest is equal to four 

 chhin, the middle to one chhin ; the second to four or five/<m and the 

 smallest to two fan and five li. Their name is/a'A.f The kings smelt 

 and seal the coin. It is unlawful to cut or employ it [in the arts]. 

 They are exchanged for cowries. 



In navigating from He man to Tsim lo you pass the Sea of the Seven 

 Isles. You sight Wai lo shan ; and further south, Tai moi chiu and 

 A chiu. You then sight Kwan lazn,% and somewhat to the west Ta 

 chin yce, and Siao chin yce ; and thence turning to the northwest is Pih 

 ka shdn. Thence northerly is Chuh yce, in the mouth of the port of 

 Tsim lo ; altogether one hundred and eighty-eight keng. You ascend 

 this river forty keng, making the entire navigation two hundred and 

 twenty-eight keng. On the east it is bounded by Tung po chdi, at a 

 distance of about one hundred and thirteen keng. It is so distant because 

 to the southern face of 'Tung po chdi, there is an extensive region of mud, 

 formerly on that account called Lan ni mi, adjoining the hills Ta wdng 

 shdn and Siao wdng shdn. Hence it is necessary to make a long detour. 



To the south of Tsim lo is Che tsi, Lo kwan and Sung keo, all 

 belonging to the kingdom Tsim lo. Those of Ta nin, Kih lin tan, Ting 

 ka nu, Phang hang,§ follow each other successively around the hills. 

 All lie to the westward of Siao chin ce, a voyage of probably one hun- 

 dred and fifty or one hundred and sixty keng. They produce lead, tin, 

 kingfisher's feathers, fine mats, swallow's nests, bichu de mar, ratans, 

 camphor, and similar things. But the pepper of Ting ka nu is of supe- 

 -rior excellence. The natives of that country are all of the Wu la yu 

 race. || They do not comprehend principles and religion. They go 



applies the term to the cloth of other countries that I take it to mean simply foreign 

 cloth. Morrison says, " any thing that comes from abroad is represented by yang" 

 (ocean). 



* A seed used in medicine, f The ticul. % Pulo Condor. 



§ There is a town and a river named Pahang on our maps, situated to the 

 north of Singapore, which is no doubt the Phang hang of our author. Ting ka nu 

 is Tringan ; Kih lin t&n is Calantan ; and Ta nin, Patani. 



|| M. Klaproth — " Les habitants de toutes ces contrees sont sans doute de la 

 meme race." 



