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about naked, carrying swords. They gird their lower part with a piece 

 of cloth. They chew betel-nut and tobacco. They eat rice steeped in 

 water. They never trade with [foreign] ships. 



Next is the kingdom of Yufuh, the hills of which join Phang hang, 

 situated at their foot. To go thither, you proceed from Kwan Icen, on 

 the magnetic point mi, by Chhd pan* and turn west to Yufuh. It is 

 reckoned a voyage of one hundred and seventy-three keng from Hea 

 man. The manners of the people are the same as the foregoing, and 

 the productions are also similar, but, compared with these, better 

 and more abundant. Each year three or four merchant vessels may 

 load there. They go to the ships and barter. The country produces 

 gold dust. The people smelt it and make it into small pieces for 

 money, each weighing four or five fan. Silver money is not current. 



To the west of Yufuh is Md Id kd, also belonging to the Wu la yu 

 tribe. Their magistrates are called A ye. The king of that country, 

 like the king of Tsim lo, employs the people of Han in the administra- 

 tion, and in the management of the treasury. The country produces gold, 

 silver, cloth of the western ocean, rhinoceros' horns, ivory, lead, tin, 

 pepper, sandalwood, sanderswood, swallow's nests, kingfisher's feathers, 

 fine mats, and so forth. Money, both of gold and silver, is current. 

 The sea-going ships of the Central Kingdom never pass beyond this to 

 the Western Ocean. They go thus far and stop. It is a voyage of 

 two hundred and sixty keng from Hea man. The system of the Little 

 Western Ocean,f the Kingdom of the Black Devils,% and the Great 

 Western Ocean^ begins here. The ships of the Great Western Ocean 

 frequent these countries, as we shall see in our account of the Great and 

 the Little Western Ocean. 



To the south over-against Md la kd is an island separated by the sea, 

 and named A thsi. || It belongs to the Red Hairs, who dwell there. 

 All the ships of the Red Hairs, going to the countries of the Little 

 Western Ocean, must pass this place to take in rice and water. From 

 A thsi the great hills extend towards the south-east to the promontory of 



* The island of Singapore ? 

 f Western Asia, India, &c. 

 % Africa. 

 § Europe. 

 II Acheen. 



