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In order to prove this assertion , it will be necessary to give another passage 

 from Eahien's book , containing au adventure which happened to him whilst visiting a 

 temple in Ceylon. It runs as follows: 



Fahien had now been away from China many years 5 the people with 

 whom he conversed were all men from foreign countries; even the moun- 

 tains and valleys , the plants and trees which he saw around him , were un- 

 like those of old times. Moreover his fellow travelers were separated from 

 him — some had remained behind and some were dead — he had only his 

 own shadow to look at, and so his heart was continually saddened. All 

 at once, as he was standing by the side of this Jasper image, he beheld a 

 merchant present to it, as a religions offering, a white taffeta fan from Cliina. 

 Unvoluntarily he gave way to his sorrowful feelings and tears filled his eyes. 



If this man , wlio was moved to tears at seeing a Chinese fan, had found or 

 met countrymen of his in Java, or even had known that they were in his neighborhood, 

 he would certainly have told us ; and it cannot be by accident that he did not meet them, 

 for he stayed in Java more than five months, about from December to May, the only 

 time of the year that vessels from the north could arrive there. 



We have no data to ascertain on what point of Java's coast he landed. As 

 however the name of Java , in native as well as in Chinese sources, is especially given 

 to the eastern part of the island and as this too was first occupied by the Hindoo 

 colonists , we may assume that it was somewhere on the north-eastern coast , perhaps 

 in the present district Rembang , where , according to native tradition, the first Hindoo 

 settlement , Mendang Kamulan , was situated at that time. 



Tor many centuries after Fahieii's time we unfortunately find no accounts of 

 Chinese travelers visiting this island , the only available sources are the notices in the 

 dynastie histories , which were compiled from the information current at the period. 

 We will now proceed to give these notices in their chronological order. 



History of the first Sung dynasty (420—478). Book 97. 



In the year 435 the king of the country Dja-va-da, (*) whose name 

 was S'ri Pa-da-do-a-la-pa-mo , ( 2 ) sent an envoy to present a letter and some 

 presents. , 



This unimportant passage is translated only for the sake of the name given to 

 the country, which may be compared to that of Ya-va-di, used by Fahien (v. pag. 7). 



o I II i ï B 1 



