CHINESE NAMES OF STREETS, &c. 



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Chinese Characters. 



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Remarks as to Meaning. 



Co's Workshop. For the expression 

 translated by ' Fort Canning hill ' see 

 Hill Street. 



(i) 'Foot of Fort Canning hill.' 

 (of. Hill Street.) 



(ii) ' Dragon's head fountain.' 



(There used to be a fountain at the end or 



this street with a Dragon's head fof 



a spout.) 



' Race Course lane' (see Belilios Road). 

 ' 'Heng-long' Street.' 



(Chop 'Hen^ 



•long 



belonging to Lok yu, 



the well-known 



street.) 



towk 



ay, 



is 



this 



' Robinson Street.' 



('Lo-man-sen' is 'Robinson,' and the name 

 which has been used to my knowledge, 

 is quite Chinese in sound at any rate. I 

 do not however guarantee the name as 

 being intelligible to the ordinary Can- 

 tonese-speaking Chinaman. To inter- 

 pret ' Robinson' Ro?d clear to him, 

 would require I feel quite sure, a very 

 long rigmarole.) 



I (i) <k (ii) ' Beside the canal 

 coolen District.' 



in the Ben- 



R. A.-Soc , No. 42,1904 



