CHINESE NAMES OF STREETS, &c. 



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Chinese Characters. 







Remarks as to Meaning. 



' Sampo's wells.' 



(There are wells at the foot of Bukit China 

 and the name of " Sampo's well " is 

 is given to them, because there is a 

 legend, in which the Chinese believe, 

 that a Eunuch of the Ming Dynasty 

 visited Malacca and dug these wells. 

 Similarly the old Fort is called " Sam- 

 po-kong Sia n , 'the fort of Sam-po,' and 

 there are various other names locally 

 connected with the legend of Sam-po's 

 visit.) 



(i) 'Kling Street.' 



(The chetties and Kling cloth-shop-keepers 

 live at the northern end of the street.) 



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(ii) 'Eight mansions.' 



(Chi-lan is the name of a flower and ' chi- 

 lan chi shat ' means according to Eitel 

 " mansion of brightness and virtue," 

 apparently a complimentary expression. 

 The reason why this name was given 

 is lost in obscurity.) 



(iii) This name is given to the part near 

 near the landing-place. It is the 

 Malay ' pabeyan ' or ' pebiyan ' a 

 ' customs-house ' or ' wharf ' (see 

 Wilkinson's Malay Dictionary.) 



ti A. Soc, Xo. 42, 1904 



