220 CHINESE NAMES OF STREETS IN PENANG-. 



^ Sandilands Roai : Holkien, Koe kang-a te kaii tiau 16' 

 M.^\T^%{^^ "passed rivulet, number nine street," 

 ] .e., the ninth street after crossing the Prangin Ditch from Beach 

 Street. Cantonese, Kwo kong chai tai kau thiu lo* j^J§f^ 



Scotland Road : HoMien, Bafu Gantong ^^B^^[ 

 Malay, overhanging rock ; there is a big overhanging rock there. 



Seh Tan Court: Holdien, Si" Tan kong-si j^f^Vpt] 

 after the Kong-si house of the Seh Tan clan. Cantonese, Shing 

 chau Kung-si W^f^B] 



Sek Chuan Lane : Hokkien, Toa mui 11 lad lai -fc P^ffi ft 

 " big archway inside "= within the big archway; there was a big- 

 compound house there with two entrances, over each of which 

 there was a big archway, the present Sek Chuan Lane being 

 formerly one of the two entrances. ( Vide Chulia Street, Part 

 II.) Cantonese, tai mun Tan lung^[ P^HfUl, 



Stewart Lane : Holdden, Koan im teng afi ^ llf^lS 

 " Koan im temple back " = behind the temple of the Goddess of 

 Mercy. Cantonese, Kun yam miu hau fljj^jllfl -fe^ 



Sungei TJjong: (1) Hold-ien, Ho- chio tia u ^I^Jtg 

 '.' Pepper yard," from the court-yard there where pepper is ex- 

 posed, to be dried. (2) Holdden, Ban Tek Hong lo- Jg* ® pl^t 

 the road where chop Ban Tek Hong owns the pepper yard above 

 referred to is situated. Cantonese, Man tak fung kai jjiJ^iflM. 



