158 NOTES OX MALAY HISTORY. 



Continuing to follow the coast of the Peninsula as laid 

 down in the chart, I find next after the inlet where Malacca is: 



marked, a place called j^£,Bp| Kia-wu-seu, . which Mr. 



Phillips identifies as " Fisher's islet (?) ". The Chinese name 

 appears to mean " False Five Islands " but the characters are 

 on the mainland itself. Remembering that " Five Islands " is 

 an old Chinese name for Malacca, it may be conjectured that 

 this entry refers to the neighbourhood of Port Dickson and 

 Cape Rachado. Next, after coasting a considerable distance, 



is reached |B/{t|l!fi Mien-hua-scu, as it appears to read 



in Mr. Phillips' dialect (though he has not transliterated it), 



just near which in the sea is marked S^'tE^ Mien-hua- 



cMen, which Mr. Phillips identifies as South Shoals. The 

 names appear to be purely Chinese descriptions, not attempts 

 to reproduce genuine native names. The second name appears 

 in the midst of four or five small unnamed islands lying off 



the mouth of an inlet mirkeJ pj |JffiP Reih-lhifj-kimuj, 



" Kling river." I should like to read " Kelang river " if the 

 Chinese characters allow of such a pronunciation, as to which 

 question I express no opinion. Next, somewhat inland, is 



marked pq/Jliy^lJj Keih-na-ta-shan, unidentified. 



Then, but some distance further, we pass an island marked 



^L/ 1 1 Kiu-cJwu, " Sambilangs," evidently the group of 



islands off the Perak coast known as Pulau Sembilan, the Nine 

 Islands : the Chinese name means the same thing as the Malay 

 one. Next, but somewhat further out to sea, are put two 

 islands close together, they second and larger of which is 



marked B$[v^^ W^ which name Mr. Phillips does not 



explain. These lie nearly opposite a wide river-mouth. A 

 very little further on, but quite close to the mainland, lies 



Jour. Straits Branch 



