94 A LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS 



we call Idalcam) the coast from Anzediva to Cifardam 



and to Nizamulco the coast from Cifardam to 



Hegstana." 



Ozira — Orissa. The ancient kingdom and modern district 

 which lies between the Coromandel Coast and Bengal. 



Pacci — Often written Pacem. A Malay State near the North 

 East point of Sumatra. 

 Valentijn gives this account of it : — 



" Close to the East point of Sumatra is the once espe- 

 cially famous city Pasi (or Paem) which in old times, 

 next to Magapahit (sic) and Malakka was one of the three 



greatest cities of the East but now is only a 



poor open village with not more than 4 or 500 families, 



dwelling in poor bamboo cottages." 



See also the article Pasei in Yule and Burnell. 



Pagado — (Pagoda). A coin (both gold and silver) which was long 

 current in South India. Accounts were kept in Madras 

 in pagodas, fanams and has down to A.D. 1818 in which 

 year the rupee was made the standard coin. 

 8 has (cash) = one fanam. 

 42 fanams - one pagoda. 



A pagoda worth 3i rupees. For an interesting account 

 of the derivation of this word see Yule and Burnell. 



Pahacatta — Pulicat. A town 25 miles North of Madras City. 

 It is the site of the earliest Settlement of the Dutch in 

 India. They built a fort here in 1609, and the place 

 was later the chief Dutch Settlement on the Coromandel 

 Coast. It was at one time a centre of trade with 

 Penang. It has given its name to the cloth known by 

 the Malays as plekat. 



Palimbam — Palembang. A district on the South East Coast of 

 Sumatra. The Palembang river enters the sea in the 

 Banka Straits. 



Patania — Patani. On the East Coast of the Malay peninsula 

 between Kelantan and Singora. The position of Patani 

 on the map explains its selection, in conjunction with 

 Surat (east coast of India) Coromandel (west coast of 



Jour. Straits Branch 



