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India), and Bantam (in Java) as one of the four princi- 

 pal places where the chief agents of the East India 

 Company should be resident. It has a good harbour, 

 sheltered from the North East monsoon, which makes 

 the East Coast of the Malay peninsula dangerous in 

 the North East monsoon, and it was hoped that it 

 would be a centre for trade with Siam, with China and 

 Japan, and with Borneo. 

 These hopes came to little however, and various exac- 

 tions imposed by the Queen of Patani and the Orang 

 Kay as soon drove trade away. 

 For a most interesting account of Patani see the Calen- 

 dar of the State Papers and Anderson passim. 



Pedir — On the East Coast of xAcheen between Acheen Head 

 and Diamond Point. 



Persian — Parsee. For an interesting account of this word 

 see the article Parsee in Yule and Burnell. 



Petapoli — Pettapoli, or Pettipoli, w 7 as a place on the Coroman- 

 del coast at which there was considerable trade in 

 the seventeenth century. It is frequently referred 

 to both in the Calendar of State Papers and in Ander- 

 son. I cannot locate it exactly. 



Philippo de Breto — See Siriangh. 



Pratje — Prahu ( Malay) . 



Pre — I cannot identify this place. 



Priaman —On the West coast of Sumatra a few miles North 

 of Padang. 



Raja Api — This account would appear to be taken from the 

 account given by Peter Williamson Floris, which runs 

 as follows : — 



The King of Siam fortified himself by the destruction 

 " of the Kingdom of Pegu, and has since conquered the 

 Kingdom of Cambaya, Laniaugh, Zayomay, Leegor, 

 Parava, Thenasarim and several others. This con- 

 queror, called by the Portuguese the Black King of Siam , 

 died in 1605, and left his kingdom to his brother, 

 " whom they designated as the white King. He was a 



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