136 COLLIERS DICTIONARY. 



iSiam is commonly divided into eleven provinces, which for- 

 merly had each of them the name of kingdom, viz. Siam. Marta- 

 van, Siara, Tanasseriin, Keda, Pera, Ihor, Juncalaon, Paarn, 

 Patana and Iigor ; some of them still retain the name of principal- 

 ities, hut they who possess them pay tribute to the King of Siam 

 whose subjects they are. There are also other countries which have 

 the name of kingdoms and are tributary to the King of Siam, as 

 the kingdom of Camboja, Gehor, Patane, Queda, Singgora, etc., 

 the most part of which do every year present a nosegay of golden 

 flowers as a tribute. 



Ihor. A citie and kingdom of the Indies, within the penin- 

 sula on the other .side the Ganges. It is situated on the most 

 Southerly part of the Indies, near Malacca, which King Ihor often 

 attacked. The city which gives its name to the kingdom is built 

 upon piles, near unto a river which runs unto the sea near the 

 promontory of Syncapura. There is a good Port; and the greater 

 part of the -city is named Batusaber, and the least Cotasalran. 



Patana. A country unto Malacca, in the Peninsula of Indus, 

 beyond the Gulf of Bengala, tributary to the king of Siam. The 

 town Patana stands upon the seashore. The king and palace and 

 that part of it where the Grandees of the Court live is fortified with 

 pallisadoes. The air is very good, though they have a great deal 

 of heat there. Their summer begins in February and lasts until 

 the end of October ; and during the months of November, December 

 and January it rains continually with the wind at Xorth East. 

 They have one sort of fruit or other every month and their hens 

 lays eggs twice a day: great plenty of cattle and fowl, and a vast 

 number of tigers, elephants, and monkeys in the woods. The in- 

 habitants are of the Mahometan religion and are stately and con- 

 ceited in their gate, but their conversation is civil enough. The 

 Chinese and Siamese who have settled here are very intelligent and 

 understand sea affairs but the Malaccese apply themselves only to 

 Husbandry and fishing. 



Salmon's Geographical Grammar 11th edition 1769. 



The Malayan Pater-noster. Bappa kita, jang adda di- 

 surga namma mou jadi bersakti; radjat-mu mendarangkan hatimu 

 inenjadi de bumi seperte de surga; roti kita derri sa-hari-hari mem- 

 brikan kita sa-hari inila ; makka berampunlah pada-kita doosa kita, 

 seperti kita berampunkan siapa bersala kapada Mta; d'jang-an 

 hentar kita kapada tjobahan, tetap di-lepasken kita dari jang 

 d'jakat; karna mu pun'jh radjat, daan kawassakan, daan herbas- 

 saran sompey kakakal. Amen. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



