BARRETTO DE RESENDE’S ACCOUNT OF MALACCA. 21 
ches—our Lady of the Assumption, the Cathedral with the chapter 
and episcopal throne, our Lady of the Visitation and of Mercy, our 
Lady of the Annuciation (in the College of the Company of Jesus, 
at the very crest of the hill), the Church of St. Dominic in the 
Convent of the Dominicans and the Church of St. Anthony in the 
Convent St. Augustine—and two hospitals. 
Outside the walls are three suburbs, the first is that of Upe 
(Upeh) on the other side of the river; the second is that of Yler 
(Hilir) on Tanjonpacer (Tanjong Pasir) on this side of the river; 
the third, that of Sabba, lies along the bank of the river. Of 
these three, the principal one is Upe. It is also called the 
“Tranqueira’’ or the “ Palisade,’ because of the palisade, or 
wooden wall, which has been built there parallel with the bank. 
It is 1400 yards from the mouth of the river. From its extremity 
a wooden wall extends 120 yards to the East towards the gate of 
the palisade as far as the “ Wooden Cavalier.” Thence, following 
an obtuse angle, another wooden wall stretches across the marshy 
and muddy ground of the interior, as far as the gate of Campon 
China which touches the river. In this way, the suburb of Upe, 
with its country houses and gardens, is well protected from the 
attacks of the © Saletes.”’ Nevertheless, when preparations ave 
being made for war, this suburb is entirely depopulated and dis- 
mantled, its whole population taking refuge in the castle within 
the walls. 
This suburb is divided into two parishes; St. Thomas and 
St. Stephen. The parish of St. Thomas is called Campon Chelim 
(Kampong Kling) ; it stretches along the bank of the river, from 
the Javanese Bazaar towards the North West and ends at the 
stone rampart. In this part live the Chelis of Coromandel who 
must be the Chalinges”’ of which Pliny writes in Chapter XVII. 
of Book VI. ; 
The other parish, St. Stephen, is called Campon China and 
stretches from the strand of the Javanese Bazaar, for a distance 
of 800 yards, along the river side to the wooden wall of the palis- 
ade at the mouth of the river, and extends, beyond the swampy 
part of the river, to the plantations of Nypeiras (Nipahs) and of 
“Brava” palms which grow beside on the brook called “ Parit 
China.” In this part of Campon China live the “ Chincheos’’ 
descendants of the “Tocharos” of Pliny, foreign merchants and 
natives occupied in fishing. The two parishes of St. Thomas and 
St. Stephen contain 2500 Christians, men, women, and children, 
beside the other heathen inhabitants. The houses are all built of 
timber and are covered with tiles to preserve them from the risk 
of fire. Stone buildings are, for reasons of defence in case of war, 
not allowed. At the mouth of the river, on the terrace of the 
Alfandega, there is a stone bridge on which a sentry mounts guard 
at night. On the bank, at the place called the Javanese Bazaar, 
at the entrance to the river, are sold the victuals, rice and grain 
which the Javanese merchants bring daily in their sailing boats, 
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