whirh nre about a yard in circumference i ilie leavr.s me (an- 

 like find long, which ajptated by Ihe wind, make a mournful 

 noise, that unwittingly reminds one of sad separations from 

 former friends. ^ To the norih of Pai-chc-lan, there is a tem- 

 ple, dedicated lo the ^ ^ " fairy that favours tlie 

 seas." ♦ On tlift outside of the iaclosure is the Pabeyailn, 

 CJ(5 ^ Pok-beSn) or custom-honsCj wficre Oyey collect the 

 import and exporc duties. To the nortii of the rim, at the 

 distance of about a furlong, is the onter custom-houae, for the 

 inspection of such goods as may have escapsd noiif.e at tite 

 other. A mii© or two beyond, the proJipett op^na out towards 

 ihe aea, where th^sre is the grave of a holy man, esteemed 

 very sacred ; at this tlie boat^peojde in passing invariably 

 preaetvt incenee and offerings, ai*d make obeisance towards 

 the place. Southward from Pat-che-lan, the road leads lo 

 Bn-tani?, distant fibout ten miles ; at Batnn^, there ar« 

 two sugar-mills, formerly divided to the east and w^^^'^t, but 

 now united in one. To Roban ^ L6-ban), which place 

 produces boards and bamboos, the distance is about ten 

 miles ; about fifteen miles farther on you come to a 

 higli mound on the sea-ahore ; whenever I pass this place^ 

 1 invariably feel a shuddering iensation, and sud'^enly 

 the tears begin to flow. Por there T aee the deep sea, over- 

 whelmiugJy wide, and the white clouds infinitely bro'id 

 beyond : the heavens seem so expansive, tmd ihe journey so 

 far, with one's native village in the distance ; al though a man 

 may be ever so much (^leva ted above the world, how can he 

 forget his fcftlinge. When the mound on the Bea-shore ir* 

 passed, yon enter the forest^ as far as the Btation of Tabnan , 

 f ill] ^ Tut'boo-wan), which dietriet seems deeply bed- 

 ded in Ihe centre of icn tlioueand hills, and fs unuiuaUy so- 

 litary ; «ven by day the monkeys chatter and the tigers 

 roar, the birds chirp, and ihe storks scream, travellers in 

 passing to and frOj are obliged to form themselves into com- 



• See aa account of this personage further on. 



