DESULTORY ACCOUNT 



ARCHIPBLAGO 



1 HE MALAYAN 



BY I ^ j$ ONG-TAE-HAE, 



DESCRIPTION OF VAUIOUS PLACES. 



Batavfa (®^J1SB Kat-Ia-pa)* is a fertile country oo 

 the sea -shore, an este naive region in the extreme aoulii-west. 

 Selling flail from A-moy, ^ Hay-l6) we paas by ifte 

 -tJSJ Seven blatids, or Paraceli, leave Cochiri-Ciiiiia 

 ^ An-lara) and Cambojia P Kang-k'liao) to the ri^i.i 

 »d well ag the straits of Malacca (^:^ ^ Mwa-Uk-kafi, j 

 ind Palembang, ( 5 Kob-kaUi;[J steer ihrougli the 



iiraiu of Baoca, ^ S/ja4ak,)ufttit we arrive at ^ ^ 

 the fortified island of Ourusl, andihert andior in Uie roads of 

 Baiavia. It id calculated that U*e voyage ia about 280 ship's 

 watches^ each watch comprising 50 le,t makiug together 

 14,000 le, after sailing over which we arrive at Baiavia. 



The city facea ihe north, and u hounded on the south by a 

 range of volcanoei, aa a eort of acreei^, beyond which ie (he 

 aouihern ocean. To ihe left lies Bantam, ^ I3a»j-taii) 

 and to the right Cheribon ^ Chai«^-l,5-bun), while 



before ii are sfjrend out the fortifitd inland*. The gales of the 

 city are eironr?, and the wa/la high ; the territory is exienpjve, 

 and the elrcela are wide; m erchandiae h abutidaot, and all 



* The names of iheflR places atri all given accordmg^ tlie Huk- 

 w P^^"^"*^'^''^"- writer having been a t^alh^ that |irovii)ce. 

 We shall therefore follow, iu a great lueasu re, ihc orthotrranhy of ihe 

 > uh-kt^n Dicliijjjary. 



-J A ^^^^^ ^'^^ ^ a degree, which would give aa the distance 



a6 degrees ; much ton large a calculation ; Hhewins^ theChincRe writer'i 

 Ignorance uf yetjgiaphy, as well as the BlowueisB junk sailing. 



