THE AUTHOIl'3 PEEFACE, 



We hme lieard ihiat dblricis tiav« t^ieir Mmtks^ jmi aif 

 kftigtloiT^g tiave their kmreriw. Now »tu(iMic» are v«cordi^ 

 giviitti^ an accoiHU of the liilk a.n^J rivef*^ inflfs of iIib coinHf]^ 

 ttjiiiqniues, jjroducMonfl, iiiliAbirar>i9, wnrks of art, te^iou* 

 nnJ supersMiiond of a tlwifkl j in short noHmig si loiild ba 

 omkied, "WlreiJ I rentl ll^e hiaEory of Datnvia dra^vn up -by 

 S B i nppraved in sqn^ measure of 



tiid minute de9cr)|iUori of (Ive country, but I fouud tiiti Account 

 6f *lJe iiihflbiuuilB defeelim F&t Clilii^r, ai tlmi liuw, U&d 

 HP t received promotion, and Ueing uivjosy bectiuac iin« 

 itiiovrn, he was not abk lo view ihiogs with an even mind 

 ttnd a Imnuot^bus spirit, wliile ht failed lo «baevve iliA 

 taiiin, *^ Be eorfowful withom beli»g vexed." 



After my Bvsi arrival at Bala via, I epewlily reniOTed to 

 Sanmrfiiig; from iKeiica I went tt> Pnknbtngati, ami sirb»9* 

 ijtiehily letumed (o Buavta, wiief^t I pitcbtnl niy taberuaclc 

 on I he soiilli side of ilie river. In drawing up my Diiiiuliyry 

 Account of the islands of tlx tea, ibe cfuiracter of liie iniiabl- 

 tauts u'a<^ enqitired Jo^o, iDnieilttn|r was'gaihemil up aboiU 

 tJie moiMitnti^s- and Be&s^ itie iaianda wfrro cxneniiied, vAiiaui 

 rein I ions recorded, llie natural produciions ailuded to, atiij 

 yet llierc whs souicthif»«; dfffici**r»t in tiie detcripiioii ef refTwrk* 

 .bie indiviifnala. Hentfft Were fldd^d a rthtmce. S 3 

 ^ Ong-snni-p6, who in laying lUe foundation of liie qo^in- 

 iry acquired a merit iltat over^ipread tita vvhoia region : and 

 §fl f \ ^ Ko-1yh-lnilt~!tWHa, whose heroic spirit diflTuaed it- 

 self to the cutskirts of the ocean, being alike resjwoted and 

 looked up to by CItiiieac and foretgiiera. Then there wai 

 tije fidelity of Madam Soo, and the purity of Ihe wife 

 of ^ ^ Cbeet-kongj wliicfi die lapse of a thousand aae» 

 will never obliieraie. So also the liberality of ^ ^ 

 Wuin^^-chong-kongj and the noble-mindrdness^of ^ ^^J J|p 

 Tan^pa-k'hengi with the elegance ^ ^ K'Jios^hoog- 

 Miig, and Ihft retiring diapotition of ^ ^ ^ Bole- 



