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mouJy callfid ^ 'i^e ml4iaiied iiafioii, and Uieir city 

 was named \ht red -haired city, but in reaiuy tiiey weru 

 Dutchmen, Towards Uie close q( Lhe Rfj Baiigdy^ -^.v^ 

 the pirate Teitg (Coxiiiga) roved iilxnit the seas, g s.i- 

 deriiig merchant-veaselfl ; ihe imperial troopa havings l^od 



IrBnd exterminated many of thent, they liad no fix&d rcHidencts ; 

 and the poopU of ^ Cheang-cbew and ^ ji\ Chwan- 

 chew, in Fokien, sulf^^rcd inuch from their incursions ; 

 afiervpards they gradually increased and grew, lintil ihey 

 ccilkoicd several fanndrt-d pirate veBsels, and plundered ^ 

 J]^Cha-poo, ^ ^ l'3UDg-ming, and other places; ihen 

 they entered thti ^ Jll Yang-Ls^e-kifang, and invested 

 KaDkiQg ; but bere being defuatsd by the imperial troops 

 ibeyfled^ and having no further ahelier. ihey warn to atlack 

 and take Formosa, as a place of repose, Tlie nutcli, though 

 well-skilled in tlie use of cannori and mutqaetry, yet having 

 only a solitary citadel wiihoutaid, were defeated and reiiritd 

 lo Batairia. The ruler of their coutrtry in Europe was aogry 

 aiihb, and ordered the general w*io had reiurned to be ex- 

 ecuted on one of the towers of the fori of Batavia. The 

 Dutch in Batavia to ilm day quietly ri^]ate tli&se pariiculara. 

 During the reign of K'hang-h«, of the prtjient dynasty, 



the pirate haviu^ bmi persuaded to gurrendei, Formosa 

 wai brought under imperial rule, and coustilUled part 



tof the Chiueee territory, being ereoted into a pre feci arc 

 with four diatricts. The name of the prefecturt- is 

 ^ J§ Tafi-win, aod ilie four disflricis are ^/I^Ta?,- 

 wan, Ji^ lU Houg-san, ^ ^ Chcang-hwa, and ^ ^ 

 Ghoo-J6, which latter 1ms been changed to Kay-g^. 

 Since that time the transmarine regions hava been peaceful 

 and tranquil, Dwnetroug devourerg of ivxn hav** ceased, and 

 bedewed by the gracious in^tience of our augnsl government, 

 the (jeopic o!' Ta^-wan have becoiu^ rich and prosperotia. 



