45 



ftlnf kiiQwn vaguely jci audcut lime^ 

 yndf^r the name of the golden Cber- 

 aonesus, is vituHled at the southern 

 extreinily of hidla^ beyond the Gao- 

 ges ; ill iltat pnvt of Anla called Indu* 

 China, This Penlnsulii extends from 

 the 1st to the \ hh ^ hit. North : H Is 

 dyniifct-d with ihe cijuiiiicnt l>v the 

 is^thiiiusut KttiWf about thirty leagues 

 ill breaih. The breath uf the l^enin- 

 »«la ittieJf, in its ni deist [mrti i^ fro at 

 45 to 50 league:^ ; iis len^ih lU fruiii 

 250 tit 260 leagues** On the confines 

 of AS13, andOceautca^ U jnitis ludia 

 China. 



To (lay more than ever, tthe Ma* 

 Jayau P^tiiiisulu is the general rendez- 

 vous of all the natious of Uie glohe. 



it h AH miiiiense e nip on urn, irherc 

 arc e)£i'haijged the treasures uf Asia 

 uiid I he spicejs iff Oceaniea against this 

 pro(iLjets{ and money of Europe and 

 America. If is a central point, whtr& 

 people of at! ell mate a atid colorg^ though 

 difftrrlng in tiieir habuii and languageBij^ 

 pitoh th^ir teiiLs, luix and utiiti^ tip^e- 

 Ihf^r and even fraternize in the hope 

 ot lucre. Besidest ihc EngtisNh, Frencb, 

 Germans, Spaniarde, Fortu^juese, Ita- 

 liansj Belgians, Dutdi, Z)nne9 and 

 Kusifians, we ^ee among its inhabitants 

 AuierUmns, Jewa, PersianSj Arabians, 

 ArmenianF, ludlanij froin all parl^ of 



