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ORIENTAL COMMERCE. 



[Siatn, §r. 



The long measure is 2 soks, making 1 ken ; 2 kens, 1 vounh, which is 

 75 j English inches ; 20 vouahs make 1 sen, and 100 sens, 1 league, or 

 roeneng, which is 4204 English yards. 



CANCAO is situated on the E. side of the Gulph of Siam, about four 

 miles up a river, navigable for vessels of burthen, in latitude about 10° 5' N., 

 and longitude 104° 5' E. A number of Chinese are resident here, who 

 carry on a considerable trade with Canton and various parts of Cochin- 

 China. 



Trade. — The commerce of this place is chiefly in the hands of the 

 Chinese. Tutenague forms one of the principal articles of their imports. 



The exports are nearly the same as those enumerated at Siam. 



Coins. — Most bargains are made in Spanish dollars, which, with Chi- 

 nese cash, are the current money. 



Weights. — All goods are bought and sold by the Chinese pecul and 

 catty. 



Between this port and Pulo Oby, a small island off the S. W. point 

 of Cambodia, in latitude 8° 25' N., and longitude 104° 54' E., there are no 

 places of trade. On the N. side of that island a few families are settled, 

 near the watering place, where 100 butts of water may be filled with con- 

 venience in a day. About 40 leagues to the E N. E. of Pulo Oby is 



PULO CONDORE, the principal island of a small group which goes 

 by this name, about three leagues long from N. E. to S. W., and two to 

 four miles broad; the centre is in latitude S"40 / N., and longitude 106° 42' E., 

 and is about 17 leagues S. by E. from the mouth of Cambodia River. This 

 island is the only one inhabited ; it is a ridge of high mountains, difficult of 

 access, and separating the harbour from the great bay, where the inhabitants 

 dwell, who amount to about 200, all fugitives from Cambodia and Coehin- 

 China, said to be exceedingly indolent, covetous, and poor; but a laic 

 visiter gives a better account of them. The mission to Siam in 1822 

 touched at Pu!o Condore, and were received with great kindness by the 

 inhabitants. The middle island is advantageously situated to the W. of the 

 great one, forming between the two an excelleut harbour. On the S. E. 

 side of the great island there is a very spacious bay, at the entrance of 

 which are some small islands that close it up, as it were, half way. Its 

 chief entrance is to the S. E. ; the others are neither so good nor so conve- 

 nient. Within this bay, upon a marshy and sandy plain, is the village, 

 consisting of about 40 huts, built of timber, bamboos, kc. Pilots are pro- 

 cured here for ships proceeding to Saigong River. A person lauding here 

 in 1818, was presented with some Chinese characters, which, being after- 



