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ORIENTAL COM MERCK. 



[China. 



obstructed bv the civil wars which then raged in China. In 1680 the 

 Tartars drove the Chinese from Amoy, and destroyed the Company's 

 factory, their servants escaping to Tonqnio and Bantam. In 1684 the 

 Tartar General permitted the factory to be re-established. In the follow- 

 ing year the Company's Residents there observed that, *" having had five 

 months' experience of the nature and quality of these people, they can 

 characterize them no otherwise than as devils in men's shapes and they 

 stated, " that to remain exposed to the rapaciousness of the avaricious 

 Governors, was considered as more detrimental than the trade would be 

 beneficial. w The factory was, however, continued, till the Emperor's 

 edict for confining the trade to Canton, compelled them to withdraw. 



CHINCHEW is in latitude about 24° 54' N., and longitude 118° 40 

 E. The harbour and town are situated at the bottom of the bay on 

 the western side. The harbour is covered from the bay by a point 

 of land, having on it a large square pagoda. Within this point may be 

 seen the numerous masts of the junks frequenting the port, which is a place 

 of considerable trade. Here is manufactured the best sugar-candy in China. 



CHUSAN.— This harbour is in latitude about 30° 26 N,, and 

 longitude 121° 41' E. ; it stands near the S. W. end of the island of 

 Chusan, which is about nine leagues Jong, and five broad, and gives its 

 name to an extensive Archipelago; it is about three leagues from the main 

 land. The harbour is very safe and convenient, where large ships may 

 ride within a cable's length of the shore. The town is about three quarters 

 of a mile from the shore, surrounded with a fine stone wall, about three 

 miles in circumference, mounted with 22 square bastions, placed at irregu- 

 lar distances, having four great gates, on which are planted a few old iron 

 guns. The houses are but meanly built. Here the Governor of the island 

 resides, and about 4000 inhabitants, mostly soldiers and fishermen. 



In 1700 the English first visited Chusan, and were received in a 

 frendly manner by the Governor ; but they experienced great difficulty in 

 obtaining permission to land goods, or to trade ; and in the following year 

 an order arrived from the Emperor to quit the port, which thev were com- 

 pelled to do, by which the Company experienced a very severe loss. 



NINGPO, or Liampo River, is nine leagues to the westward of 

 Chusan. Here the English once had a factory ; but the oppressions their 

 trade was subject to, compelled them to abandon lu 



NANKIN is situated on the river Kiang, in latitude about 32° 5 N., 

 and longitude 119° E. ; it is a place of very great trade, being one of the 

 largest cities in the Chinese empire. The river is about a mile wide at the 



