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had a quantity of paper given me said to have been made there. It CHAP, 
closely resembled that of China, but appeared to be more woolly. 
Grass-cloth, of a coarse texture, and coarse cottons are also wove upon May, 
the island; but I believe all the finer ones come from China, as well 
as the broad cloth of which their cloaks are made. Red pottery 
moderately good, a bad porcelain, and tiles, are among their manufac- 
tures, and also paper fans, of w hich the skeleton is bamboo ; pipes, hair 
pins, and wicker baskets, and two sorts of spirits distilled from grain ; 
moroofocoo already described ; and another called sackee, resembling 
the samshew of China ; salt, from the natural deposition of the sea, is 
collected in pans. 
Supao-Ivoang mentions among the manufactures of this country 
silk, arms, brass instruments, gold and silver ornaments, a paper even 
thicker than that of Corea, made of les cocom, and another made of 
bamboo, besides that manufactured from the bark of the paper tree. 
He states they have woods fit for dyes, and particularly esteem one 
made from a tree, the leaves of which resemble those of the citron tree ; 
and mentions brass, pewter, saddles, bridles, and sheaths as being manu- 
factured with considerable taste and neatness upon the island, and as 
forming part of the tribute to China, from which it might be inferred 
that they w ere better executed than those in Pekin. 
Previous to our departure I offered An-yah a patent corn-mill and 
a winnowing machine, and showed him the use of them. He was 
extremely thankful for them at first, but after a little consideration 
he declined the present, without assigning any reason. He probably 
imagined the introduction of foreign machinery might be disapproved 
by his superiors. 
It has been observed that drums and tambourines were the only 
musical instruments among these people ; we saw a flute, and were 
told that the inhabitants possessed violins and other stringed instru- 
ments ; yet they do not appear to be a musical people. 
Among our numerous inquiries there was not one to which we 
got such contradictory answers as that concerning the residence 
of the king of Loo Choo. It was evident that there was a person 
of very high authority upon the island, whom they styled wang^ which 
