PACIFIC AND BEERING’S STRAIT. 
495 
May, 
1827. 
consist of SOOO lbs. of copper, 12,600 lbs. of sulphur, and 3000 lbs. of CHAP, 
a strong silk ; and that the number of his suite should not exceed a 
hundred and fifty persons. 
Lord Macartney, when on his embassy to the court of China, met 
the mandarins from Loo Choo, who were going with this tribute to 
Pekin, and who informed him their chief sent delegates every two years 
to offer tribute And viLen we were at Loo Choo, both Ching-oong- 
choo and An-yah informed me to the same effect, viz. that it was sent 
every second year. We may therefore conclude, that this is the period 
agreed upon between the two countries. 
M. Klaproth, p. 164, informs us, that notwithstanding tribute is 
paid to the court of China, Loo Choo is also compelled to acknowledge 
the sovereignty of Japan, to send ambassadors there from time to time, 
and to pay tribute in swords, horses, a species of perfume, ambergris, 
vases for perfumes, and a sort of stuff, a texture manufactured from 
the bark of trees, lacquered tables inlaid with shells or mother of pearl, 
and madder, &c. I shall merely observe upon this passage, that some 
of the articles which are said to be carried as tribute to Japan are 
actually taken from thence, and from China to Loo Choo, such as the 
vases and lacquered tables; and that mother of pearl is said by the 
natives not to be found upon the shores of their island. 
The highest point of Loo Choo which we saw was a hill situated 
at the back of Barrow’s Bay, in about the latitude of 26° 27’ N., answer- 
ing in position nearly to a mountain w hich appears on the chart of Mr. 
Klaproth, under the name of Onnodake. The height of this mountain 
is 1089 feet. The next highest point to this, which was visible from 
the anchorage, was the summit of the hill of Sumar, on which the 
capital is built ; the highest point of this is 540-L feet. Abbey Point 
is 981, and a bluff to the northward of Potsoong 99| feet. The Sugar- 
Loaf (Ee-goo-se-coo) was too far distant for us to determine its height ; 
but I think Mr. Klaproth is wrong in saying it may be seen tw^enty-. 
five sea leagues, as our distance from it was only ten leagues, and 
* Embassy to Cliina, by Sir George Staunton, vol. ii. p. 459. 
