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2. Another Chinese book of chro- 
nology, Li-ta, followed byMorison, 
puts Fuhi , the founder of the Chi- 
nese Empire in 3369 years before 
Christ, this would change the whole 
series and does not co-ordinate well 
with Yao, Peleg and the Bible. 
But the Chinese have various Chro- 
nological systems as we have. As 
many as 70 have been based upon 
the Bible, reckoning from 4000 to 
6600 years from Adam to Jesus 
Christ. 
3. My orthography of the Chi- 
nese is the plainest and shortest 1 
could use, based upon the Latin and 
Italian, except that SH is like 
English and CH also as in Church . 
The Chinese have the French U 
which I have expressed by UH. 
The word U (or OO in English) 
means Black and Five in old Chi- 
nese. The Negroes and the king- 
dom of U or the Blacks, have exist- 
ed in South China till 280 before 
Christ, when they were conquered. 
It is said that there are even some 
wild negroes yet in 1% Mountains of 
Kuenlun, probably similar to the 
Samangs of Malaca. 
1 8 . Early Colonization from China 
by Sea . 
Towards the year 2670 before 
Christ, or 4502 ago under the 
Emperor Rorngti , ships were in- 
vented and built in China, by Kong- 
leu and Hoa-huh,by orders from 
the Emperor, with hollow trees and 
furnished with oars. They were 
sent to discover places beyond sea, 
hitherto inaccessible and where no 
man had ever been. Thus the 
first Chinese Colonies were estab- 
lished in many islands. The 
magnetic needle had already been 
invented under Shin-nong about 
130 years before, or about 2800 
years before Christ, 
In 2037 before Chirst, under the 
Hia dynasty, embassies were sent 
to China from foreign countries 
beyond the sea; they came in ships 
to pay homage to the Hias. 
In 1197 before Christ, under the 
Wv dynasty a branch of the Bhang , 
a large colony was sent from China 
to Japan and other Western islands, 
from whence they drove the ONI 
or black devils (negroes) first in- 
habitants of Japan. 
The exact time when the Chinese 
discovered or reached America is 
not given; but it was known to them 
and the Japanese at a very early 
period, called by them FU-SHAN, 
and frequented for trade. 
These extracts from Chinese 
history, throw some light over the 
early history of Polynesia and 
America, without proving that the 
real Chinese ever settled in Ameri- 
ca, where there language is not 
found. But the Japanese and Lu- 
chus, evident children of old China, 
speak very different languages. 
China had formerly and has yet 
many dialects. The ancient Gins 
and Tienhias of China before the 
flood, and the Hias and Shangs 
since, may have come and partly 
colonized America. C. S. R. 
19. SCIENTIFIC EXPLORERS IN 
AMERICA AND AFRICA. 
America.-— Mr. Audubon is now engaged 
in exploring the Peninsula of Florida, for 
birds, and to collect animals, as well as all 
other kinds of natural objects. He has two 
assistants with him. 
Mr. Drummond, the botanist, has been ex- 
ploring the Oregon mountains for two years 
past, chiefly for plants and seeds. He was 
sent by some English botanists and gardeners. 
It is said that he took to St. Louis two tons 
of paper for preserving plants. 
Mr. Pealeis just returned from his voyage to 
South America, and travels in 1831 up the 
R. Magdalena to Bogota. He has brought a 
flne Zoological collection for the Philadelphia 
Museum, among which are 500 birds and 50 
quadrupeds, which were not there. It is ex- 
pected that he will publish an account of his 
zoological travels and discoveries. He as- 
serts the very singular fact that the R. Magda? 
lena has no shells and but few fishes. 
. Africa . — The mouth of the Niger or 
Quorra has at last been found by Lander to 
be as was surmised in the large Delta of 
Benin, 250 miles broad, and the R. Nun 
the main mouth. The bookseller Murray 
has paid him 1000 guineas for the Journal of 
his travels. 
Douville, a French traveller, has explored 
Congo and reached inland to the N. E. as 
far as the lat. 4 d. south of the equator. Pie 
is just returned to Paris where he will pub- 
lish his discoveries. 
