Account of a voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea, and the great Loo-Choo IslandHall, Basil
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Account of a voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea, and the great Loo-Choo Island
Hall, Basil
Korea -- Description and travel; Ryukyu Islands -- Description and travel
110. The sun sets at six Roocoo twit'chee teeda Six hours sun to set.
o'clock sagayoong
111. The horse fell down, Ma tawrittee tayin noo Horse fell down,
and the tayin eebee ootee tayin's finger broke.
broke his finger
112. After seven years Sitchee ning, cootsee Seven years' bones
we wash the bones aratee jeeshee ittee washing vase putting
and put them into in.
a vase
113. Without any flesh Shishee ning Flesh none.
114. The people of Doochoo noo choo sibittee Loo-choo people
Loo-Choo I shall yootoosha remember * *.
never forget
115. You will soon Sibittee wasa Remember bad.
forget them
116. Twelve hours make Joo nee twit'chee, it'chee Ten two hours, one
one day nit'chee day.
117. Thirty days make one Sanjoo nit'chee, it'chee Thirty days one month
moon, or month gwautsee
118. One year consists of It'chee ning, joo nee One year, ten two
twelve months gwautsee months.
FOOTNOTES:
[Footnote 125: _Yooshoong_ probably signifies _to recite_, as it is used in
requesting a person to sing as well as in this instance.]
[Footnote 126: Probably instead of _amma ka_, this should have been _amaki_
(shore), which would makeit coming to the shore, which was the case.]
[Footnote 127: _Ta-jin_, in Chinese, signifies a _great man;_ it is translated
by Mr. Morrison _his excellency_.]
[Transcriber's Note: Japanese characters in the table below are denoted as such.]
NUMERALS.
_English._ _Loo-Choo._ _Characters._ _Japan._
1 One It'chee [Japanese character] Teetsee, or te 1.
2 Two Nee, or gnee [Japanese character] Tatsee, or ta 2.
3 Three Sang [Japanese character] Meetsee, or mee 3.
4 Four Shee [Japanese character] Eeotsee[128], or yoo 4.
5 Five Goo, or go [Japanese character] I'ttitsee 5.
6 Six Rooko [Japanese character] Mootsee 6.
7 Seven St'chee [Japanese character] Nannatsee 7.
8 Eight Fat'chee, or [Japanese character] Eeyatsee 8.
kwat'chee
9 Nine Coo [Japanese character] Koonnitsee 9.
10 Ten Joo, or dzoo [Japanese character] Too 10.
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