"This religion is professed by various sorts of barbarians who live southerly beyond _Chen ching_ (Tséamba, or Zeampa), to the _Se yu_. Their doctrines originated in the kingdom of _Me tih no_ (Medina). They say that heaven is the origin of all things; they do not use any images. Their country is close to Tëen choo (India); their customs are quite different from those of the Buddhists; they kill living creatures, but they do not eat indiscriminately all that is killed; they eat not hog's flesh, and this is the essence of the doctrine of Hwy hwy. They have now a foreign pagoda (_fan t[)a]_), near the temple of the compassionate saint (in Canton), which exists since the time of the Tang. It is of a spiral form, and 163 cubits high.[8] They go every day therein to say prayers." By the kindness of Dr. Morrison, the translator had the pleasure to converse with a member of the Mahometan clergy at Canton. He stated, that in the Mosque at Canton is a tablet, whereon it is written, that the religion of the Prophet of Mecca was brought to China, _Tang ching yuen san nëen_, that is, in the third year of the period called _Ching yuen_, under the Tang dynasty, _i.e._ 787 of our era.[9] The compilers of the _Memoirs_, &c. have taken their extract from the historical work of _Ho_ (4051, M.); they seem not to have any knowledge of Matuanlin, where the Arabs are spoken of under the name of _Ta she_. See the notes to my translation of the Chronicle of Vahram, p. 76. During the time the translator was at Canton, there arrived a pilgrim from Pekin on his way to Mecca. _The Fa lan se, Francs and Frenchmen._ "The _Fa lan se_ are also called _Fo lang se_, and now _Fo lang ke_. In the beginning they adopted the religion of Buddha, but afterwards they received the religion of the _Lord of Heaven_. They are assembled together and stay in _Leu song_ (Spain?); they strive now very hard with the _Hung maou or red-haired people_ (the _Dutch_), and the _Ying keih le_ (_English_); but the _Fa lan se_ have rather the worst of it. These foreigners, or barbarians (_e jin_) wear white caps and black woollen hats; they salute one another by taking off the hat. Regarding their garments and eating and drinking, they have the same customs as the people of Great _Leu song_ and Small _Leu song_ (_Spain_ and _Manilla_)."