This extract is taken from the _Hwang tsing ch[)i]h kung too_, or the _Register of the Tribute as recorded under the present dynasty_ (_Memoirs_, l. c. p. 10 v., p. 11 r.). I am not sure if _Ke tsew_ (10,869) _keu_ (6,063) _Leu song_, can really be translated by the words--_they are assembled together and stay in Leu song_. The use of _tsew_ in the place of _tseu_ (10,826) is confirmed by the authorities in Kang he; but does Leu song really mean Spain? The Philippinas are called Leu song (Luzon), from the island whereon Manilla is, and in opposition to Spain (_Ta Leu song, the great L. s._), _Seao Leu song_, _the small Leu song_. It may be doubted whether _Leu song_ without _Ta_, _great_, can be taken for Spain. The Chinese have moreover learned from Matthæus Ricci the proper name of Spain, and write it _She pan ya_. The Dutch, the English, and the Germans, are, from a reddish colour of their hair, called _Hung maou_. This peculiar colour of the hair found among people of German origin, is often spoken of by the ancient Roman authors; as for instance in Tacitus, Germania, c. 4. Juvenal says, Sat. XIII. v. 164, Cærula quis stupuit Germani lumina? _flavam Cæsariem_, et madido torquentem cornua cirro? It would carry us too far at present to translate the statements of the Chinese concerning the Portuguese and Dutch. Under the head of _Se yang_, or Portugal, may be read an extract of the account of Europe (Gow lo pa) the Chinese received by Paulus Matthæus Ricci (_Le ma paou_). The Chinese know that the European Universities are divided into four faculties; and his Excellency Yuen is aware of the great similarity between the ceremonies of the Buddhists and those of the Roman Catholic church (l. c. 17 v). The present Translator of the "History of the Pirates" intends to translate the whole of the 57th book of the often-quoted Memoirs, and to subjoin copious extracts of other works, particularly from the _Hae kw[)o] hëen këen l[)u]h_, or "Memoirs concerning the Empires surrounded by the Ocean." This very interesting small work is divided into two books; one containing the text, and the other the maps. The text consists of eight chapters, including a description of the sea-coast of China, with a map, constructed on a large scale, of the nations to the east, the south-east, and the south; then follows a topography of Portugal and Europe generally. Concerning England we find:-- _The Kingdom of the Ying keih le, or English._