[98] The name of a temple which Europeans commonly call a Pagoda. [99] Keun in Chinese, Kwa according to the Canton pronunciation. It is true it is somewhat awkward to speak of Madam Ching and Mr. Paou, but it may be remarked that the Chinese use their familiar expressions _foo_ or _keun_ in the same manner as we use Mr. and Mrs. [100] In the text is only Chow (1355); but I think it must here be taken for the city or town of Canton. [101] About the towns which are mentioned in our text, the reader may compare the notes to the first book. It is quite impossible to ascertain by the text alone if there was only one military officer appointed for all these places or not. In the latter case it would be necessary to read Chuh url and Kang g[)i]h; but we see by p. 95 that Chuh url kang g[)i]h is the name of _one_ commander. [102] Tung king and Cochin-China now form one empire, under the name of Annam or Annan. The king of this country acknowledges the supremacy of the Chinese emperor, and sends every year a tribute to Pekin. The time of the reign of every king is known by an honorary title, like that of the emperors of China. The honorary title of the period of the reigning king, to whom the message was sent, was _Kea lung_ (good fortune), the younger brother of _King ching_, called by his proper name _F[)u]h ying_ (according to the Chinese Mandarin pronunciation): he is often mentioned in the beginning of the first book of our _History of the Pirates_. The king, commonly called Kea lung, died Feb. 1820, in the 19th year of his reign. His son, who still reigns, mounted the throne on the third day after his father's death, assuming the words _Ming ming_ (Illustrious fortune), as the designation of his reign. See the "Indo-Chinese Gleaner," vol. i. p. 360. It was falsely reported that Ming ming was murdered some days after his succession to the throne (Indo-Chinese Gleaner, l. c. p. 416), and this report is stated as a fact in the generally very accurate work, Hamilton's East-India Gazetteer, vol. i. p. 430. The reader may find some interesting particulars concerning the present state of Cochin-China, in the Canton Register 1829, No. 13. Chinese influence seems to be now predominating in that country. [103] _Teaou_ (10044) in our text is written with a vulgar character. [104] Chih (Kang he under radical 112. B. vii. p. 19 r.) seems to indicate that they have been put to death by cutting one member after another. [105] Hae k[)a]ng is a town of the third rank and dependent on the district metropolis Luy chow foo. Luy chow foo is westerly from Canton 1380 le. Hae kang is near to its district metropolis _Kwang tung tsuen too_, p. v. 9 v. See the Notes, p. 9, of this work. [106] _Hae fung_ is a town of the third rank, and dependent on the district metropolis Hwy chow foo. It is in a north-east direction from its district metropolis 300 le. Its area contains forty le, and pays 17,266 leang in taxes.