I,s0 PRULAPPINE 18.4408, 159 9) It is eustomary in China for hidg officials to receive the visits of their subordinates on the first and fifteenth of each moon, and these days are the ordinary holidays of the people, on which they make visits, 10) ff JER the first character stands for 49{ sto go to», ato travels, Pel-won-yan-fu, 5 4608 gives several quotations of analogous terms; e. g. jf] ff «a farewell dinner to aparting friendo also «a viaticum». 11) The feast of Kun-yin, the patron of sailors see supra, p. 69. Buddhism was not unknown in Borneo in mediaeval times. though the date of its appearance there is uncertain. See Lassen, Indische Altherthumsk. IV, 592. Crawfurd, J. R. G. 8, XXIII, 83, 10 12) Can these pearls be the same Pigafetta speaks of in his Narrative? «They say that the king of Burné (Brunei, W. Coest of Borneo) has two pearls as large ase hen’s eggs, and so perfectly round that if placed on a smooth table they cannot be made to stand stills. See First Voyage round the World by Magellan (Hall. Soc edie), 117, 190. 4H, {Gf ebuman shapes, according to the Fang-yen glossaiy in K'ang-hsi tai-titn. The statue is placed in contrast with 15 the pearls, 3) The fall text of this letter of the ruler of Borneo is given in Sung-shi, 4898. The King's name is there said to be Hiang-ta ({fi] 47) and that of the envoy P'u Lu-sié (Jif Eg Bf. The king said in his letter to the Emperor of China concerning this envoy: «Recently there Was a trader, P'u Lu-sié by name, whose ship arrived at the mouth of my river; I sent a 20 man to invite him to my place, and then he told me he came from China. The people of my country were much plessod at this, and, preparing o ship, asked this stranger to guide them to the Court ...» See Groenevelat, Notes, 109. It appears from this that it is to the enterprising Arab traders of Canton, or Ts'tan-chéa, that belongs the credit of opening relations between China and Borneo. a0 (BY 3 5 14) Sung-sht, 489,0" gives the uame of the king of Borneo as Si-li-majo FFF) which may be Sri Maharaja or Maradja. The mission sailed back from ‘Ts'tian-chou 16) These islands must probably be looked for in the Celebes and Moluccas; there is nothing +o indicate how the nineteen charactors which give their names should be grouped. The division here adopted is purely tentative. The first name may be Serang or Ceram, the third Gilclo. Wu- 30 li-ma may be the same as the Wu-li (2 Hl) of Yoan-shi, 162 which Groenevelds, Notes, 27, thought might be Bali, bat this seems doubtful. —Tan-yfi suggests Ternate, and Ma-jo ‘Mahono, but none of these islands produce any kind of gharn-wood. 40. PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 85 Ma-i (Ji. 4). The country of Ma-i is to the north of P'o-ni?. Over a thousand families are settled together along both banks of a creek (or, gully &). The natives cover themselves with a sheet of cotton cloth (Pe 7fi Hm Hf), or hide the lower part of the body with a sarong (lit., «loin-cloth» j§ 7). 40 There are bronze images of gods (4), of unknown origin, scattered about in the grassy wilderness®, Pirates seldom come to this country. ‘When trading ships enter the anchorage, they stop in front of the officials place, for that is the place for bartering of the country. After a ship