Volume 1
Miscellaneous papers relating to Indo-China / reprinted for the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society from Dalrymple's "Oriental repertory," and the "Asiatic researches" and "Journal" of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.
- Date:
- 1886
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Miscellaneous papers relating to Indo-China / reprinted for the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society from Dalrymple's "Oriental repertory," and the "Asiatic researches" and "Journal" of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS. I. SOME ACCOUNT OF OUEDAH /V (.Pronounced Kuddah). By Michael Topping, Esq., chiefly from the information of Francis Light, Esq., Chief of Pri?ice of Wales Island, or P° Pinang. [A. Dalrymple’s “Oriental Repertory,” London, 1808. Vol. i. pp. 399-402.] The country of Quedah extends from Trang, in lat. 7° 30' N., to Crean, in lat. 50 18'; in length about 150 miles, in breadth from 20 to 35 miles; but the cultivated lands nowhere exceed 20 miles from the seashore. From Trang to Purlis the sea- coast is sheltered by many islands, and a flat bank lies between them and the main, navigable for small vessels only; the distance between Trang and Purlis being about 24 leagues. The sea- coast itself is low and covered with wood. Inland are many mountains, some of which as you approach Purlis project into the sea. The country abounds in rice, cattle, and timber. Eleven rivers empty themselves into the sea, navigable for prows only, on account of the shallows without, the principal of which are Lingoo and Sittoul, where those vessels are built. Purlis has a deep narrow river, at the entrance of which is a small sandy island, on which stands a fishing village, which is protected by a few pieces of cannon. The bar of the river is very long, with only ten feet water upon it at spring tides. The town is situated four or five miles from this entrance, in a valley of a mile and a half in circumference, encompassed with steep hills. The old king, in his latter days, chose this place for his residence, which occasioned many vessels and people to resort here. Since his death it has sunk into its former obscurity, notwithstanding he bequeathed it to his second son, Toonka Mooda, who still resides c](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29352496_0001_0033.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
