II. Le Feu

*— À dictionary of Chinese-Japanese words in the Japanese language, by John Harington Gubbins. Prt. I.

Divers.

— L’Asie à l'Exposition Universelle.

Par C. de Varigny. (Revue des Deux- Mondes, 1er Oct. 1889, pp. 595/617).

— L'exposition rétrospective de l’Extrème-Orient. Par C. Sainson, Secrétaireadjoint de la Société Sinico-Japonaise.

(Le Lotus, Avril 1889, pp. 112/196, ibid., Juillet 1889, pp. 129/145).

— Tobacco. By Rev. Jas. Gilmour.

(Chinese Recorder, May 1889, pp.

— Levensbericht van Dr. Pieter Anton Tiele door Martinus Nijhoff. Leiden, E. J.

Brill, 1889, br. in-8, pp. 55.

Overgedrukt uit de Levensberichten van de

Maatschappij der Nederlandsche Letterkunde te Leiden, 1588—1889.

1. In the + A F# SL is found the following notice concerning the dice:

= Dh EE Hi T HSE. ARE, = AÈTÉ,Z=HA 5%, MHEX, RHHÉ, FH KÉÈAHA, 2HEË NT, =H TT, NARHN, LHH HN, HX HN.

In San-fu-thsi (Sumatra), Chepo (Java dwipa) and Chen-Ching (Chiampa), dice are called G-tien ‘). The ace is called Sat (= Malay satu);

the 2 is called To-ta-peh (= Malay duva);

the 3 is called Te-ka (= Malay tiga);

the 4 is called Am-put (= Malay ampat);

the 5 is called Pan-tsai (= Sanskrit pantcha);

the 6 is called Zam (= Malay nam or annam).

With the Tadjiks (Persians) the ace is called Z£ (= Persian &,

one); the 2 is called To-ta (= Persian düdo); the 3 is called Bien-ta; the 4 is called Ch'at-ta (= Sanskrit Chattra); the 5 is called Pan-ta (= Sanskrit pantcha); the 6 is called Sit-ta (= Persian shat).

1) o has the sound of aw in law, saw.

Can any of the readers of the T'ounG-pao inform me which is the meaning of the names Æo-tien ÿ}} #E and Bien-ta À] #7 ?

InquireEr.

2. According to official returns, the population of China, numbering in 1887, 302,088,114 inhabitants, has increased in 1888 to 303,241,969,

giving an increase of more than 1,000,000 of souls in a year.

3. In F. Hirth's China and the Roman Orient are mentioned a number of articles of import from the West into China whose names are, as yeb, not identified. Can any scholar of Western

asiatic languages give us a clue to the following names?

À LA choo mow, red hair (or red manes? Query: Turkish ornamental horsetails, as it follows in the list after É LE white horses).

3 GE F£ Riai-ki si or ) TE FE l'ung-l'ien si.

DR ÉÉ cAih-ch'i ox ch'ih-li (red dragon).

RÉ nn EX p'ih-tuh shu (a kind of rat).

LE dE ché kü (according to Bridgman, Chinese Chrestomathy, p. 492, N°. 34, Pectens or eared oysters; Pecten roseus according to father Perny and Schlegel's Dutch-Chinese Dictionary 1. v. Kammossel.

F4 À Æ Ju-ts'ai yü (a kind of gem).

H} H ER ming-yüeh chu (moonlightpearls).

kR SX EK ye-kuang chu (nightshiningpearls).

2) ff L'iu-lin (a kind of gem).

FR FF lang kan (white coral, Madrepore?).

FX Bf mei kueï (garnets?).

HIÉ (RE K'ü shu (rugs?).

DE RÉ T'a ting (rugs?).

4 & 1f Kin-tu pu (gold-coloured eloth?).

AE HE ff Jei-chih pu 07 ŸE FE #7 Ti ei-ch'ih chuh-pu (linnen of Fei-ch'ih).

ÉD ICE {5 fa-luh pu (cloth from at-luk).

AE F$ 2E ff fei-chih-k'ü pu (coth from Pei-ch'ih-k'ü).

Ko %Ë {5 À O-lo-tih pu (eloth from O-lo-tik or Aratih?).

E HI {5 pa-tsih pu (cloth from Pa-tsik).

JE 4 {5 To=tai pu (eloth from Tok-tai).

En fi 15 Wen-sih pu (warm-coloured cloth or cloth from Wen-sih).

AE ff t'ao pu (Peach-coloured cloth ?).

#Æ Hh Kiang ti.

ae RÉ tao chang (small bedcurtains) ?).

— fi UN Z, yih-wei-muh-rl.

AK LÉ 2% 5 JA #h tih=ti-mi-mi-tao-nah.

ET FT Æ poifte

TE (PE hiün luh (frankincense).

= RE 2h yün-kiao-hiün.

1) In the Encyel. 44 F4 £ JE , Chap. 53, Article lHÉ PE. we read the following definition by the UM TE : UE LÉ 4h. BÉ DA) 4 # 1e ou s oP jUE FH > LUER 12 AU LE 2e th A curtain means to stretch; it is stretched

over the bed; a small curtain is called a Oushel curtain, because it resembles in its form

an inverted bushel. In Amoy it is called £éng king HX Er the mosquito-palace,

En vente chez E. J. BRILL à Leide (Hollande).

Hoffmann, J. J., Catalogue of Chinese matrices and printing-types founded in the Netherlands by command of his Majesty’s minister for Colonial affairs. 1876. (With English and Dutch advertisement) AM Re C0 NCA

Lind Jr., A., À chapter of the Chinese Penal Code. 1887. 8°. . . f 1.75.

Schlegel, G., Nederlandsch-chineesch woordenboek met de transcriptie der chineesche karakters in het Tsiang-Tsiu dialekt. Hoofdzakelijk ten behoeve der tolken voor de chineesche taal in Nederlandsch-Indië bewerkt. Uitgegeven met ondersteuning van het Ministerie van Koloniën. 1884—1889. 4 vol. gr. 8°. f 80.—.

5 AH EL #4] on Âk IS Mai Yu lang toù tchen hoa koueï. — Le vendeur

d'huile qui seul possède la reine-de-beauté ou splendeurs et misères des courtisanes Chinoises. Roman Chinois. Trad. sur le texte original par G. ScareGer. MST BON eee LUE ORNE RER PE PC

Vissering, W., On Chinese currency. Coin and paper money. 1877. gr. SE ClOPRT te A Le Ce NP TN RER EN Er

Hoffmann, J. J., Japansche spraakleer, uitgegeven op last van den Minister

van koloniEn- SDS 18% MEET f 5.40.

— Japanische Sprachlehre. 1877. gr. 8°. . . . . f1l.—. Leinwand f 12.—. — À Japanese grammar. 2d edit. 1876. gr. 8°. cloth. . . . . . . . mn 12.—

— Japanische Studien. Erster Nachtrag zur Japanischen Sprachlehre. 1878. gr. Be de pe Levis ele 0e De CR ECO PU EP CE EE

— Japansch-Nederlandsch woordenboek. Op last van den Minister van Koloniën bewerkt en uitgegeven door L. SERRURIER. Deel I: A-Aïzara. 1881.

LT BOT TS A ME EL RC ACER UNE RC CP PSE — Hetzelfde werk: Deel IT: O-Oxusi L881. gr. 8 M TE: — Japanese-English dictionary. By order of the Dutch Government elaborated and edited by 1. SerrurIER. Vol. I: A-Aïzara. 1881. gr. 8°. . . . f 4.35.

2 The samé/work. Viol: EL: O:Oxusi:\LS8 1 pr AS EME NUE SON ON MENTbe

— ct ÆH. Schultes, Noms indigènes d’un choix de plantes du Japon et de la Chine, déterminés d’après les échantillons de l’herbier des Pays-Bas à Leide. Nouvelle édition augmentée avec traduction Hollandaise. 1864. kl. 89. ÿ 4.—.

Serrurier, L., Een en ander over Japan. 1877. 8°. . . . . . . "1.

… AE ; RÉ ES uA ce #7 fil =) K fil Te K JX CE nr bn Wa 54

Encyclopédie japonaise. Le chapitre des quadrupèdes avec la première partie de celui des oiseaux. Traduction française sur le texte original avec facsimilé par L. SERRURIER. 1875. (1 Vol. texte. X. 60, 1 vol. conten. 42 planches lithogr.) Study (The Gtrand}), (Ta Hio or Dai Gaku) edited by J. J. HorFmaxx. 2 parts. 1864. 8°. RE ete nee Ie DONS TR J 3.50. I. The chinese text with an interlineary japanese version. IT. Reading of the japanese text in roman character.