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202 Siam — Su-tan.
Siam, first mission from, to China, 6; first
Chinese mission by sea to, 8; its trade with China
at end tenth century, 19; — see also Ghon-la.
Siang-kung, title given chief of Tan-ma-
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ling, 67.
Siang-shi, Tinhosa island,
Sicily, — see Ssii-kia-li-y6.
10.
Silk, exported from China to Ceylon, 3; Greek
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knowledge of silk trade of China, 5; produced in
Chan-ch'ong, 48; raw, a product of Ch6n-la, 53;
brocades, gauzes and skeins of, imported to Sanfo-ts'i,
61; tissues of Ho-ch'i, sold in Tan-ma-ling,
67; tissues of Ho-ch'i, sold in Ling-ya-ssi-kia, 68;
•tissues, imported to Si-lan, 73; weaving in Sho-
p'o, 78; stuffs, imported to Sho-p'o, 78; tissues
of cotton and, a product of Chu-lien, 96; people
of Ta-ts'in clever weavers of, lO-l; tissues worn
in P"o-ni, 155; tissues of, imported to P'o-ni,
156; tissues imported to islands near P'o-ni, 158;
tissues imported to San-sil, 162; tissues imported
to Sin-lo, 168; value of, in Sin-lo, 169; line 43;
fine, fabrics in Ji-pon, 171; tissues imported to
Hai-nan, 177. .
. Silkworms, in Sho-p'o, 78; none in P'o-ni,
155; few, in Sin-lo, 169; none in Hai-nan, 180.
Silver, imported by Persians to China, 16;
imported into China in tenth century, 19; a product
of Kiau-chi, 46; imported to Chon-la, 53;
lumps of, currency of San-fo-ts'i, 60; imported to
San-fo-ts'i, 61; currency of Su-M-tan, 82; bowls
imported to 'Tan-ma-ling, 67; used in trade at
Fo-lo-an, 69; brought to Si-lan, 73; used in alloy
for Sho-p'o currency, 78; used in trade in Sho-
p'o, 78; currency of alloyed, in Nan-p'i, 88;
currency of Ku-lin, 89; coins used in Chu-lien,
100, n. 8; bullion exported from Ki-shi, 134; a
•product of Pai-ta, 135; a product of K'i-tz'i-ni,
138; found in Ji-p6n, 171.
Siu-chou, the capital of Chan-ch'ong, 47.
Sin-lo (Korea), route of ships from Ts'uanchou
to, 166; clans of, 167; relations of, with
China, 167; mode of living, government, fondness
for literature, 167; products of, 167, 168; music
in, 167; people of, superstitious, 167.
Sin-t'o (Sundas), a dependency of San-fo-ts'i,
62; situated west of Su-ki-tan, 82; has a large
harbour, 70; houses of, 70; dress of people of, 70;
pepper of, 70; native products of, 70; country in
unsettled condition, traders rarely visit; 70;
pepper of, the best, 222.
Sin-t'ou, the Sindhn or Indus river, 13.
Singapore Strait, 11. ;
Siraf, possibly visited by Ciinese, 4; ships to
and from China came to, 15; not referred to by
Chinese, 15; possible reference to, by name of
Ssii-lien, 117.
Skin, of boa-constrictor, used to cover musical
instruments, 45.
Slaves, black, expert divers, 31, 32; from
Africa and Negritos countries, 32; price of, in
Chan-ch'ong, 48; dancing-girls in temples of Chbn-
la, 53; how procured in islands near Java, 84;
their value, 84; exported from Ki-shi, 134, n. 2;
in escort of king of Wu-ssi-li (Egypt), 144; how
caught by the Arabs, 149; of Sha-hua-kung sold
in Sho-p'o, 150; how made in Ji-p6n, 171; not
tattooed among the Li, 183.
Smuggling, punished by prison, 9; by branding
and exile, 20; confiscation of goods for attempted,
21; of copper cash from China to Shop'o,
78; punished in P'o-ni, 156; pearls into
China, 230.
So-li, Chola, or Soladesam, Coromandel, 98,
n. i; Ceylon called So-li Si-lan, 98, n. i, 100, n. u.
Socotra, island of, referred to, 131; sorcerers
of, 132, n. 3; dragon's-blood and aloes of, 131,
132, ri. 5.
Sohar, — see Wu-la and Wu-pa.
Soleyman,his narrative concerning China, 15;
his statement concerning exports to China, 16;
concerning government of foreign settlement in
Canton, 16.
Solomon, his tomb in Andaman islands, 148.
Solstice, winter, when kept in Chan-cli'6ng,48.
Somali coast, — see Pi-p'a-lo and Chung-Ii.
Sorcerers, of Chung-li, 130-131; in Hai-nan,
181.
Spelter, exported from Ki-shi, 134.
Spikenard, possibly exported from Diul-
Sindh, 3.
Ssi-ch'uan, products of, exported to India and
Oxus valley, 6.
SM-'ch'uan-kung, imported to Shij-p'o", 78;
a species of levisticum, 81; used to cure peppergatherers,
83.
Ssi-kia-li-ye (Sicily), near Lu-mei", 153;
clothing and customs of, 153; the volcano of,
153-154.
Ss'i-lien (Sirdf?), a dependency of the Arabs,
117, 122.
Ssi-lu-wa (Surabaya), 85.
Ssi-ma-kie, title of a minister of state in
Sho-p'o, 76.
Ss'i-su, a drink made by the Arabs with sugar
and spices; probably th.^. sherbet or sharab of the
Arabs, 115.
Statues, in gold, ojf kings of San-fo-ts'i, 61; of
four-armed and six-armed Buddha;, in Fo-lo-an,
69.
Steel, imported by Persian to China, 16, 19.
Stones, precious, of Ceylon, 2; used in ornamenting
palaces of king of Si-lan, 72; of T'ienchu.
111; in palace of Mi-ssii-li, 115; of streets
of same, 111; 'precious, brought to Mecca, 125; of
wall of Lu-mei, 141: precious, of Ch'a-pi-sha, 153.
Storax, imported by Persians to China, 16;
imported to San-fo-ts'i, 61; liquid, much in Pi-
p'a-Io, 128; liquid, a product of Pai-ta, 135;
liquid, from K'i-tz'i-ni, 138; liquid, from Ln-mei,
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141; description and lises of, 200. '
Su-ki-lang, a small island outside of Ki-yang
in Hai-nan; 176.
Su-ki-tan (Java), traders bound for Sho-p'o
deceive Chinese Government by referring to it as,
reason for this deception, 78; a portion of Shijp'o,
82; coast of, marked by Pau-lau-an moun-
tain, 82; dress in, 82; currency, 82; houses, 83;
fruits, 83; liquors, 83; products, 83; peppergatherers,
83; cinnabar much used in, 83; no harr
borage dues charged in, 83; dependencies of, 83;
location of, 85; pepper of, 222; cubebs from, 224.
Su-tan, a king of the Ta-shii styled, 103; sends
yearly tribute to Ta-ts'in, 103; protects Ta-ts in,
103; — see Sultan.