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age contains three ancestral halls, two temples, one school, and five shops. It was settled near the close of the Ming dynasty. The vil lagers are principally quiet and civil farmers. One of the old residents, who wears a flowing beard full fifteen inches in length, speaks a little English, and has visited Bombay, Ceylon, and Calcutta.

Nám-leng. a village on the southwest side of Siú Kuk-wai island, about one mile south of Pak-teng by land. There are 4,000 inhabitants of the surnames Kwan Sung and Wong; half of whom belong to the Kwán clan, which has an ancestral hall near the landing-place, 150 ft. wide in front;-surrounded by a brick wall near the hall, is a three storied pagoda. The Sung clan live in a cluster of houses west of them, and number 1,000; the Wong clan live on the east, in a small hamlet apart by themselves. Each of these last have two ancestral halls. There are but four schools in the village, and twenty or thirty shops. The inhabitauts are far- mers, friendly and civil.

Påk-teng ⇓. A village on the island of Siú-kuk Wai, about

half a mile southwest of Kún-shán. It has 6,000 inhabitants, of the surnames Leung Chan and Chui, ten ancestral halls, three temples, ten schools, and fifty shops; a number of the dwelling-houses have oyster shell walls. The ancestral hall of the Léung clan at the entrance of the village, and one of the Chan clan on the south side, are the best built of the halls; each is 150 ft. wide in front The hall of the Léung clan has a door tablet which was made in the reign of the Emperor Manlik, a. d. 1573. The town is divided into two hamlets, The one nearest Kun shán is named Chung-hau the other Long-mi. The inhabitants are mostly employed in agriculture, quiet in their demeanor, and civil in their deportment to strangers. Large cultivated fields spread beyond the south and west sides of the village.

Pak-nai Chung É village on the island of Siú-kuk Wai, about half a mile west of San-tsú, on the opposite side of the river, There are 4000 inhabitants of the surnames Fok Kwán M Siú Wong and Lai Many of the villages are employed in manufacturing oil from the groundnut. There are in the village ten or more ancestral halls, ten schools, two temples, and one three storied Pagoda. Some of the dwelling-houses are neatly built, and from the highest window in the Pagoda the village has a fine appear- The villagers are civil, but not accustomed to see foreigners.

ance.

Púi-kong a village on the island of Siú Kuk-wai, south-

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