EMBASSY TO AVA.
T here are no-cofuitncshbiï thedli uljît; ilrle globe* where’ the 1,1 ts o |c i\ir
’lized.life^âr^uîjdeirsteod, dfwh'k li \u‘ lu&ciso lurfue'd> 1 knots lulgo, as of
ïhçise -that* KedbetWeen the' BriiW-g’oilsesIronsnnllnddaf^ and the empire o f
'Chma ; «fconeormna, Indtlfeh^vond tile (Afiigcs, -sealed) more was’known to
fté?mcienls, tharïvfff#saehvâj!fcdMi6ry did cxisUv Ï tide-.en ui impoiL mce isJ
bfteritinies'-i ^ f u t e d 'te^fehât imperfect% known;*. w&
ini-#hey’Map'ôf'PtoIemyV ISet t à n ^ ’.AurdT1 Ifdgiefy \igi ùre i> Rtj,io. and
Auica Ohersôiusûs, beXtowcd ou*countries eastwai<£ ot thé G inges-, nid'1
on ÉËe-PeninsdlS that di^tfès. the> Bay ofr Bengal; from the Magnus 1 Sinus,
or Gdlph o f Siam. Bu* ■ ai though ..dpl ‘sJèisfà’otQRy, infoi m a tio n s to bfe*
obtained-' from S^wrîllèiV ofr antiqi licy. d|vplaiiigitho' pôpulatièn*, produce,
e x t e n t , gd<||fâphical'position oJ ili'osejlogions: je t u m it be,tort,'
eluded, thàt eyl&a* thë remote era,* when l’folcmp.compiled-his é lia iv
th’èipoi'ts'ofdheEastemïPeninsula were the seats oi< c-onmiciee. anel resonu.1
fô'Bydoreilfî méchants-, as the*"Xuthdlfd i É iU g u i s f r l S 'î h A t e i 1 dà
the sea coast, by-th e ^ ^ ^ E ip p o ç i^ ; nffc Witfr what people^trade was
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