JAVA, island of,........152,203,509 Mantchou-Chinese dynasty, Japanese embassies to and from China,.. Japanese and English vocabu- Jesus' name an offence,. Jews in China,. Jones, Rev. J. Taylor,. Judea, the ancient Ta-tsin?.. KAIRA, mission at,. Kindred, nine gradations,. Kotzebue, Capt. Otto von,. LAKE, the Tung-ting,. 34 113 .80,190 33 296 15,293,478 32,38 226 414 102 491 443 56 Mignan's travels in Chaldea,.. 341 316 511 73 Minerals,. 41 497 302 Missionaries, labors of,. 268 Le Comte's Memoirs & remarks, 249||Nam-oh, harbor of,. Leenchow, rebellion in,29,78,111,246 Nanking,... Le, governor, Legates, papal,. Lema islands,. 247,423,471||Natural history,. Le Mingchě, a geographer,. Leto, a harbor in Shantung,. Lintin, ships at,. 443 Neumann's catechism.. Literary graduate, appeal of a,. 293 OBEDIENCE to God,... 47 NAMES, varieties in,. 494 93 124 470 285 merce, public buildings, &c. 403 PAGODA,.. Macao, population of, &c.,..... 404 Pagoda, porcelain,. Oroumtchi,. 400 Osbeck at Canton,. 117,170 209 .6,167,221 257 219 Patronage, governmental,. Peking, Penang, People, umprivileged,. Persecutions,.. 296 Review of Le Comte,. 209 161 249 35 Review of the Sacred Edict,.. 297 283 Ricci's arrival in China. Phra klang, minister of state,.. 19 Rivers of Mongolia,. Physicians,.. Picture, a dark one,. Piracy,. Poetical dictionary, .383,261 Rivers of Tibet, .398,425 473 430 37 115 119 171 176 38 159,248,381 River, the Meinam,. 84,230 .37,292 485 Rites, pagan,. 499 309 Roads, care taken of. 256 511 Romanism in China,. .61,308 .377,430 Rumors, 78 Policy of the Chinese,. Poppy, the cultivation of,. Population of Macao.. Pulo Way,.. Pulo Condore,. Punishments,. QUEEN of heaven,. Queen of earth,. 236 Saigon or Luknooi, port of,.... 53 160 Sandwich Islands,. 262,306 Sanshan island,. 496 136 283 399 150 15,104,305,311 414 Savior, neglecting the,. .460,503 Schools,. REBELLION at Leënchow, notices 108 Shamans, Catechism of the... 285 of..29,78,111,158,206,246,291,470 Shipwrecks, Rebellion in Formosa, progress .... 342,380,423,471 Siamese New Testament,. Religion, its influence,. 248 125 384 Siam,. 336,412,466 233 Repudiation of a wife,. 80 Sink, doctor, .343,382 12,159 Slavery,.. 159,292,344 Review of Renaudot,. .6,42 ||Societies, secret,. 31 Review of Le Mingché's map,.. 33,113,170||Songs of three characters, . 244 170 THE CHINESE REPOSITORY, VOL. I.-MAY, 1832.-No. 1. Introduction. It is not less a matter of astonishment than regret that, during the long intercourse which has existed between the nations of Christendom and eastern Asia, there has been so little commerce in intellectual and moral commodities. The very vehicle of thought even, has been made contraband. The embargo has been rigorous as death, and has prevented what might have been communicated viva voce. Every visitor at Canton must be struck, not to say confounded, with the strange jargon spoken alike by natives and foreigners, in their mutual intercourse; it has been a most fruitful source of misunderstanding; and in not a few instances, it has paved the way for misrepresentation, altercation, detention, vexation, and other such like evils. Thirty years ago, there was not living more then one individual capable of translating from Chinese into English; and there was not one of the sons of the "Son of heaven," who could read, or write, or speak, correctly, the English language. The empire, of which, as residents, we form constituent atoms, stands at this moment, in the 'midst of the earth,' a stupendous anomaly; and, beyond all controversy, presents the widest, and the most intersting field of research under heaven. By what right of inheritance, by what favorite law of "justice and propriety," a very large portion |