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PONDICO

Volume 15 · 103 words · 1797 Edition

an island of the Archipelago, lying on the gulph of Zitton, near the coast of Negropont. It is small and uninhabited, as well as two others that lie near it.

PONG-hou Isles, in the province of Fo-kien in China, form an archipelago between the port of Emouy and the island of Formosa. A Chinese garrison is kept here, with one of those mandarins who are called literati, whose principal employment is to watch the trad-

Vol. XV. Part I. Pontifex town and Doncaster. The adjacent country yields plenty of limestone, together with liquorice and skirrets.

W. Long. 1. 5. N. Lat. 53. 42.