called by the Europeans Liampo, is an excellent port, on the eastern coast of China, opposite to Japan. Eighteen or twenty leagues from this place is an island called Tcheou-chan, where the English first landed on their arrival at China.

The silks manufactured at Ning-po are much esteemed in foreign countries, especially in Japan, where the Chinese exchange them for copper, gold, and silver. This city has four others under its jurisdiction, besides a great number of fortresses.