or CAMBOJA, a kingdom of Asia formerly independent, but now partitioned between the kingdoms of Anam and Siam. It consists of a flat alluvial plain, traversed by the river Maekhamn or Camboja, and inclosed by two mountain ridges which separate it from the kingdom of Cochin-China proper on the east, and Siam on the west. On the north it is bounded by the kingdom of Laos; on the south by the Chinese Sea. Of the interior very little is known by Europeans. Near the coast the country is overgrown with wood, a little further inland the soil is fertile and well-cultivated, but beyond there seems to be only a vast jungle, where elephants, lions, tigers, and buffaloes find shelter, and are hunted by the natives for their ivory and skins. Deer, hogs, goats, and wild fowl abound in the forests and more cultivated districts. The principal productions are rice, betel, spices, sandal, ivory, eagle and rose woods, gamboge, and numerous other dye-stuffs. The principal tree that produces gamboge is the Garcinia gambogioides; and in Ceylon a similar gum-resin is the concrete juice of the Hebradendron gambogioides. The river Maekhamn falls into the sea by numerous mouths, which are navigable when in flood. In its course it sends off several branches on the eastern side, which, after inclosing large and fertile districts, return further down to the main stream. Camborne On the river Sai-gon, which intersects the eastern part of the province, stands the modern capital Sai-gon, while on Cambridge, the Maekhamn is the ancient capital Pontajpret or Camboja. The foreign commerce of the country is limited to China, and consists in the importation, for the most part in Chinese bottoms, of tea, china, and silk goods. Various attempts have been made by European merchants to establish a friendly intercourse with the inhabitants, but these have hitherto been attended with little success. The climate resembles that of Bengal. See COCHIN-CHINA.