See also:

• PUKET (also known by the Chinese name Tongkah)

PUKET (also known by the See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese name Tongkah)  , the first Siamese See also:

• PORT

port on the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of the See also:

• MALAY

Malay See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

Peninsula, situated on the eastern See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of See also:

• JUNK

Junk See also:

• CEYLON

Ceylon (Malay, " Ujong Salang") in 7° 50' N. and 98° 24' E . It is the headquarters of the high See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner of the Siamese administrative See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the same name, and has a See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of about 30,000, of which more than a third is See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese . Beneath the See also:

• TOWN

town and around it See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie deposits of See also:

• TIN (Lat.- stannum, whence the chemical symbol " Sn "; atomic weight =117.6, 0=16)

tin ore which have been worked by Chinese from See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient times, and the extraction of which still furnishesoccupation for the See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority of the inhabitants . In 1907, dredging for tin in the See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour was undertaken by a See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• COMPANY

company . See also:

• PUKET (also known by the Chinese name Tongkah)

Puket has been a resort of European merchants since the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . During the ancient See also:

• WARS

wars between See also:

• SIAM (known to its inhabitants as Muang Thai)

Siam and See also:

• BURMA

Burma it was more than once attacked by the latter, but was relieved by forces from Nakhon Sri Tammarat (Ligore) on the mainland . The Siamese See also:

• MINING

mining See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department has a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch at Puket under See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control of European See also:

• OFFICERS

officers .