In Suchue, on Mount Tiexe, the ſtones that grow there being burnt in the fire, drop Iron, which is very fit for the making Swords.]
[1738, J. B. Du Halde, “PROVINCE XI. SE-CHWEN.”, in A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary, Together with the Kingdoms of Korea, and Tibet[2], volume I, London, page 111:
SE-CHWEN is hardly inferior to any of the other Provinces, either for Extent or Plenty. It is bounded on the North by that of Shen-ſi ; on the Eaſt by Hû-quang ; on the South by Hû-quang and Yun-nan ; and on the Weſt by the Kingdom of Tibet, and certain neighbouring People.]
Xiju Island (formerly Xiquan), Lienchiang County, Taiwan
1981, A Pictorial History of the Republic of China : Its Founding and Development[3], volume 2, Taipei: Modern China Press, via Internet Archive, page 528:
Outlying the island of Kinmen, the Matsu Islands are well known to the world because of its valiant defense. These consist of Kaoteng, Peikan, Nankan, Tungchuan and Sichuan and spread out at the mouth of the Min River. They form a part of Lienkiang county, Fukien.
