Thus when the Dutch went about everywhere asking 'Where is the gold?' the aboriginals would point north, south, east or west, sometimes saying it was in Tuoluoman (Hualien), sometimes saying in Kavalan (Ilan), but never mentioning the name of Keelung, "writes Yin Ping in her Taiwan and the Ocean.
因此當荷蘭人百般打聽『金在何處』，先住民東指西指南指北指，一會兒說在哆囉滿（花蓮），一會兒說在蛤仔難（宜蘭），只是從來不提『雞籠』（基隆）二字」，《海洋台灣》一書作者尹萍這樣寫著。