FROM TONKIN TO INDIA 



SUPPLEMEN1AR\ GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION GATHERED 



ON THE MARCH 



Point of Departure of Routes 

 and Names of Rivers about 

 which Information was col- 

 lected. 



Sha-ha-ti . 



POUX-KA 



Ta-yang-ka . 



Lantcheu or La.mi 



NlI.UNG-HO 



La-ka-Ho and Laniou- 

 Ho 



Mo\G-IE-TSIN-H(l 



MUONG-LK 



I'ARl' 1. MONGTSR to SSUMAO 



From Sha-ha-te a route starts which joins that from 



Manhao to Muong-la in 2 days at \an-pou-tien. 

 (Direction S.) 



From Poun-ka a route starts leading to Muong-Teun on 



the Nam-Ka (affluent of the lilack River). [S. 20' 



w.]. 



Route from I'a-yang-ka to Talan, 4 or 5 days' march. 

 [N. 85° W.]' S/a^^cs- {i) Tuca (30 li's,= yi m. 

 cir.) ; (2) Tica-liang-tse (90 lis, 22^ m. cir.) ; (3) Sin- 

 pin-you (50 lis, i2i m. dr.); (4) Seu-Koue (60 lis, 

 15 m. cir.) : (5) Talan (20 lis, 5 m. cir.). 



Mule path from Lantcheu to Muong-la along valley of 

 the Nam-Na. [S. 50' E.] 10 days from Lantcheu 

 to Muong-Teun, and 10 days from Muong-Teun to 

 Muong-la. 



The Nilung-Ho should be an affluent of the Black 

 River (Ly-sien-kiang), junction near large Chinese 

 village called Latan (?) 



The La-ka-Ho is an affluent of the Laniou-Ho, which 

 must itself flow into the Senan-kiang (an important 

 affluent on left bank of the Ly-sien-kiang, according 

 to the natives). 



The Mo-te-Ho and the Menling-Ho unite to form the 

 Mong-ie-tsin-Ho, an important branch of the Ly-sien- 

 kiang. Confluence with the latter is in the district of 

 Talan. 



65' 



E.] 



Routes starting from Muong-le : — 



1. Towards Lai-chau (Pavie map). [S. 



2. Towards Ipang and the tea districts : about 6 



days. [S. 50° W.] Stages or principal villages 

 t'H route — Ta-tso-bang, Tchin-seu, Eul-tong, 

 Koua-tson-lin, Men-penting, Mou-lou. 



3. Towards Ssumao. (Marked on my map.) 



4. Towards Poueul, 7 days. [N. 55' W.] Stages — 



(i) Sen-kia-tsen ; (2) Pouking ; (3) Tchang-pin ; 

 (4) Men-ka-Di ; (5) Ti-tchong-o : (6) Meng-sin- 

 Ka. 



' The directions in upright brackets are those of a line as the crow flies between the points of 

 departure and arrival. 



- In Yunnan the li is approximate!)' et|\ial to 439 yards. 



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