APPENDIX A 



Point (»f Departure of Routes 

 and Names of Rivers aljout 

 which Infoniiation was col- 

 lected. 



Cheun-Long-Ho (Nam 

 Bang) 



SSUMAO 



MONGPAN 



The Cheun-Long-Ho has its source about 2 days N. 

 of Muong-Hsien, a village 3 days from Tchen-Lao up 

 the river. Down stream it flows by Xien-tong, 

 residence of a Pai chief subject to China. A route 

 leads from Tchen-lao to Xien-tong in 2 days (sleep at 

 Hsiao-Teou). 



The Cheun-Long-Ho is the source of the Nam Bang, a 

 large affluent of the Mekong. 



Routes starting from Ssumao : 



Poueul, 



2 days. 

 7 to 8 days 



davs. 



( Fr. ( larnier and 

 ;. (Marked on my 

 (Bourne and Col- 

 (iarnier.) 



[S. 50 \V.] Fol- 



Towards 

 Bourne.) 



Towards Muong-le 

 map.) 



Towards I pang, 6 

 quhoun.) 



To Xien-Houng, 9 days. (Fr. 



Towards Mong-Wan, 7 days, 

 lows the Dayakeu road {z: my map) for 4 days, 

 branching at Long-tang. 



From Long-tang to Mong-Wan, 3^ days. Slages 

 — (i) Lin-Koua-ten ; (2) Tchen-kong, cross the 

 Tiouloun-kiang (Mekong) by boat ; (3) Ba-fa-po, 

 3^ days to Mong-Wan. Road good and fre- 

 quented. 



Route to Mong-pan, 6 to 7 days. l^x. 33 

 Stages — (i) Sin-keu-tsong : (2) 

 Poueul-Ho (cross this river) : 



[N- 55 ^v■] 

 >La-nion : (3) 

 (4) Hsiao-he- 



kiang (cross this river) ; 

 Mong-tchu : (7) Mong-pan. 



(5) Pan-ha-tse : (6) 



PART IL SSUMAO TO MEXG-HUA-IIXC 



Route starting from Mong-pan : — 



1. Towards Mong-ka, 2 days. (Marked on my 



map.) 



2. Towards Mong-tchou (30 lis, 7^ m. cir.), important 



centre inhabited by the same population as 

 Mong-pan (Pais, Chinese, and Lokais). 



3. Towards Poueul, 5 days. [S. 55' E.] Stages — 



( i) Tchang-liang-sen ; (2) Pa-te-liang : (3) Tatien ; 

 (4) Kan-tien ; (5) Poueul. 



4. Towards Chouen-lo. (Marked on my map.) 



5. Towards Ssumao ; described above. 



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