FROM TONKIN TO INDIA 



Point of Departure of Routes 

 and Names of Rivers about 

 which Information was col- 

 lected. 



MONO-KA 



Chuen-Lo 



Tachin 

 suyen-kia.\( 



Tamano 



LiNGUEU 



1. To Poueul, 4 long days. [E. as far as Ouei-yuen, 



then S. 25' E.] S/aj^es — (i) Salafang ; (2) 



Ouei-yuen ; (3) Sisa : (4) Poueul. 



JVo/e. — From confirmed information, Ouei- 

 yuen is not in the N.E. as marked on the 

 Chinese maps and from them copied into 

 European mapii. Ouei-yuen is a fairly im- 

 portant centre, near which are the two large 

 salt mines of Hsiang-ien-Kin and Lang-chou- 

 Kin (latter i day N. of OueV-yuen). 



2. There is a route from Poueul into liurmah by 



Teng-Vueh, passing iNFong-ka and Tapong (ferry 

 over Mekong on the Mong-ka — Mienning route). 

 From Tapong to Teng-Yueh, about 2 1 days' march. 

 [N. 8° \V. as far as Keng-Ma, then N. 35° W. 

 approximately.] Sfa^s^es — (i) Tamano ; (2) Sang- 

 Kaichin ; (3) Monsa ; (6) Keng-Ma; (12) Chen- 

 Kang : (14) Passage of the Sal wen ; (21) Teng- 

 Yueh. 



3. There must be a route from Mong-ka to Tali-Fou 



of which the first stages would be — (i) Ouen- 

 Cong; (2) Mong-Lo ; (3) Taopicai. I could 

 not trace it farther. 



1. From Chuen-Lo to Mong-Lang, 3 days, by Tachio- 



Ten, Mong-long-co, Sihai, and Toung-chewan. 

 [Ceneral direction .S. 70° W.J Mong-Lang is an 

 important centre and the residence of a mandarin 

 with the title 7/V/!,^ 



2. From Chuen-Lo a route starts W.N.W". to Ninhai, 



I day, by Ningoua and Mong-Kin. By continu- 

 ing in this direction one would come upon the 

 independent li-Kcnfus (?) (/<• means wild). The 

 Chinese account of them is that they live nearly 

 naked and are armed with lances and poisoned 

 arrows. 

 Three days W. of Tachin are silver mines in process of 



working ; Mona-Chang. 

 At the confluence of the Sekiang and the Mekong, 

 which here at the ferry bears the local name of Suyen- 

 kiang. A route starts hence to Ya-Kou, Ka-Kong, 

 Momi, and Molo, districts situated between the 

 Mekong and the route from Mong-ka to Mong- 

 pan. 

 From Tamano to Muong-Moun, i day. 

 From Lingueu to Tapong (Mekong), i to 2 days 

 S.^V. 



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