FROM TONKIN TO INDIA 



Point of Departure of Routes 

 and Names of Rivers alnjiil 

 which Information was col- 

 lected. 



Fey-Long-Kiao — cont. . 



LOUKOU 



Communications bf- 

 tween the mekong 



AND THE SaLWEN, 



AND Names of Lis- 

 sou Villages upon 



THE LATTER RiVER 



Route by the left 



BANK. OFTHeMeKONG 



From Kieoui-tcheou another route branches, leading in 

 7 days to Yiing-chang-Fou. [S.] S/a^^es — (i) 'I'ong- 

 Kien ; (2) Loui-Tchouang ; (3) Li-Tchai-Pa ; (4) Lo- 

 Fou-Tchang ; (5) Siho-Loa-Tchouang ; (6) I'an-Kiao- 

 Kai (where the route from Yiin-long to ^'iiIlg-(■bang is 

 joined) ; (7) Viing-chang-Fou. 



1. Route from Loukou to Teng-\ ueh, iS to 10 days. 



[S. 40'' W'.]: passing (i) Moupo; (2) Souko-choui ; 

 (3) Manyu ; (4) Man-Kouan-Kai ; (5) Kaii-tin-Kai ; 

 (6) Ta-tang-tse ; (7) Liou-kiang-pou ; (8) Hsiao-Kai; 

 (9) Kuou-tchi-Kai ; (10) Ouei-Kai ; (11) Koui-hai- 

 tse : (12) Teng-Yueh. 



2. Route from Loukou into the country of the I'ou- 



mans (?). Opened within the last few years, and only 

 for pedestrians, it has the reputation of being very 

 unhealthy. Ceneral direction W. The route crosses 

 the Salwcn and the great range behind, in which 

 are tea plantations. It then cuts the Hsiao-kiang, 

 affluent of the Long-Song-kiang, a large river that 

 flows into Burmah (no doubt the Chouely). In this 

 valley the natives are said to be the savage Lansous(?). 

 'I'hence one reaches the country of the wild Pou- 

 inans, where the My-le-kiang has its course, and 

 fartherthe I.ang-tchouan-kiang near English confines. 

 From Loukou to the Poumans' territory is about 12 

 days. These Poumans must be the same as the 

 Kachins or Singphos of Upper Burmah, the Lang- 

 tchouan-kiang must be the eastern branch of the 

 Irawadi (N'mai-Kha), and the My-le-kiang its 

 western branch (Mali-Kha). But who can these 

 I -ansou savages be ? 



3. There is a foot track up the right bank of the Sahven, 



by which, at i day's distance from Loukou, is 

 reached Tenkeu, the residence of a toussou. 



Routes crossing the mountain chain and only jmicticable 

 for pedestrians, each from 2 to 4 daj's' march ; start — 



1. From Tse-Ho. 



2. I-'rom Teki, bordering on Tasouin (cord bridge), 



whence a way proceeds towards Upper Bur- 

 mah. 



3. From Fong-Chouan to Zali. 



Going northward from Tasouin are found Dapelou, 

 Lomate, Zali, and Ketseki. 

 P'rom Fey-Long-Kiao a mule track ascends the left bank 

 of the .Mekong. 



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