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sent, and we were invited by Li-pu'-ta-yeng to accompany the emperor, 

 when he was going out, and we went accordingly. We were accommo- 

 dated in a brick-house about 3500 cubits distant from the palace in the 

 Yuh-mi-yeng garden. On the night of the 14th February we attended 

 the emperor in the Yue-mi-yeng garden, and saw the fire-works, and were 

 treated with sweetmeats and eatables and drinkables. On the 15th 

 February we went again, and were again treated with refreshments, and 

 on the night of the same day we went again, when fire-works were let off. 

 On the 19th February Li'-pu'-t^-yeng having sent word to us to request 

 leave to return, when we went before the emperor we submitted our 

 .request. The emperor ordered, that suitable royal presents and gifts for 

 the ambassadors should be prepared and delivered, and the envoys allowed 

 to return ; and on the 20th we returned to our former residence within 

 the large city. The emperor of China proceeded from his palace in Pehin 

 to his palace in the city of Ye:ho (Zhehol) in Tartary on the 24th February. 

 On the 25th we went by desire of Li'-pu'-ta'-yeng to receive and take 

 away the royal presents, and on entering the palace the royal presents 

 and cloths were packed in boxes and delivered to us, under the direction 

 of Li'-pu'-ta'yeng, and we received and took them away. Ten roll of 

 fine silk were given to each of us five principal men of the mission, and to 

 the subordinate persons five pieces of silk and five pieces of blue cotton 

 cloth. On the 27th February we went to Li'-pu'-ta'-yeng's house to 

 take leave. Li'-pu'-ta'-yeng having furnished us with five carriages and 

 men, we took our departure on the 29th February, 1824. 



" Whenever the emperor came out of the palace or went to the Yue-mi- 

 yeny garden he was attended by two rows, two in each, of persons who 

 had obtained two or three peacock's feathers, or who wore red on the tops 

 of their caps. They used fur cushions or carpets spread on the floor. 



" For the use of the emperor in the hot season, the ice on the lake to the 

 north-west of his palace enclosure is broken open, as we saw, with hatchet 

 and axes, &c, and pieces about three or four cubits thick and two or 

 three long, have a hole made at one end as is done by us to logs of timber 

 and are conveyed by ropes and put into the moat surrounding the palace 

 enclosure. This ice melts and becomes water in consequence of the heat 

 in the increasing moon of Ta-baung, (March.) 



" The emperor appoints seven different Tsoun-tus. The westward two, 

 to the southward three, and to the eastward two. There is no Tsoun-tit 

 appointed to the northward, where the kingdom joins to Tartary. There 

 are thirteen officers who exercise authority under one of the western 

 Tsoun-tus, The names of those who receive orders from the Titu, who 

 commands the soldiers under the Tso&n-tu, are Ti-tailt, Kheng-taih, Shyin- 

 taifc, Tatik.taik, Tshan-Jcyan, Yo-kyge, Tu-tseng, Shyo.pe, Tsheng-tsoun, 

 Pe-tsoUn, Wu-tsoiin, and Lo-tsoiin, making altogether thirteen military 

 officers. There are ten civil officers under the Tsoun-tu, and their names 

 are Phu'-taik who exercises authority over the revenue officers, sitting 



