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TCHANG-KIA-KEOU, a gate on the great wall, 

 which feparatcs Cl>iiia from Tartary, in the northern part of 

 Pc-tche-li, the principal palTage by which the Tartars enter 

 China ; 90 miles N.N.W. of Peking. 



TCHANG-PING, a town of Corea; 15 miles E. of 



Koang-tcheou Alfo, a city of China, of the fecond 



rank, in Pe-tche-li ; 20 miles N.N.W. of Peking. N. lat. 



40° 14'. E. long. 1 15° 37'- 



TCHANG-SING, a town of Corea ; 35 miles S. of 



Koang-tcheou. 



TCHANG-SONG, a town of Corea ; 33 miles N.W. 

 of Kang-tcheou. 



TCHANG-TCHA, a city of China, of the firft rank, 

 in Hou-quang, on the Heng river. The inhabitants of 

 this city have given occafion to a great fcftival, which is 

 celebrated in the fifth month throughout the empire. The 

 mandarin who governed this city, and was much efteemcd 

 and beloved by the people for his probity and virtue, hap- 

 pening to be drowned in the river, they indituted a feftival 

 to his honour, which is celebrated by fports, and feafts, and 

 fights upon the waters, as if they intended to fearch for the 

 mandarin, the objcft of their love and grief. This feftival, 

 which was at firft peculiar to this city, came afterwards to 

 be obferved throughout the empire ; 742 miles S. of Peking. 

 N. lat. 28° 11'. E. long. II 2° 25'. 



TCHANG-TCHEOU, a city of China, of the firft 

 rank, in Fo-kien; 950 miles S. of Peking. N. lat. 24° 32'. 



E. long. 117° 34' Alfo, a city of China, of the firft rank, 



in Kiang-nan ; 525 miles S.S.E. of Peking. N. lat. 

 31° 50'. E. long. 1 19° 29'. 



TCHANG-TE, a city of China, of the firft rank, in 

 Hou-quang ; 717 miles S.S.W. of Peking. N. lat. 29° 2'. 

 E. long. 1 1 1° 2'. 



TCHANG-YUEN, a town of Corea ; 60 mUes W.S.W. 

 of Ho-ang-tcheou. — Alfo, a town of Corea ; 30 miles S.E. 

 of Kang-tcheou. 



TCHANI, a lake of Rufiia, in the government of Koli- 

 van, upwards of 200 miles in circumference ; 100 miles 

 W.N.W. of Kolivan. 



TCHANKOUR, a town of Thibet ; 105 miles S.E. of 

 Sourman. 



TCHAN-TE, a city of China, of the firft rank, in 

 Ho-nan. This is one of the moft northern cities of the pro- 

 vince. Two things are here remarkable : the firft is a fi(h 

 refembling a crocodile, the fat of which is of fuch a fingular 

 nature, that when once kindled it cannot be extinguiftied ; 

 the fecondjs a mountain in the neighbourhood, fo iteep and 

 inacceflible, that in time of war, it affords a place of refuge 

 to the inhabitants, and a fafe afylum from the infults and 

 Tiolence of the foldiery. Tchan-te contains in its diftrift 

 one city of the fecond clafs, and fix of the third ; 255 miles 

 S.S.W. of Peking. N. lat. 36° 6'. E. long. 1 14°. 



TCHAO-KING, a city of China, of the firft rank, in 

 Quang-tong, on the river Si ; 1 062 miles S.S.W. of Peking. 

 N. lat. 23° 3'. E. long. 111^44'. 



TCHAO-NAIMAN-SOUMI-HOTUN, a town of 

 Chinefe Tartary ; 198 miles N. of Peking. N. lat. 42° 28'. 

 E. long. 1 1 5° 44'. 



TCHAO-TCHEOU, a city of China, of the firft rank, 

 in Quang-tong, on the Pe-kiang ; 1007 miles S. of Peking, 

 N. lat. 23° 37'. E. long. 1 16° 21'. 



TCHAOUTCHE-AGHISI, a town of Afiatic Tur- 

 key, in Natolia, on the Black fea ; 12 miles N.W. of 

 Erekli. 



TCHAPIE-DSAKE-TOMPSOU, a lake of Thibet, 

 jibout 54 miles in circumference. N. lat. 32° 12'. E. long. 

 •4° 3V- 



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TCHARKAZ. See Zakciias. 



TCHARONDA, a town of Rufiia, in the government 

 of Novgorod, on the Sula ; 188 miles E.N.E. of Nov- 

 gorod. N. lat. 59° 40'. E. long. 37° 34'. 



TCHASl RCONG, a town of Thibet, near the Ganges; 

 24 miles E. of Latac. 



TCHASTIJA, an ifland of Ruflia, in the government of 

 Irkutflc, on the Lena ; 112 miles N.E. of Kirendv. 



TCHAT, a mountain of Thibet, on the frontiers of 

 Yarkan. N. lat. 33° 10'. E. long. 78° 44'. 



TCHATELI, a town of Chinefe Tartary, in the country 

 of Hami ; 38 miles N.W. of Hami-Hotun. 



TCHAUNSKAIA, a gulf on the northern coaft of 

 Rufiia, in the Frozen fea. N. lat. 71° to 72°. E. long. 

 166° to 169°. 



TCHAUSI, a town of Ruflia, in the government of 

 Mogilev, on the Soz ; 40 miles S.E. of Mogilev. N. lat. 

 53° 36'. E. long. 31° 14'. 



TCHAZMIUNSKOI, a cape on the eaft coaft of 

 Kamtfchatka; 52 miles S. of Verchnei Kamtfchatfl<oi. N. 

 lat. 55° 48'. E. long. 16®^ 15'. 



TCHEBAKSAR, a town of Ruflia, in the govern- 

 ment of Kazan, on the Volga ; 64 miles W.N.W. of 

 Kazan. N. lat. 56° 24'. E. long. 46° 30'. 



TCHEBARKULSKAIA, a fortrefs of Ruflia, in the 

 government of Upha; 132 miles E. of Upha. 



TCHECHUI, a river of Ruflia, which runs into the 

 Lena, nearly oppofite Ilin(l<a. 



TCHECO, a town of Thibet; 93 miles E.S.E. of 

 Lafia. 



TCHEFTKAN, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in Ala- 

 dalia; 45 miles N.N.W. of Adana. 



TCHEGEN, an ifland in the Cafpian fea; 144 miles S. 

 of Aftrachan. 



TCHEGOTCHINA, a river of Ruflia, which runs 

 into the Kolima, N. lat. 68°. E. long. 150° 14'. 



TCHEGUEDE Hotun, a town of Chinefe Tartary, 

 on the eaft bank of the Amur, oppofite Teldom ; 673 miles 

 N.N.E. of Peking. N. lat. 49° 26'. E. long. 127° 37'. 



TCHEHARSHEBEH, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in 

 Natolia; 30 miles S.E. of Alah Shehr. 



TCHEKENAGUR, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in 

 Caramania; 21 miles S. of Kirfliehr. 



TCHE-KIANG, a province of China, bounded on the 

 north and north-weft by Kiang-nan, on the eaft by the fea, 

 on the fouth by Fo-kien, and on the fouth-weft by Kiang-fi ; 

 about 200 miles in length from north to fouth, and from 

 1 20 to 1 80 broad. This province, which was formerly the 

 refidence of fome of the emperors, is one of the moft con- 

 fiderable in the empire, on account of its maritime fituation, 

 extent, riches, and the number of its inhabitants. The air 

 is pure and healtkful ; the plains are watered by a number 

 of rivers and canals, kept in good order ; and the fprings and 

 lakes, with which it abounds, contribute greatly to its fer- 

 tility. The natives are mild and lively, and very polite to 

 ftrangers ; but they are faid to be extremely fuperftitious. 

 A prodigious quantity of filk-worms is bred in this pro- 

 vince ; whole plains may be feen covered with dwarf mulberrj' - 

 trees, which are purpofely checked in their growth : they 

 are planted and pruned almoft in the fame manner as vines. 

 Long experience has taught the Chinefe, that the leaves of 

 the fmalleft trees procure the beft filks. The principal 

 branch, therefore, of the trade of this province, confifts in 

 filk-ftuffs ; thofe in which gold and filver are intermixed are 

 the moft beautiful, and moft efteemed in the empire. With 

 regard to their common pieces, an immenfe quantity is fent 

 to every part of China, to Japan, the Philippines, and to 



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