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Sou-tcheou to Kiang rauft pafs. It is celebrated on ac- 

 count of its trade, and water which gives tea a pleafant 

 taftc : dependeut on it are five cities ot the third clafs, in 

 which a particular kind of earthen-ware is manufaftured, 

 highly valued by the Chii.efe, and preferred to the moft ele- 

 gant porcelain. 



TCHING-TEOU, a town of Corea ; 30 miles S.S.W. 

 of Kaug-tcheou. 



TCHING-TING, a city of China, of the firR rank, 

 in Pe-tche-li. Tching-ting is a large city, about four miles 

 in circumference. Its jurifdidlion is very extenfive, and 

 comprehends 32 towns ; five of wtiich are of the fecond, 

 and 27 of tlic third clafs. Northward from it lie feveral 

 mountains, where the Chinefe fay many fimples and curious 

 plants are to be found ; on thefe mountains there are alfo 

 feveral monuments or temples, ercfted in honour of deceafed 

 heroes ; among which is one confecrated to the memory of 

 the tirft emperor of the dynafty of Han ; 137 miles S.S.W. 

 of Pekjng." N. lat. 39=" 9'.- E. long. 1 14^ 20'. 



TCHING-TOU, a city of China, of the firft rank, in 

 Se-tchuen. This was formerly the refidence of the em- 

 perors, and one of the largeft and moft beautiful cities in 

 China; bul in 1646, it was almoil entirely deftroyed, dur- 

 ing the civil wars which preceded the laft invafion by the 

 Tartars. Its temples, bridges, and the ruins of ancient 

 palaces, are objeAs of admiration to ftrangers ; neither its 

 conunerce, nor the manners of its inhabitants, have any thing 

 to diftinguifh it from other cities, nor its fituation, which is, 

 however, exceedingly pleafant. It has under its jurifdiftion 

 fix cities of the fecond clafs and 25 of the third ; 810 miles 

 S.W. of Peking. N. lat. 30" 40'. E. long. 103° 44'. 



TCHIN-HOA, a town of Corea; 50 miks E.N.E. of 

 King-ki-tao. 



TCHINKITANY Bay, a bay on the W. coaft of North 

 America, called by the Spaniards Baya de Guadaloupe. 



TCHIN-NAN, a city of China, of the fecond rank, 

 in Yun-nan ; 1187 miles S.W. of Peking. N. lat. 25° 16'. 

 E. long. 101° 4'. 



TCHIN-NGAN, a city of China, of the firft rank, in 

 Quang-fi ; 1 150 miles S.S.W. of Peking. N. lat. 23° 21'. 

 E. long. 106°. 



TCHIN-YUEN, a city of China, of the fecond rank, 

 in Quang-fi; 1145 miles S.S.W. of Peking. N. lat. 23° 

 14'. E. long. 106^49'. 



TCHIRAKI, a town of Chinefe Tarfary, in the coun- 

 try of the Kalkas. N. lat. 48= 36'. E. long. 115^ 1 6'. 



TCHIRINKOtjTAN, one of the fmall Kurile idands. 

 N. lat. 49" 20'. E. long. 153° 4'. 



TCHIRNOOI, one of the fmaU Kurile iflands. N. 

 lat. 47° 8'. E. long. 151'' 50'. 



TCHIRON. See Shiron. 



TCHISEGI Daghi, a mountain of Afiatic Turkey, in 

 the government of Sivas, near Divriki. 



TCHISTAY, a town of Bohemia, in the circle of Bo- 

 leflau ; 4 miles N;W. of Jung Bunlzel. 



TCHISTIAKOVA, a town of Rufiia, in the govern- 

 ment of Perm ; 36 miles N. of Perm. 



TCPIISTOKOLSK, a town of Ruffia, in the govern- 

 ment of Kazan ; 36 miles S.E. of Kazan. N. lat. 50° 16'. 

 E.loiig. 49° 54'. 



TCHI-TCHEOU, a city of Cliina, of the firft rank, 

 in Kiang-nan ; 570 miles S. of Peking. N. lat. 30° 45'. 

 E. long. 117°. 



TCHI-TCHOUAN, a town of Thibet; 20 miles N. 

 •f Chao-nja-mg Hotun- 



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TCHIUNA, a river of Ruffia, which rifes fix miles 

 from Bratlkoi, in the government of Kolivan, lat. 56° long. 

 101°, and runs into the Tunguilca, 56 miles S.E. of Enifeilk. 

 N. lat. sf 54'- E. long. 93° 34'. 



TCHIURAC, a river of Natolia, which runs into the 

 Meinder near Tcheharfhebeh. 



TCIil-YUEN, a town of Corea ; 15 miles S.E. of 

 Tfin-tcbeou. — Alfo, a city of China, of the firft rank, in 

 Koei-tcheou ; 1000 miles S.S.W. of Peking. N. lat. 

 27° i'. E. long. 107" 51'. 



TCHO, a city of China, of the fecond rank, in Chan-fi, 

 on the river Fuen ; 298 miles S.W. of Peking. N. lat. 36" 

 36'. E. long, iii'^ 23'. Ji 



TCHOCOU, a town of Thibet ; 18 miles E. of Hara- T 

 char Hotun. 



TCHOHA KlAMEN, a poft of Chinefe Tartary ; 4J 

 miles S.W. of Kara. 



TCHOI. See Palcati Nor. 



TCHOKA. See Saghaliex. 



TCHOL, a river of Chinefe Tartary, which rifes in lat. 

 48° 20', long. 120° 34', and runs into the Noupi, N. lat. 

 46^28'. E. long. 123° 31'. 



TcHOL Hotun, a town of Chinefe Tartary, on a river of 

 the fame name ; 500 miles N.N.E. of Peking. N. lat. 46° 

 41'. E. long. 123° 35'. 



TCHOL-ABADI, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in Ca- 

 ramania ; 32 miles S.W. of Alkfhehr. 



TCHOM-COU-CHO, a town of Chinefe Tartary; 

 25 miles S.W. of Ning-yueR. 



TCHOM-YUEN, a town of Chinefe Tartary ; 15 miles 

 N. of Geho. 



TCHONG, a town of Corea ; 68 miles from Kin-nai- 

 tchan. — Alfo, a city of China, of the fecond rank, in 

 Quang-fi; 1 1 75 miles W. of Peking. N. lat 22° 26'. E. 

 long. 107° 4'. 



TCHONG-HOTOC, a town of Thibet ; 90 miles 

 S.S.W. of Horatoube. 



TCHONG-KIANG-CHE, a town on the W. coaft of 

 Formofa. N. lat. 24° 40'. E. long. 138° 2'. 



TCHONG-KING, a city of China, of the firft rank, 

 in Se-tchuen. This is one of the moft commercial cities of 

 the province. It is in a great meafure indebted for its trade 

 to its fituation at the confluence of two remarkable rivers ; 

 one of which, called H'm-cha-kiang, or G olden- f and, re- 

 ceives in its courfe ail the ftreams from the mountains, 

 which rife on the neighbouring confines of Tai-tary. The 

 other is Ta-kiang, which has its fource beyond the bound- 

 aries of China, and is commonly called T ang-tje-l'iang. 

 Tchong-king is built upon a mountain, and rifes in the form 

 of an amphitheatre : the air round it is wholefome and tem- 

 perate. Tliis city is celebrated for its fifli, and a particular 

 kind of trunks, made v«th canes, interwoven in the manner 

 of bafiiet-work. It has in its diftridl three cities of the 

 fecond clafs, and eleven of the third ; 750 miles S.W. of 

 Peking. N. lat. 29° 42'. E. long. 106'^ 19'. 



TCHONG-KOUE, or the Middle Kingdom, the name 

 which the Chinefe give to this empire ; the wcftern Moguls 

 call it Catay ; the Mantchew Tartai-s, Nican-courou ; the 

 Japanefe, Thau : and the people of Cochinchina and Siam, 

 Cin, from wliich Isft appellation that of Cliina is probably 

 derived. 



TCHONTORI, a town of Thibet; 175 miles S.E. 

 of Hami. N. lat. 40° 24'. E. long. 96° 34'. 



TCHO RRO-TOHON-KI AMEN, a poft of Chinefe 

 Tartary ; 23 miles N. of Odoli. 



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