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Route of a Journey from Ava to Pekin. 



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came out in state with troops half a taing in advance of the city to meet the Bur- 

 mese envoys, whom he conveyed into the town in sedan chairs, and entertained with 

 a play. The walls of Md:myin are of brick, 1,050 cubits square and 10 cubits hjgh, 

 with one gateway on each side. There is a governor and the military officer. 

 The former has charge of the revenue and judicial affairs and the latter commands 

 the military. There are 3,000 soldiers and only 10 guns and mortars. The go- 

 vernor's house is at the north-west angle of the town, and to the westward there are 

 two granaries capable of holding about 2,000 baskets of paddy each. The envoys 

 reported their arrival at M6 :myin to the King of Ava. On the 4th September, the 

 governor of M6:myin dispatched the Burmese Interpreter, TH)Ri-G\ r 6-DEisr, with the 

 Chinese Interpreter Nga-Shue-tha, undercharge of Ha-tsoun-yin, Kyi-pu-ta- 

 yin and Yan-l6-tsou'n, to proceed to Pekin in advance of the mission. The envoys 

 and the royal letter and presents were then put in charge of the officer Tsu-ta'-l6-ye', 

 who wore a blue button and commanded 1,000 men, the interpreter Main-tha, who 

 was a Shan, and a Chinese interpreter Nga-pa-nouk, and 5 other men who wore a 

 white button. The mission stopped nine days at M6:myin. 



Date. 



7th Sept. 



8th. 



9th. 



J 0th. 



Remarks. 



Left the city of Mo-myin, and slept 

 at the village of Kdn-lan-tshan, . . 

 Stopped at the village of Pd-weng, 

 after crossing an iron bridge 7 cu- 

 bits broad and 70 long, over the 



Shue-li river, 



Stopped at the village of Phd-pyauk, 

 after crossing the Salueen river in 



a boat, 



Slept at the city of Wun-tsheng 

 Chinese yong-tchang-fu and Bur- 

 mese Wun-zen 



commander came out in state and met the mission a Taing in advance of this city 

 i where we stopped a day. The walls of this city are 1750 cubits square and 6 cubits 

 [high. There are 2 arched gateways on each face, and there is a military officer as 

 I well as a governor here. 



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The governor and military 



2th. Sept. 

 13th 



14th. 

 15th. 



1 6th. 



7th. 



8th. 



9th. 

 3th. 

 1st. 

 2nd. 

 3rd. 



Slept at the village of Kuonbd, | 4 



Stopped at the village of Shyd-muho, 

 after crossing an iron bridge 105 

 cubits long and seven broad, ove 



the Me-khaung river, 



Slept at Yotin-pyen-hien, 



Slept at the village of Khuon-leng 



phti, 



Five taings beyond Khuon-leng -phu 

 (we) crossed an iron bridge seventy 

 cubits long and seven broad, over 

 a river which separates from the 

 Ho-kydn and falls into the Me- 

 khaung and stopped at the village 



of Yan-pyin-hien, , 



Crossed, in the village of Yan-pyin 

 Men, an iron bridge 56 cubits long 

 and 7 broad over the Hoky&n river, 

 which flows from the Tdli lake, and 

 stopped at the village of Ho-kydnpo 

 Slept at the city of Tsauk-chow sub- 

 ject to the jurisdiction of the city 



of TdH 



Slept at the village of Khoun-haik,.. 

 Slept at the village of Yit-ndn-y{, . . 9 



Slept at the village of PM-pohn, 6 



Slept at the village of Shyd-khyauk, 8 

 Passed the city of Kyen-ndn-chow, . . | 3 



re cubits high, 700 cubits long from east to west, and 



)rth to south, with a gateway on each face, 

 lander of cavalry here. 



There is no wall round this 

 town, but there is an 

 arched gate-way with a 

 double roof. 



The walls of this town are 

 upwards of 560 cubits from 



There is a governor and a com. 



