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Route of a Journey from Ava to Pehin. 



[Jul?, 



Date. 



Names of places. 



Remarks. 



23rd Slept at the village of Li-h6, 



24th Slept at the city of Tshii-shyoun 



(Tchou-hiung or Tchou-yung.) 

 about 5 or 6 cubits high, 2.100 cubits long from east to west, and 2,800 cubits from 

 north to south. There are 2 gates in the eastern and western faces, and one only 

 at each of the other two faces. A governor, a military officer, a Shyeng-gueng anjl 

 three other officers have charge of the town. 



25th Slept at the city of Kueng-toun-hien, 7 I 



26th Slept at the village of Shye-tshe, . . 6 



27th Slept at the city of Lfi-thoiin-hien, . . 8 (The walls of this town are 



upwards of 2,100 cubits square and 4 or 5 cubits high, with a gateway on each of 

 the 4 sides. A governor has charge of the town. 



The walls of this town are 



The walls of this town are 



28th (Slept at the village of L6-ya-kuon, . . I 6 \ 



29th jSlept at the city of An-Ung-chow, ..{ 8 (The walls of this town are 



upwards of 4,900 cubits square and 5 or 6 high, with 1 gateway on each face. There 

 is a governor here also. Seeing but few houses within and without the city, we 

 asked the inhabitants the cause, and they told us that the town had been ruined by 

 an excessive salt tax. 



30th [Reached the city of Maing-tshi, (Yu-\ 



nan,) the residence of the Tsow»- 



I tu, | 6 



upwards of 6,300 cubits square and 6 cubits high, with battlements complete. On 

 each, the eastern and western faces, there are two gateways, and on the southern 

 and northern only one. At each gateway there are 6 pieces of cannon capable of 

 carrying shot weighing a viss or half a viss. The gateways are arched and have 

 double roofs over them. There is a large lake which extends from the south to 

 the west of the town, in which there is a great deal of cultivation. Two or three 

 severe shocks of earthquake had been daily felt in this town between the 6th and 

 28th September, 1833, and upwards of 600 brick houses had been thrown down, 

 and upwards of 90 men killed. We saw portions of the walls of the town and a- 

 great many houses in ruins, and found the inhabitants of the country much alarmed. 



On inquiry we learnt, that at Yu-nan, there is a Tsoun-tu named Yueng-ta- 

 YENG, and a Titu named Lo'-ta'-yeng and there are 8 officers under them Li-ta- 

 yeng. Phan-ta-yeng, Kh6-ta-yeng, Nyo-ta-yeng, Tshein-ta-16-y A , Tshan-t4-16-y&, 

 L6-ta-16-yG, and a royal teacher named Li'-tan. The Tsoun-tvi superintends the 

 revenue and civil affairs ; Titu governs the military. The Li-ta-yeng conducts, 

 under the orders of the Tsoun-tu, all civil matters which occur at any place subject 

 to the jurisdiction of the Tsoun-tu. The Phan-ta-yeng takes charge of all the 

 revenue collected therein, and disburses pay to the military when ordered by the 

 Tsoun-tu. The Kh6-ta-yeng examines and tries all criminal offences committed 

 within the same extent of jurisdiction. The Nyo-ta-yeng collects the land and 

 salt taxes. The three officers, Tshem-ta-16-ye, Tshan-ta-16-y6 and L6-ta-16-y6 have 

 jurisdiction within the city of Yanan only, in which they conduct the revenue and 

 judicial duties. The royal teacher, Li'-tan, examines all men within the Tsoun-tu's 

 jurisdiction who come to him, as to their learning and skill in archery, and in the 

 musket, sword and lance exercises, and reports whether they are qualified for the 

 public service, or not. 



The royal elephants joined the mission at Yunan on the 16th October, and on the 

 following day the Burmese envoys waited on the Tsoun-tu and communicated to 

 him the two subjects comprised in their instructions from Ava. The envoys re- 

 quested the Tsoun-tu to solicit the Emperor to put a stop to the difference which 

 exists between Maha'-weng andMAHA'-NUE the Thin-vi or Shan chiefs of Kyain 

 Youn-gylh, (a town 8 days journey to the east of Kyain-toun, situated on the great 

 Cambodia river and on the frontiers of China, the chiefs of which pay tribute to 

 both Ava and China.) The envoys also requested the Tsoun-tu to make certain 

 subjects of China, who had worked the royal silver mines at Bo-duen during the years 

 1829, 1830, 1831, and 1832, to pay up the balance of the duty they owe the king of 

 Ava. The duty was upwards of 200 viss, but these men had only paid 30 viss and 

 had gone off to the towns of Tshu-shyoun T6U and M6:myin. 



The envoys sent back from Yunan the elephanteers and men whom the governor 

 of Ba-m6 had ordered to accompany the mission so far. Chinese were appointed by 

 the Tsoun-tu, agreeably to ancient custom, to take charge of the elephants. The 



