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mission now consisting of the four envoys and their thirty followers, besides two 

 men acquainted with the Chinese language, whom the Governor of Ba-m6 had at- 

 tached to the envoys, left Yunan on the 21st of October 1833, attended by the un- 

 dermentioned Chinese appointed by the Tsoun-tu to take charge of the mission. Two 

 military officers, Kue-ta-yeng who had a red button, and Tsu-ta-16*ye v who had a 

 blue button ; and two civil officers, Tsheng-ta-16-y& who had a blue button, and 

 Teng-ta-l6-y6 who had a transparent white button ; and 8 subordinate officers, Ti- 

 ta-l6-ye\ who had a white button, and Tshue-ta-16-yS, Shya-16-yd, Tsoun-l6-y£, 

 Mo-w£-l6-y£, Houn-16-ye\ Thoun-16-y£, and Han-16-y6, each of whom wore a brass 

 button. 



Date. 



Names of places. 



Remarks. 



We learnt from Pyeng-tA'- 



21st. Oct. Left the city of Yunan. and slept at 



1833. the village of Wun-khyauk, 5 



22nd Slept at the village of Yan-leit, .... 7 



lo'-ye the governor of this place, and some men of rauk, who came and paid us a 

 visit, that this town had consisted of upwards of 2,000 houses, but that at 9 o'clock 

 on the morning of the 6th September last, an earthquake had completely destroyed 

 the place, leaving not a single house or shed standing, and killing upwards of 1,000 

 of the inhabitants. 



23rd. 

 24th. 



25th. 



26th. 

 27th. 



28th. .. 

 29th. .. 



30th. .. 

 31st. .. 

 1st Nov, 

 2nd. .. 



3rd., 

 4th. 



Slept at the village of Yi-loun-tsdn, 



Slept at the city of Md-loun-chow, 



(Malong,) .. . , , 



Slept at the city of Shyd-yi-choiv, 



Slept at the village of Pe-shue, 



Slept at the city of Pyeng-yeng-hien, 



Slept at the village of Yi-za-khoiin, 

 Slept at the village of Y6-kuon-teng- 



tsan, 



Slept at the village of Shyan-tsain, . . 

 Slept at the village of Pe-shyd-ii, . . 

 Slept at the village of A-tu-tengj. . . . 

 Slept at the city of La-taing, 



Slept at the village of Bo-koim, . . 

 Slept at the city of Tsein-leng-chow, 

 (Tchin-ning ?) 



The walls of this city are 

 6,300 cubits in circumfer- 

 ence and 10 cubits high, 

 with a gateway on each of 

 the 4 sides. The name of 

 the governor is Lhy6-ta- 

 15-y£ 



The walls of this city are 

 4,900 cubits in circumfer- 

 ence and 9 cubits high, 

 with a gateway on each of 

 the 4 sides. Lhy6-ta-16-ye 

 is the governor. 



The walls are about 4,900 

 cubits in circumference 

 and 5 cubits high, and has 

 a gateway on the east, 

 west and south faces, but 

 none on the north. The 

 governor is Tsan-ti-16-y6. 



The* walls are upwards of 

 2,800 cubits in circumfer- 

 ence and 10 cubits high, 

 with 1 gateway on each of 

 the four sides. The go- 

 vernor is Tsheng-ta-l6-y&. 



The walls are upwards of 

 4,900 cubits in circumfer- 

 ence and 12 cubits high, 

 with 1 gateway on each of 

 the 4 sides. Tshauk-ta- 

 16-yG is the governor. 



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