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Route of a Journey from Ava to- Pekin. 



[Julv, 



Date. 



Names of places. 



09 



bD 



a 

 'a 

 H 



Remarks. 



28th Jan. .. 



Stopt at the city of Teng-chow, to 







1834. 



ohange horses and porters, (Ting,) 



3 



The walls are 8,400 cubits 

 round and 13 high, with 1 

 gateway on each of the 4 

 sides, and Hu-ta-ld-ye is 

 the governor. 



Ditto, 



Passed the city of Wun-tu-hien, .... 



6 



The walls are 14,000 cubits 

 round and 10 high, with 1 

 gateway on each of the 4 

 sides, and Y6-t£-16-ye is 

 the governor. (The route 

 of the mission of 1787 

 makes this place much 

 more distant from Tseng* 

 tein-fu.—B.) 



Ditto, 



Slept at the village of Myeng-yi-teng, 



3 





29th 



Slept at the village of Puon-tsheit- 

 kfiyo, 



12 





30th 



Slept at the city of Pauk-teng-fu 







where a Tsotin-tii resides (Pao-t^ng) 



6 



The walls are 7,000 cubita 

 round and 12 high, with 1 

 gateway on each of the 4 

 sides. Tshi-hauk-y6 is the 

 Tsotin-tu, and Tshein-tk- 

 16-ye" and Oun-ta-16-y£ are 



31st 



Stopt at the city of Ngan-shyu-hien to 





the governors. 





change horses and porters (Ngan ?) 



5 



The walls are 5,600 cubits 

 round and 7 high, with 1 

 gateway on each of the 4 

 sides, and Tshein-ta-16-y& 

 is the governor. 



Ditto, 



Slept at the village of Pe-kho, 



6 





1st Feb 



Passed through the city of Teng-tsi- 









hien, 



2 



The walls are 8,400 cubits 









round and 7 high, with L 









gateway on each of the 4 









sides, and Ly6-ta-16-ye is 



Ditto, 



Slept at the city of Tsue-chow, (Tso- 





the governor. 





tcheon ?) , 



7 Thfi walk nrp in *nn mlii'fo 







* 



round and 13 high, with 2 









gateways on the eastern, 









and I on each of the other 









3 sides, and Tshauk-ta-16- 









y6 is the governor. 



2nd 



Slept at the city of Leng-ym-hien, . . 



7 



The walls are 7,000 cubits, 

 round and 10 high, with 1 

 gateway on each of the 4 

 sides, and Tshein-t4-16-y£ 

 is the governor. 



3rd 



Reached the city of Pe-kyin, the re- 

 sidence of the emperor of China, 









(Pekin,) 



10 





" From the city of Moimyxn to Pekin, there is a fortified chokey or post, 

 with an officer at every taing or half taing of the road as considered neces- 

 sary ; and from a distance of 10 days before you reach Pekin to that city, 

 there is at intervals of one quarter of a taing, and between every two 

 chokies, a small building with a centinel on duty. At each chokey the 



