^Tol. III. MifcelUnea Curiofa. 185 



|)a{red by a way at a good diftance from that 

 jof the Emperor, yet it raifed fo horrible a 

 Duft, that we always feemed to March in 

 a cloud, and thence found it Difficult to di- 

 ftinguifli thofe that Marched 15 or 20 Paces 

 from us. 



The March was fo well regulated, that 

 this Army Incamped every Night upon the 

 lides of fome River or Brook. 'Twas for , 

 this Reafon that they caufed the Tents and 

 the Baggage neceflary for this Incamping to 

 let out very early in the Morning *, and the 

 Quarter-mafters upon their firft arrival. 

 Marked the Ground moft proper for the pla- 

 cing of the Emperors Tent, of the Queens, 

 of the Kings, of the Grandees, of the Court, 

 of the Mandarines^ each according to his Dig- 

 nity, and according to the Dignity he had 

 in the Chinefe Militia, which is divided into 

 eight Orders or into eight Standards. 



In the fpace of three Months we pafled a- 

 bout 1 000 y^/7^"/,advancing towards the North- 

 eaft, and about as many in our return : In 

 fine, we arrived at Kam-Hay^ which is a Fort 

 fituated between the South Sea and the Moun- 

 tains of the North : It is there where is the 

 beginning of that fo much Celebrated Wall, 

 and which feparates the Province of Leao-tum 

 from that oiFekely ^ from v/hence it is extend- 

 ed very far on the fide of the North over the 

 tops of the highell: Mountains. When we en- 

 tred this Province, the Emperor, the Kings, 

 and the Grandees of the Court, quitted the 

 great Way of which we have hitherto fpoken, 

 to take that of the Mountains of the North, 

 phi^h are extended without Interruption to- 

 . wards;- 



