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might give them fome Marks of his being ve- 

 ry fenfible of it, he was pleafed to fufFer him- 

 felf to be feen by all, and forbid his Guards 

 to hinder the People from approaching him, 

 as they ufed to do at Tekin. 



They make in this City Barks of a very 

 particular manner : The Inhabitants keep al- 

 ways a great number of them ready fitted to 

 Repulfe the Mufcovites^ who come often into 

 this River, to difpute the Fifliing of Pearls. 

 The Emperor repofed himfelf two Days, af- 

 ter which he Defcended upon the River with 

 fome Lords, accompanied with more than loo 

 Boats, till he arrived at the City of Vla^ , 

 which is the faireft of all this Country, and 

 which at other times hath been the Seat of 

 the Empire of the Tartars. 



A little below this City, which is at moH 

 about 32 Miles ixom Kirin^ the River is very 

 full of a certain Fifli which refemble near e- 

 nough the Plaice of Europe: and 'twas prin- 

 cipally for the taking the Divertifement of 

 Filhing, that the Emperor went to Via ^ but 

 the Rain^ coming on fo fuddainly, fwelled 

 the River" fo much, that all their Nets were 

 broken and carried away, by the great Flood 

 ofthofe Land Waters: The Emperor notwith- 

 ftanding ftaied 5 or 6 Days at Vla -^ but fee- 

 ing the Rains were not at all difcontinued, he 

 w^s obliged to come back to Kirin^ without 

 havinjg injoyed the Pleafure of Filhing : as we 

 afcended the River, the Bark wherein I was 

 with the Emperors Father in La\y, was fo 

 indafnmaged by the agitation of the Waves, 

 t^hat :\ye were eonftrained to go . ^ Shorev and 

 ipQunt a Chariot drawa ty one Qx^ w^^ 



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