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mfe and European Languages, all the Conftel- 

 lations that then appeared above the Hori- 

 :zon, and he hlmfelf firft named all thofe he 

 already kiiew ; then unfolding a fmall Map 

 of the Heavens, which I had fome Years fince 

 prefented him, he put himfelf upon inquiring 

 the Hour of the Night, by the Stars in the 

 Meridian : Pleafing himfelf to (hew to all 

 the Knowledge he had acquired in thefe Sci- 

 ences. All the Marks of his Favours which 

 he lb often gave me, even to the fending me 

 to Eat from his own Table thefe Marks I 

 lay were fo Publick, and fo Extraordinary ^ 

 that the two Unkles of the Emperor, who 

 bore the Titles of AiFociates of the Empire-^ 

 being on their Return to Tekin^ faid that 

 when the^ Emperor had fome Regret or ap^ 

 pcared fomewhat Sad, he Would Refume his 

 ordinary Gaiety upon the fight of me. 



I arrived at Vekin in perfect Health the 9th 

 day of ^une very late, though divers were de- 

 tained in the Way by Diftempers, or were 

 returned from their Journy, Hurtand Lamed-* 

 I fay nothing of what we did for Religion 

 in this Journy,having referved that for a par- 

 ticular Relation, by which it will appear^ 

 that by the Grace of our Lord, the Favours 

 we received at the Court of China^ produced 

 confiderable Fruits for the Church, and did 

 tiot take a way the Crofs from the Mifllonaries^ 

 I Ihall here add the Tartarean Names, and 

 tlie diftance of every Place through which we 

 pafled in the Eaftern Tartary^ from the Ca-* 

 pital of the Province of Leao^fum even 

 to Kirin^ according to the order of Days 

 which we Spent in this Progrefs* A Topgra-- 



