miles ) is very dilRcuIt, being croffed fometimes by Moun- 
tains extreamly fteep, fometimes by Valleys of extraordina- 
ry depth, and through D^fert PlainSj where in for two or 
three dayes march we met withnothing^The Mountaines of 
this Country are covered on theEaftflie with great Oakes 
and old Forreiis which have not been cut for fome Ages. 
All the Country which is beyond the Province of Ld'^^- 
^/^5^ is exceeding dt^ftrt where nothing is to be feen on all fides 
but Mountains and Vallys, and Denns of ^r^, T/^wand 
other Devouring beafts, you can fcarce find a houfe^ but on- 
ly i^orm poor Reed huttSj upon the fides of fome brooks, and 
ftreames. All the Gitys 2in.d Bmro,v-towm which I have feea 
m th^ Ymvimc oi Leao'pm^^ and which are in very great 
numbers are intirely ruined : One can lee nothing through 
the whole Country but old ruined Walls with Rubbell, 
Bricks, and Stones. In the out skirts of thefe Citys there 
have been of late feme few houfe built, but without any or- 
der. Some of them made of Earth, others of the Rubbifh 
of the old Buildings/ the mofl: part of them covered with 
ftraw or thatch, and but few with tyles. Therein now 
not the leaft footfteps remaining of a great number of Towns 
and Villages which were-here before the Warr. Becaufe 
the petty King of the f^ri^r/, who began to kindle this 
Warr having but a very fmall Army, caufed the Inhabitants 
of thofe places to take Armes, which places he forthwith 
deftroyed, that he might take from his Soldiers the hopes 
of ever returning again to their own Homes. 
The Capital Gity of Ledo-tnm , which is called ^an-Tam^ 
is a City very fair and prety intire, it has as yet the Re- 
m aines of an antient Pdace. It is ( for as much as I was able 
to remark by divers Obfervations ) of the Latitude of 41 
degrees 56 mimts that is to fay , two degrees above 
PekWy tho' hitherto botlrthe Europeans and the Chine fe have 
given that City the Latitude of 41 degrees. There is in 
that City no declination of the Magnetick Needle, as I 
have found by many reiterated Obfervations. The City of 
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