witomeliavt m Religion, nor do they beleive any God. For 
the reft both of the one and the other are Slaves, and w ho- 
ly depend upon the will of their Matters, whofe Religion 
and Manner's they Blindly follow : Like in this to their 
Droves, whogo wJiere they are Lead, and not where they 
ought to go. 
This part o( TarUrj/yluyes without the Prodigious Wall of 
Chim about I coo Chine fe Stadia^ that is to fay more than 
300 Europe An Miles, and extends ft'om the North-eaft to- 
wards the north. 
The Emperor Rides on Horfe-back,in the Head of his Ar- 
my through thefe Delert Places, & thefe Steep Mountains, 
and far from great Roads, expoied all the day to the Scorch- 
ings of the Sun, to the Rains,aiid to all the Injuries of the Air. 
Many of thofe which had been in the iaft Warr,affured me, 
that they had not fuflPered fb much during all that , as du- 
ring this Hunting. In fb much that the Emperor, whofe 
principal Aim it was, to give his Forces a Breathing, per- 
formed effeftuailly W 
The focdnd Reafenhe had of undertaking this ju ^rny, 
was that he might keep the weftern Tartars in their Duty, 
and to Prevent any purnitious Defigns, that might be form- 
ed againft the States. 
• ft; was for this that he entred their Country with fo great 
ah Affef , aiad:^i^h fo great Preparations for Wan;. Har 
ving cafryed aloi>g feveral gf^at Gunns., that hi might 
caule them to be l3ifcharged from time to time into the 
Vallies, and by the Noyfe and Fire which ilTued out of the 
Moutlis of thofe Dragons, which forved tororxmment ^b!?% 
he^mi^^u caft^a Dread upon^the Routir :r ' j: f :k /-^'7: 
Bgfides this gr^at Retinuie, he would yet be accompanyed 
with all the Marks of Grandure,with which he was inviron- 
ned at the Court at Fekm. To wit, with a Multitude of 
Drums, Trumpets^Timbals, and other Mufical Inflruments, 
;H'hich formed Ceiifor'tsBiM'kg his fitting at Table, when 
^fte enh'cdthe PaUaee,'W when^ fec^ufed all 
thefe 
