Mother, who is of their Country, and who is at Prefent 
Threefcore and Tea Years OJd ; they are wont to tell her, 
that the SeO: ( of which flie makes ProfelEon ) has no more 
declared Enemy then us. And'^tis a kind of Miracle, or at 
ieaft an extraordinary Prote£iion of God, that notwithftand- 
ing this, the Emperor, who has very much Regard and 
Refpecl for her, has not hitherto ceafed to heap on us 
Graces and Honom's, confidering us after an other manner 
than the Lamas. 
During the Journy, as the Princes and the cheif Officers of 
the Arrny went often times to the Queen to attend at her 
Court ; and that we alfo were advertifed to do fo like wile : 
We were willing firft to confult a Perfbn of the Court, who 
loved us very much, and who fpake for us to the Emperor 
in our Affairs. This Lord having entered the Princes Tent^ 
told him what had paffed, and prefently coming out^gain : 
The Emperor ( faid he to us ^ has given me to under Jl and, th.it 
^tis not at all nec.eff'iry for yon to attend the Queen as others do > 
which made us to apprehend enough, that this Princeffe did 
not Favour us. 
The 5^. Reafbn which the Emperor had for making this 
Journy, was for his Health : becaufe he knew by Experi- 
ence long enough, that when he is too long at Pekin with- 
out going abroad^ he cannot avoid his being attacked by fe- 
veral Diftempers, which he prevents by means of thefe 
long Progreffes. For during the whole time he never fees 
any Woman \ and that which is more furprifing, there ap- 
pears not any one in all this Great Army , except thofe 
which are of the Retinue of the Queen Mother : 'Tis yet 
alfo a Novelty that fhe has accompanyed the King this 
Year, It having not been praftifed above once, when he 
took with him the three Queens as far as the Capital City 
of the Province of L^-^c^/^/^^, tovifit the Sepulchres of their 
Anceftors. 
The Emperor and the Queen Mother pretend moreover 
by this Journy, to avoid the exceflive Heats which are in 
