with the fame iVferJks of Affe£lion. , The- favourable Enter- 
tainment he ga\^ us in this Rancounter , gave fome Rea- 
fbn to hope that our Religion might find an eafy Entrance 
to thofe Princes, particularly if care be taken toinfinuate 
into the Minds of thofe Princes, by the Means of the 
Klathematick$ : Which if there fhould at any, time be a 
Defigne to penetrate into their County : The moft fure 
way for divers /^eafons, ( which I have not the Leiflire to 
Explain here j will be to begin the Entrance with the other 
Tartars movt Remote^ which are not. at all Subjefts of this 
Empire, from whom we may pals on to thefe, advancing 
by little and little towards Chim. 
During the whole Journy, the Emperor has continued to 
give us Angular Tokens of his Good Will, fhewing us Fa- ^ 
vours in the Sight of his , Arjpiy, which he fhewed to none 
befides. : ^ r 
One time meeting us in a great Vally , where we were 
meafuringthe height and the diftance of fome Mountains, 
he made a Stay with, the whole Court, and calling to us 
troma greatt diftance,^^ us in xhtChin fe 
I^aaguage; 'Hao-mQ ? that is to lay, are you well in Health? 
And then asked us feveral Queftions in the T^r^^/^^ Lan- 
guage , concerning the , heighth of thele Mountains , to 
which I anfwered alio in the lame Language ; after which 
turning to . the Lords that were about him ^ he difcourfed 
with them concerning us in very obliging Expreflion^j.rras 
I learned the lame Night from the Prince his XJnckle, who 
was then by his fide. 
He teftified alfo his Affeftion to us, by caufing often 
meat to be carryed to our Lents from his own Table, 
willing alfo that on fome Occafions we ftiould eat in his ; 
and every time he did us this Honour, he had a Regard to 
our Daysof Abflrinence, and of Parting, fending us only 
fuch Meats, ^s we could ule. y^a iico . ; 
The eldeft Son of the Emperor after the Example of his 
Father, gave us Marks alfo of his Bounty, for having been 
con- 
