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the city called Ta tou. It is the principal part of 
the prefcnt city of King tching . It contained the 
Kin chun y a palace Trig tay> Hoang tching , Tfe 
kin , &cc. the walls of the city, an obfervatory, the 
towers of the Drum and the Bell. Tong lo , em- 
peror of the laft dynafty Tay ming , made great altera- 
tions in the city built by Tuen chi tfou. 
In the year 1406 the emperor Tong lo undertook 
to build Wronger and higher walls, and more magni- 
ficent gates, to the city ; to rebuild the Hoang tching , 
the emperor and emprefs’s proper habitation, and 
the feveral parts of Tfe kin , the courts, hall of the 
throne or of Tay ho tien , the Kou leou, the Tchong 
leou. He undertook alfo to build the Sion nonce 
tan and Tien tan , which are now in the Chinefe city. 
On account of the wars with the Tartars, the works 
undertaken by Tong lo were not finifhed till the year 
of our Lord 142 1. Since that time, in the Kin tchin 
fome alterations have been made in the palace, and 
a good number of new miao and palaces have been 
built. The emperor Kia tjiug built the Chinefe city 
in the year of Chrift 1 544. 
The gates and walls of the Chinefe city are not 
all equal in beauty to thofe in the city King tching. 
The ftreets are neither fo broad, nor fo well kept in 
repair. More than a third of the lpace of the Chinefe 
city is not inhabited. It confifts only of fields and 
gardens. The fpaces occupied by the Sien nong tan 
and the Tien tan are vaft ; and between thefe two 
there is a very broad road. In this Chinefe city are 
fome mofques for the Mahometans. The inhabited 
part of this city is much more fo than the city King 
tching and Hoang tching. In the Chinefe city are 
vaft inns for thofe, who come out of the fouthern 
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