and Amarapura^ hy an Ambassador to China. 
having a desert on their right, to Pekin, which the Mranraas 
call Udin. This journey, which in a straight line, according to 
D’Anville’s map, is about 115 miles, occupied seven days, or ra- 
ther more than 16| miles a-day, which would require near SO 
miles of road distance. The mountains are those along which 
the great wall is built, and the desert is that of Shamo, beyond 
which, on the upper part of the Erawadi, are towns called 
Khandi and Main Lun, to which I shall have occasion to re- 
vert. 
From Pekin the embassy returned 10 days journey, to a city 
called Potisu. From Potisu they returned in wheel-carriages 
15 days journey, to a city called Honan, probably the Honan 
of D’ Anvil le. This being about 4S0 miles in a direct line from 
Pekin, and having taken the embassy S5 days, it came 16/g 
miles of direct distance daily, or very nearly at the same rate as 
it travelled between the capitals of Tartary and China. The 
towns mentioned in the map are places where the embassy halt- 
ed for refreshment. 
From Honan to a city called Hupaeh the route was by wa- 
ter, and the journey took a month, probably proceeding down 
the Hoangho, and up the Yangtse, on account of the immense 
size of which, the country to the right of the route is marked 
water. 
From Hupaeh the route proceeded, by land, 10 days jour- 
ney, crossing a small river, to a city named Hunan, from whence 
they returned days journey to a city called Kuezo, which 
seems to be situated on the right side of the river leading to the 
city Quentoun, laid down at a distance, as being familiar to Eu- 
ropeans, meaning probably Canton. So far, except for the ca- 
pitals of Tartary and China, the officer knew only the Chinese 
names for the cities at which the embassy halted, Towards 
their own frontier, the Mranmas have names for most of the 
towns in Yunnan, totally different from those given by th^ Chi- 
nese. The Mranma name for this people the ambassador writes 
Taroup, and not Tarout, as was done by the slave who gave 
me the general map ; but in both manners of orthography the 
pronunciation is quite the same, the specific name being always 
followed by PH, signifying country or capital, and the T final 
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