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Show oftb; The EMBASss Upon the 29. we came to Tonglon, or Tonglien, the fixth {mall City of th thirteenth chief City Chichen, and the firft place we came at in this Province o Nanking - This isa {fmall City, and lyes clofe to the South-fide of the River Ki arg, ina very pleafant and delightful Soil, whichis encompafied about with fin little rifing Hills and Vales 3 itis furrounded as well on the Water-fide, as towar the Mountains,with arcafonable ftrong Wall, fortified with Bulwarks. This Cit fhows very beautiful as you approachit upon the River, but withinit lyes in moft lamentable condition, for the Tartar proceeded with fo much fury againf it, that they have left nothing defaced, that deferves any notice to be taken of only there is one Street that has fome Houfes ftanding in it, the reft are all defiroyed, except the Governours houfe, which is in reafonable good order The Magiftrates or Governours of the City Tonglien, {ent a Congratulator Letter to the Embafladours upon their Arrivals, asalfo fome Prefents for the Ta ble, but notaccepted The Traffick of this City wasonly Timber; {o that th place more refembled Norway then China : About two milés ‘beyond this, we fa an Ifland lying in the bofom of the River Kiang, called Sanglo Not far from this Tonglien, near the River fide, rifes a Mountain called Kiexn hoa, or the Ninesheaded Mountain, much like the Sun-Hower when hanging dow s the head. Two miles from this Tonglien, we {faw in our paffage planted on this Rive Kiang, the tenth chief City Ganking, the moft famous City of this Country, whic abounds in Wealth and Trade ; becaufe no Goods are brought out of other part s th b pa f fi f m e t bu g i n N o t to the chief C [ oo - AN AR I _z"x.N-H I N T S Y . W -- A N W ' Tow lis Chi ggricty o Walled1 weather itis guar fiileInv Whil far from this Nov returned Near which the vie and the " Upon the 30. we paft by with our whole Fleet tothe City of Anbing,called b fome Chichen, and the chief City of this Royalty of Nanking lyingupon th South-fide of the River Kiang, and is about two miles in circumference. Upo the River lics avery fine Suburb well Built, with good Houfes and Idol Temples The Walls which invefted the City, were above twenty five foot high, and Artificially raifed with Watch-Towers and Redoubts : Toward the Land lay a ver pleafant Hill, cloathed with Trees, upon which ftands a Heathen Fane, wher the Neighbouring Inhabitants round about, Prefent what they have to the Deit of that place This Temple ftands Crowned with a Stately Steeple, afpiring wit feven rounds Th |