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sigan_n fungciang_n hangchung_a pingleang_v cunchang_n linijao_n kingyang_n and_o jengan_n 1._o sigan_n command_v over_o 36_o city_n sigam_n hienyang_n hingp_v linchang_n kingijang_v caolong_v hu_o lantien_n livo_o xang_n chingan_n tung_n chaoye_n hoyang_n cheng_n pexuy_n hanching_n hoa_o hoyan_n gueinan_n puch_v conan_n hoxanijang_v xangnan_n yao_n sanyven_v tungquoa_o fupe_v kien_n fungcve_v vucung_n jungxeu_o fuen_n xunhoa_o xanxuy_n changvu_o 2._o fungciang_n command_v over_o eight_o city_n fungciang_n kixan_n paoki_n fufung_a muy_fw-es linieu_fw-fr lung_n and_o pingijang_v 3._o hanchung_a command_n over_o 15_o town_n hanchung_a paoch_a chingu_n yang_n sihiang_n fungmien_n niengkiang_n lioyang_n hinggan_n pingli_fw-la xecve_v sinijang_fw-mi haniju_fw-fr peho_o and_o cuijang_v 4._o pingleang_fw-mi command_v over_o ten_o city_n pingleang_v cungsin_n hoat_a chinyven_v kuyven_v knig_n lingtai_n choangleang_fw-mi limgte_n and_o congn_v 5._o cung_n change_n command_v over_o seventeen_o city_n chungchang_n gant_v hoein_v tunguei_n change_v ningyven_v fokiang_n siho_n ching_n cin_n cingan_n cingxui_n li_n kiai_n venus_n hoei_n leangtang_n 6._o linijao_n command_v over_o five_o city_n linijao_n gueoyven_v lan_n kin_n ho._n 7._o kingyang_n command_v over_o five_o town_n kingyang_n hoxi_n hoan_n ning_n and_o chuine_v 8._o jengan_n command_v over_o 19_o city_n jengan_n gansai_n cancve_v gant_v paogan_n yâ—huen_n jenchuen_fw-ge jenchang_n cingkien_n fen_n cochuen_n chungpu_n ykiun_n suit_n miche_n kia_n upao_n xinmo_n and_o fuco_fw-la beside_o these_o great_a and_o small_a city_n in_o this_o province_n there_o be_v likewise_o several_a magazine_n which_o lie_v scatter_v up_o and_o down_o some_o within_o the_o great_a wall_n and_o some_o without_o the_o chief_a of_o these_o fort_n be_v these_o eight_o xacheu_o xancheu_o jungchang_n leangcheu_o choanglang_n sin_v chiny_z culang_n these_z following_z 14_o be_v small_a one_o hingnia_n ningniachung_a yaocheu_o nincheu_o hocheu_o cinglu_fw-la yulin_n chinfan_n xetu_n hantung_n pinglu_n mingxa_fw-la guei_fw-la and_o sengqui_n the_o chinese_n register_n reckon_v the_o number_n of_o family_n in_o this_o province_n to_o be_v no_o less_o than_o eight_o hundred_o thirty_o one_o thousand_o fifty_o one_o and_o thirty_o nine_o hundred_o thirty_o four_o thousand_o one_o hundred_o seventy_o six_o fight_a men._n the_o tax_n which_o this_o country_n pay_v be_v nineteen_o hundred_o twenty_o nine_o thousand_o and_o fifty_o seven_o bag_n of_o wheat_n three_o hundred_o sixty_o and_o five_o thousand_o weight_n of_o fine_a linen_n nine_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o and_o eighteen_o pound_n of_o all_o sort_n of_o wrought_a silk_n seventeen_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o and_o seventy_o pound_n of_o cotton_n eight_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o thousand_o seven_o hundred_o and_o seventy_o pound_n of_o calico_n beside_o fifteen_o hundred_o and_o fourteen_o thousand_o seven_o hundred_o and_o forty_o nine_o truss_n of_o hay_n for_o the_o king_n stable_n the_o five_o province_n of_o honan_n the_o province_n of_o honan_n lie_v east_n and_o southeast_n with_o nank_v honan_n north_n and_o north-east_n with_o peking_n and_o some_o part_n of_o xantung_n and_o south_n south-west_n with_o hucang_n but_o westward_o it_o border_n upon_o the_o province_n of_o sucheu_o and_o with_o the_o remain_a part_n of_o xensi_fw-la in_o this_o five_o province_n we_o find_v eight_o great_a city_n a_o hundred_o small_a city_n beside_o fort_n and_o castle_n the_o eight_o great_a city_n be_v caifung_a queite_n shangte_n gueiheoi_fw-fr hoaik_v honan_n nanijang_v and_o june_v 1._o caifung_a bear_v the_o command_n over_o 30_o city_n caifung_a chinlieu_n ki_n tunghiu_o taik_v gueixi_n gueichuen_n jenlin_n fuken_n chungman_n jangvu_o juenvu_o fungkieu_o jencin_n laniang_n chin_n xangaxui_n sihoa_o hiangch_v jench_a chaggio_fw-mi in_o sinch_v mie_n sh_v jungiang_n jungee_n hoin_n suxi_fw-la isung_a 2._o queite_fw-mi govern_v over_o nine_o city_n queite_n ningling_n loye_v hiaye_v jungehing_n ciu_o juch_v hiahch_a and_o xech_v 3._o changte_n command_v over_o seven_o city_n changte_n tanchin_n linchang_n lin_n cuckoe_n vugan_n and_o xe._n 4._o gueihoei_n command_v over_o six_o city_n gueihoei_n coch_v sinchiang_n hoekia_n ki_n and_o hoei_n 5._o hoaikue_v command_v over_o six_o city_n hoaikue_v ciyven_v sievun_n vuche_fw-fr meng_n ven._n 6._o honan_n command'_v over_o 14_o city_n hovan_n jensu_fw-la cung_n mengciu_n yyang_n tenfung_a tungpe_n nanchao_n tengo_n nuihiahg_n sinije_fw-fr chechun_n thou_o vuxang_v and_o you_o 7._o kingyang_n command_v over_o five_o town_n kingyang_n hoxi_n hoan_n ning_n and_o chuine_v 8._o june_v command_v over_o 14_o city_n june_v hanchai_n sipnig_n sincai_n siup_v chinijang_v sinigang_n loxan_n kioxan_n quango_n quangxan_n cuxi_n sceva_n and_o xangch_v the_o great_a city_n in_o which_o though_o not_o prefer_v by_o the_o chinese_n to_o the_o dignity_n of_o a_o capital_a city_n yet_o however_o command_v over_o five_o small_a city_n as_o in_o luxan_n kia_n paofung_a and_o yyang_n the_o yearly_a revenue_n according_a to_o the_o toll-book_n of_o the_o emperor_n which_o this_o country_n bring_v in_o amoâ—nts_v to_o five_o hundred_o eighty_o nine_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o and_o ninety_o six_o family_n and_o fifty_o one_o hundred_o six_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o and_o seventy_o fight_a men._n the_o income_n of_o the_o revenue_n amount_v yearly_a to_o twenty_o four_o hundred_o fourteen_o thousand_o four_o hundred_o and_o seventy_o seven_o bag_n of_o rice_n twenty_o three_o thousand_o five_o hundred_o and_o nine_o pound_n of_o unwrought_a linen_n nine_o thousand_o nine_o hundred_o fifty_o nine_o pound_n of_o several_a sort_n of_o silk_n three_o hundred_o forty_o one_o pound_n of_o cotton_n which_o be_v very_o scarce_o in_o this_o county_n and_o last_o twenty_o two_o hundred_o fourscore_o and_o eight_o thousand_o seven_o hundred_o forty_o four_o truss_n of_o hay_n for_o the_o king_n stable_n the_o six_o kingdom_n of_o sucheu_fw-la this_o territory_n of_o sucheu_fw-la be_v very_o large_a and_o fruitful_a sucheu_fw-la which_o eastward_o border_v upon_o huquang_n southward_o upon_o queicheu_o north-east_n and_o by_o north_n upon_o xensi_fw-la north-west_n upon_o prester-iohn_n country_n westward_o upon_o tiâ—et_n and_o southward_o upon_o the_o province_n of_o junnan_n in_o this_o whole_a province_n be_v eight_o chief_a city_n a_o hundred_o twenty_o four_o great_a and_o little_a city_n four_o garrison_n city_n beside_o several_a other_o town_n and_o place_n the_o eight_o capital_a city_n be_v chingtu_n paon_v xungn_v siucheu_o chunk_v queicheu_o lunggan_n and_o mahu_n 1._o chingtu_fw-la command_v over_o 30_o little_a city_n chingtu_fw-la xaanglieu_n veukiang_n sinfan_n sinlu_n kintang_n ginxeu_o chingp_v pi_n cu_z nuikiang_n quou_a peug_n cuugn_v begin_v kien_n cuyang_n cungk_v sincin_n han_n xefan_n miencho_n teyang_n mien_n changn_v lokiang_n mieu_o vencheven_o guei_n and_o pao_n 2._o pagn_v command_v over_o 10_o city_n pagn_v cangki_n nanpu_n quangyven_v pa_n chaoboa_n tungkiang_n kien_n cutung_n and_o mankiang_n 3._o xunk_v have_v under_o its_o command_n 9_o city_n xunk_v such_fw-mi jungxan_n ylnug_n quanggan_n kin_n tacho_fw-it gochi_n and_o linxui_fw-la 4._o siucheu_o command_n likewise_o over_o 10_o city_n siucheu_o kingfu_n fuxun_n nanki_n hiuguen_n changn_v junlien_n cung_n cao_n and_o lukehang_v 5._o chungk_v command_v over_o 18_o city_n chungk_v kiangein_o changxeu_o taco_n juncheven_fw-mi kikiang_n nancheven_n kiukiang_n ho_o tungleang_v tingguen_n piexan_n chung_n fungtu_n tienkiang_n fen_n fulung_n and_o pinxui_fw-la 6._o queicheu_o command_v over_o 13_o city_n queicheu_o coxan_n tachang_n tame_v junyang_n vaughan_n caiazzo_n tai_n sin_v leangxan_n kieuzi_n tunchiang_n and_o taip_v 7._o lunggan_n command_v over_o three_o city_n lunggan_n kiangyeu_o and_o xecve_v and_o also_o over_o several_a fort_n 8._o mahu_n be_v alone_o without_o have_v any_o city_n under_o its_o command_n the_o great_a city_n be_v six_o tungcheven_o muicheu_o kiate_a kiung_a lincheu_o and_o yacheu_fw-la though_o these_o six_o great_a city_n may_v very_o well_o deserve_v the_o name_n and_o dignity_n of_o capital_a city_n in_o regard_n of_o their_o largeness_n and_o number_n of_o inhabitant_n yet_o they_o do_v not_o enjoy_v that_o dignity_n because_o this_o province_n be_v to_o have_v no_o more_o capital_a city_n than_o peking_n and_o nank_v the_o first_o great_a city_n tungcheven_v command_v over_o 8_o other_o city_n the_o second_o muicheu_o over_o four_o the_o three_o kiate_v over_o seven_o the_o four_o kiung_a over_o three_o the_o five_o liucheu_o over_o four_o and_o the_o six_o yacheu_o command_n likewise_o over_o four_o the_o four_o chief_a garrison_n city_n be_v tinchnen_a uniung_a usa_fw-la and_o chinhiung_a beside_o which_o there_o be_v 35_o small_a garrison_n city_n and_o fort_n this_o province_n produce_v much_o silk_n and_o other_o rich_a commodity_n it_o be_v very_o large_a and_o fruitful_a have_v the_o great_a river_n of_o kiang_n run_v quite_o through_o it_o in_o some_o place_n it_o be_v mountainous_a but_o want_v neither_o for_o tree_n nor_o valley_n from_o hence_o only_o come_v the_o right_a radix-china_n or_o chinaroot_n for_o that_o which_o
do_v in_o this_o island_n grow_v the_o leaf_n betel_fw-mi in_o great_a abundance_n much_o in_o request_n among_o the_o javaner_n who_o fetch_v whole_a boats-full_a we_o make_v no_o long_a stay_n here_o but_o as_o soon_o as_o we_o have_v get_v our_o provision_n aboard_o we_o set_v sail_n to_o pursue_v our_o voyage_n and_o on_o the_o 1._o of_o july_n come_v in_o sight_n of_o the_o large_a continent_n leave_v couchinchina_n north_n north-west_n and_o about_o noon_n we_o hâ—d_v the_o height_n of_o 20_o degree_n and_o 6_o minute_n we_o sail_v along_o the_o coast_n which_o be_v very_o pleasant_a this_o couchinchina_n be_v part_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o gannan_n which_o be_v one_o of_o the_o neighbour_n country_n that_o be_v situate_v out_o of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o china_n but_o yet_o belong_v to_o the_o chinese_n for_o under_o this_o gannan_n be_v situate_v the_o kingdom_n of_o tungk_v and_o kianchi_n or_o couchinchina_n both_o which_o be_v former_o call_v nankiao_n the_o emperor_n 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