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1874 April
July October
1874
1874 December Late 1874
1875 Summer? 1875 Winter
1877 February
Kueichou, but Mesny had already departed
To Ch'engtu (six month stay]
Visited the temple dedicated to Tu Fu the poet in Ch’engtu Returned by very large houseboat via Sui-fu, Chungking and I-ch'ang to Hankow. Mesny entertained at the palace of General Viscount Pao Chao in K'uei-chou en route on the Yangtze. In Hankow he met Rev. David Hill
Published 'Tungking' [date in the book itself: Mesny however, claimed later that it was published in 1875]
Officially married Nien Suey-tsen in Hankow
Travelled overland from Chin-kiang, through Shantung [Chi-nan], en route for Peking. Spent winter in Chi-nan at invitation of Ting Pao-chen, the Governor of Shantung, to whom he claimed he had been an adviser
Peking
Returned to Kueichou via Shanghai [November]. Hankow and Human [1876] Re-appointed Superintendent of the Kueichou Armouries, an appointment he held until March 1877
Mesny entertained two British Protestant missionaries in Kuei-yang
Overland Trek to Western China, through Burma to India and by sea to England
28 May
June 1878 8 January
November
26 December 28 December
1879 February
9 March 4 June
Departed Kuei-yang for Szechuan [his third visit to the province (en route for England, via Tibet, Burma and India, with Captain Gill)] Arrived Ch'engtu
Arrived in England from Calcutta
Visited Channel Islands
Received telegram from Chinese Minister in London desiring Mesny to accompany the returning Chinese Minister at Berlin to China: departed! Marseilles for Hong Kong aboard the Irrawaddy Arrived Hong Kong from England
Departed Hong Kong for Canton
Visited Amoy
Departed Canton for Kueichou, via Kuei-lin (Kuangsi] Arrived Kuei-lin
25 July
Arrived Tu-yun Fu
4 August [1880/1881]
1880 February
15 March
August
1881 January
February
Arrived Kuei-yang
Possibly visited Hanoi?
Governor of Kueichou province recommended Mesny to the Throne for the bestowal of posthumous honours for three generations [San-tai Erh-p'in Kao-feng]
Set out for Lan-chou via Chungking [where he had remained six months]
Mesny spent the night at Ch'ien-hsi Chou, some 90 kms NNW of Kuei-yang, where he was attacked by an armed mob Departed Chungking [after 'delay due to unexpected contretemps" which Mesny did not clarify]
Arrived Lanchou
Departed Lanchou, crossed Gobi to Ham taking six to seven weeks