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Sketch of Yuhwang Shangte.
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who speak another language: these people one month in a year live in the sea and never dwell upon land for that month." Another road to China is described as follows: It is
"The relation of Chaggi Memet, a Persian merchant, to Baptista Kamu- sius, and other eminent citizens of Venice, concerning the way from Tauris in Persia, to Campion, a city of Cathay by land; which he travel'd himself before with the caravans.
From Tauris to Sultania,
From Sultania to Casbin,
Days journey 6
4
From Casbin to Veremi,
6
From Veremi to Eri,
15
From Eri to Bogara, (Bokhara)
20
From Bogara to Samarchand,
5
From Samarchand to Cascar, (Kashgar)
25
From Cascar to Acsu,
20
From Acsu to Cuchi,
20
From Cuchi to Chialis,
10
•
From Chialis to Turfon, (Turfan)
From Turfon to Camul
10
13
From Camul to Succuir,
15
From Succuir to Gauta,
5
From Gauta to Campion,
6
"Campion is á city in the empire of Cathay, in the province of Tangut, from whence comes the greatest quantity of rhubarb.”
'A long and dangerous journey from Lahor to China, by Bene- dict Goez,' is not so easily traced as the preceding one.
It was per- formed in the years 1603-05. Goez died in China; his companion, an Armenian, returned from Peking to Macao, and from thence to In- dia. The day may not be far distant when Europeans will again traverse every part of Central Asia, and with far greater facilities and better securities than were enjoyed in father Avril's day.
ART. II. Sketch of Yuhwang Shangte,' one of the highest deities of the Chinese mythology. Translated from the Sow Shin Ke by J. L. S.
In the holy records it is inscribed, saying, In the former ages there was a country named Kwangyen meaou lõ (brilliant majesty and vast delight). The name of the monarch of this country was Tsingtih
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