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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

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62 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
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62 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 desising 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-lın (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
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62

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 desising 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-lın (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

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