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C it ies, aîj
T owns.
Trade.
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afSfiifta.' Haniî/GhSMîv'ô^^^riihgHô^ffife'Gîiætti!, gWfeinânlé? to a
friialldifiriâ: infbtfffihmodfd1 Öéïkf(tjPQ^| "knd aeCoMîng ^D u Halae
is a final! but populous place.**5 : Sèixie' t‘óWn!s écèüAfurtber'to the foüth,.
but feetmngly are only ufual Rations for tents, tbe Mdnguls preferring,
tbe nomadic life.
The ancîebt1 citÿ of Kàrkküm hâs vanilhedf, asalready rriéntiönecf^.
but to the eaft of tbègréat: aéfart,‘ànd
ral Mongültowns appear in the maps. Coucóii* feeftis1 tîo bè! thé1 Côù-
chan of Du Halde, a fmall town fëated öri a hill near a river which
falls into the Hoan-ho. The others are yet more i^dnfiçefabfèv
The country of the MandfhurS" contains many villages “and cities^ as;
Hotun Sagalian Oula, fo called from its" political on that river, in the
country of the Tahouria, modernized Daouria ; like wife Tfitchikar, aL
ready'mentioned, with Merguen, Petouna, Kirin Oula, and Ningoufa..
On the north and1 eaft,of the great river Atnur fcarcely the.veftige of
a village appears. Of thole here enumerated Petouna .or Pedne was, in.
the time of Du Halde, chiefly inhabited by MandlhurfoldiersTanJ
exiles, under the command of a lieutenant general. Ningouta was alfo-
the refidence of a Mandlhur general,, and the feat of a confiddrable trade,
particularly in the celebrated plant called ginfeng, which, abounds ■ in
the neighbourhood.: .Sagalian Oulaf Hotun lignifies the city of- the-
black river,, and is the chief Mandlhur lèttlemenl on that noble ftreatn.4
The chief city of Corea iaKinkatao, of which we? may belaid- only to1
know tbe name.
The principal trade of the Mandlhur country conflits in ginfeng, and
pearis, found. In ; many rivers which fall- into the Amuri' Excellent
horfes may alfbbe claffed among the exports.. Calhgar was formerly ce*-
* Grofier, in Ki» defcripfcion of China, i. 336, gives an- intereffing- account of Hamj, which is*
about half a league in circumference^ with two beautiful gates. It Hands in a 'fertile plain,,
watered;by a river, lheltered by Kills on theN. The gardens and fields are delightful': and fine
agates are found, but. the diamonds, feem fabulous.
. . v f In the Mandlhur- language Otila lignifies-a river, as in the Chfnefe Kiang. ‘ Du'Halde,-’ iv,.
530. P ir a implies the fame. In the Mbngul M u re n is a river ; A lin amountain,1 alfo T a la b a n ;
M a ta is a rock. In the Tatar, or Turkilh-Tay is a mountain, D a r ia a riven
* Du Halde, iv. 19.
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lebrated for mulk and goldt* The other towns afe rather Iktions for' T*A»fe
merchants than feats of commerce. Put the erfiporlafof the Ruffian
trade with China muft not be fo fgpttpn,^^ on the Ruffian fide
Zuruchaitu on the river Argoon," and? Kiaphta; ©ppofite to which, on
the Chinefe frontier, are correfpondent ftations ere&ed of wood.
* Corea atfop^duces gold, tyvefei&n» beai^fui y e l& i^ white paper,-ginffng >
with» liories about three feet ISgh,-ermine^ beaver, and foffil fait. Du Halde^iv. 5>S.