Philosophical transactions, Vol. L. Part II. For the year 1758. / Giving some account of the present undertakings, studies, and labours, of the ingenious, in many considerable parts of the world.

by Various; Royal Society

King tching.

The third inclosure is King tching, or Royal City. The numbers 235, 1, 99, 146, 173, 183, 188, 109, 211, mark nine gates of this inclosure.

At the four angles east and west of the north and south walls is a large pavillion in the form of a fortress. It is a kind of arsenal or magazine of arrows, bows, guns, bucklers, cuirasses, pikes, small cannon, &c.

Observe the angle made by the inclosure Hoang tching on the south of the gate Nº. 84, to the north of Nº. 260. The inclosure extends to the east, then to the south, and continues to the east, passing by Nº. 3.

Philos. Trans. Vol. L. Tab. XXIV. p. [704].

J. Mynde sc.

Philos. Trans. Vol. L. Tab. XXV. p. [704].

J. Mynde sc.