a province of China, bounded on the north by Koe-Tcheau and Hu-Quang; on the east, by Yunnan and Quantong; on the south, by the same and Tonquin; and on the west, by Yun-nan. It produces great plenty of rice, being watered by several large rivers. The southern part is a flat country, and well cultivated; but the northern is full of mountains covered with trees. It contains mines of all sorts; and there is a gold-mine lately opened. The capital town is Quie-ling.

A very singular tree, says Grozier, grows in this province; instead of pitch, it contains a soft pulp, which yields a kind of flour; the bread made of it is said to be exceedingly good. Besides paroquets, hedgehogs, porcupines, and rhinoceroses, a prodigious number of wild animals, curious birds, and uncommon insects, are found here.

This province contains 12 villages of the first class, and 80 of the second and third.