a province of China, bounded on the north by Koe-Tcheau and Huo-Quang; on the east, by Yuanan 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; and contains 10,000,000 of inhabitants. 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 Grosier, grows in this province; instead of pith, 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 cities of the first class, and 84 of the second and third. See CHINA, Supplement.