...almost as much water as land, even when the rivers are low. At his feet sweeps the magnificent Yang-tz', nearly a mile in width ; from the west, and skirting...its surface are without exception raised on mounds, probably artificial works of a now distant age. A stream or two traverse its farther part and flow...

...almost as much water as land, even when the rivers are low. At his feet sweeps the magnificent Yang-tz', nearly a mile in width ; from the west, and skirting...to the northwest and north is an extensive treeless (lat, so little elevated above the river that the scattered hamlets which dot its surface are without...

...northern edge of the range of hills already mentioned, comes the river Han, narrow and canal like, to add its quota, and serving as one of the highways of the country; and the north-west and north is an extensive, treeless flat, so little elevated above the river that the...

...northern edge of the range of hills already mentioned, comes the river Han, narrow and canal like, to add its quota, and serving as one of the highways of the country; and the north-west and north is an extensive, treeless flat, so little elevated above the river that the...

...country on both sides of the main river in an east and west direction. Stationed on Pagoda Hill, Hanyang, a spectator looks down on almost as much water as...its surface are without exception raised on mounds, probably artificial works of a now distant age. A stream or two traverse its farther part and flow...

...northern edge of the range of hills already mentioned, comes the river Han, narrow and canal like, to add its quota, and serving as one of the highways...its surface are without exception raised on mounds, probably artificial works of a now distant age. A stream or two traverse its farther part and flow...