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C H I N A. 



The Kyang 

 River. 



Nymph^a 

 Nelumbo. 



the river Kanhyang, in Lat. 28" 3/ 12". This river runs through 

 the middle of the province, and divides it into two equal parts. 

 The Chinefe call it Kan-kiang, or fon of the fea, and added that 

 " the fea is without fliore, and the Kyang without bottom ;" this 

 fiaion arifes from the fifliermen never ufing any founding lines 

 above fixty fathoms long, but even that depth is a vafl one for a 

 river. By means of the numerous canals that branch from it, the 

 city has vafl commerce, and was once celebrated for its porcelain 

 of a fnowy whitenefs. The province is rich in mines of gold, 

 filver, iron, lead, and tin. The filks are very beautiful ; and the 

 rice, and wine made from it, is in high efteem in all parts of the 

 empire. 



The lakes of this province are in the feafon covered with the 

 beautiful blofibms of the Nympbd;a Lolusziid Ne/umdo; no flowers 

 are in fuch requeft with the Chinefe as thefe. The great men have 

 them tranfplanted into their little ponds, filled for the purpofe 

 with mud and water, in their courts. The phyficians efleem the 

 fruit as highly reflorative after long ficknefs ; and the root of the 

 J^elumbo is a common food, either eaten raw or made into meal ; 

 fo that thefe plants are of the firfl ufe in this empire. 



Vannungay on the river Kan, was a city of great fize and 

 fplendor, now a heap of ruins from an inroad of the Tartars ; 

 a melancholy fight to the numerous pafTengers who fail under its 

 walls. Pekkinfa is the next city, a molt fiourifhing place, which 

 fupplies the mariners with all kind of necefTaries for their 

 velTels. 

 Pierced Hills. Not far from thence are various fpecimens of feveral lofty 

 rocky hills, cut or pierced through by human art, into grotefque 

 « forms 



Vannunca. 



PXKKINSA. 



