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T. C. CHAMBERLIN AND R. T. CHAMBERLIN 



From the town of Wuchow in the province of Kwang Si an ascent 

 of a prominent peak, 1,200 feet above the town, gave a commanding 

 view of the general topography of the country about the junction of 

 the Si Kiang and Kwei Kiang. The erosion of this region, working 

 upon an older elevated peneplain of undetermined geologic date, 

 has been verv pronounced. Almost everywhere sharp V-shaped 

 valleys with very straight, even-sided slopes prevail. There is prac- 



FiG. I — Bowlders of exfoliation near Kowloon on the Asiatic mainland opposite 

 Hong Kong. 



tically no talus or aggradation accumulations until the river level is 

 approached. 



In contrast to the above, among the White Cloud hills near Canton, 

 in Kwans; Tuna:, there are extensive accumulations of arkose material. 

 In fact, the solid rock, which is of the granitic type, is almost every- 

 where buried beneath its own disintegrated products. A similar 

 condition in even more pronounced form was observed at Kowloon 

 on the Asiatic mainland, opposite Hong Kong. In many of the cuts 

 for the new railroad now being; constructed from Kowloon to Canton 



