PLATE 5. 



See Chapter V. 



Haps Bepresenting Historical Glianges in the Course of the Yellow River, or 

 Hwang Ho. — Continued. 



Map VII. The course under the Sung dynasty, A. D. 1048 to A. D. 1194. 



Map VIII. The course under the Kin dynasty. 



Map IX. The course under the Yuen (Mongol), and, so far as the channel running due east from 

 Kaifung is concerned, under the Ming and Tatsing (Maiichu) dynasties down to the 

 middle of the present century. That portion of the Imperial canal lying north of the 

 Tellow river is indicated, it being mainly in the channel excavated by the river during 

 the Kin dynasty. 



Map X. Represents the last change, which occurred within the last ten or fifteen years. 



Map XI. Comprehensive map of the Yellow river, including the delta-plain and the ancient lake 

 system, and the supposed former channel of the river through the lakes to the Gulf 

 of Pechele. 



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