Geographical Notices. 103 
“Through this portion of its course the canal deserves the 
Grand’ F 
to form a navigable stream which enters the sea at Hai-chau. 
Beyond this point, where it intersects the old bed of the Yellow 
_ “To what extent the canal may be practicable for steam nav- 
igation is a question not without interest ; and my mind had 
been occupied with it for some days, when I happily had the 
oo eunity of seeing it subjected to the test of experiment. 
ust off the city of Kau-yu, where the canal reaches its mini- 
mum depth, I met the Hyson, a well known tug-boat from 
Shanghai, towing a flotilla of war junks. She would be able 
to reach the city of T's‘ing-kiang-p‘u, but not to go beyond on 
account of the locks or water-gates, some of which are only 
twelve feet in width. + 
Ti. Arcric Explorations. 
1, European Expeditions. 
The German North Polar expedition, in which Dr. A. Peter- 
mann has been so deeply interested, has returned without hav- 
ng achieved the higuest results. The par 
Bremen early in October last, and 
