16. A. S. Bickmore—Journey through China. 
vince of Hunan, and the military Mandarin that accompanied 
me from that city to Changsha, the capital, stated that itis 
mined at Kweiyang and Laiyang (see Dr. Williams’s map of 
China) and also at Sinhwa on the Tsz’kiang. It probably 
he most important place for trade in Hunan is Siangtan, 
90 li south of Changsha. All the boats that come down the — 
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Hankow, unless a shallow bar occurs where this river empties — 
into Tungting Lake. That place I crossed by night and there- 
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lake, and at sunrise I enjoyed a view only to be witnessed in 
this land whose population is numbered by the hundred million. 
As far as the eye could see before us, behind us and for several 
miles on either side, the surface of the lake was perfectly feath- 
ered with white sails, some in sunshine, some in shadow an 
some in the dim distance, gliding on a thin film of air over the 
water. Twice during the day I counted nearly four hundred — 
nd forty in sight at one time ; and with the aid of my field 
were loaded with tea, many with coal, and many were just 
8 along under huge deck loads of round timber. This 
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