. The Chinese empire: a general & missionary survey ... * ^. z: ^ -1^— c ^ 1 P » u a THE PEOVINCE OF FUKIEN 55 The principal river is the Miu, which drains about three-fourths of the province, and is navigable for small vesselsand rapid boats almost throughout its entire course of morethan 300 miles. It flows past the provincial city, Foochow,and joins the sea at Sharp Peak, 30 miles lower riverine scenery is grandly beautiful, altogether defyingdescription, and is probably unsurpassed in the whole ofChina. All students of Chinese history will be aware that atone time the southern pro
. The Chinese empire: a general & missionary survey ... * ^. z: ^ -1^— c ^ 1 P » u a THE PEOVINCE OF FUKIEN 55 The principal river is the Miu, which drains about three-fourths of the province, and is navigable for small vesselsand rapid boats almost throughout its entire course of morethan 300 miles. It flows past the provincial city, Foochow,and joins the sea at Sharp Peak, 30 miles lower riverine scenery is grandly beautiful, altogether defyingdescription, and is probably unsurpassed in the whole ofChina. All students of Chinese history will be aware that atone time the southern provinces consisted of numerouspetty states, each having its own king, its own laws, andits own language; and to-day, although these states haveall been absorbed into the colossal Chinese Empire, thepeople still retain their peculiar characteristics, their owntribal laws and customs, and their own spoken consequence of this latter fact is, that it is impossibleto travel any great distance in Fukien without meetingwith a new dialect which is a
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