LRichard's ..Comprehensive geography of the Chinese empire and dependencies ..translated into English, revised and enlarged . ^, 3 Ningwu Fu ^ St the S. of TaiyUeii Fu, and along the right ImnJï ofthe Fên-ho -^ fpj as it runs into the Hwang-ho : 4 Fênchow Fu ^ i^M, 5 Pingyang Fu ¥ li ffif, 6 Puchow Fu ?| ^^?! the eoctretnity, proceeding from N. to 7 Lungan Fu M ^ M, 8 Tsehchow Fu W #1 are besides in Shansi jljg lO indepenfient Chows j\]: CHAPTER III. SHANSI. 49. LOESS PLATEAU OF SHANSI \i\ ^.According to Uichthofen. 50 SECTION I. THE NORTHERN REGION. P*ingUn^
LRichard's ..Comprehensive geography of the Chinese empire and dependencies ..translated into English, revised and enlarged . ^, 3 Ningwu Fu ^ St the S. of TaiyUeii Fu, and along the right ImnJï ofthe Fên-ho -^ fpj as it runs into the Hwang-ho : 4 Fênchow Fu ^ i^M, 5 Pingyang Fu ¥ li ffif, 6 Puchow Fu ?| ^^?! the eoctretnity, proceeding from N. to 7 Lungan Fu M ^ M, 8 Tsehchow Fu W #1 are besides in Shansi jljg lO indepenfient Chows j\]: CHAPTER III. SHANSI. 49. LOESS PLATEAU OF SHANSI \i\ ^.According to Uichthofen. 50 SECTION I. THE NORTHERN REGION. P*ingUn^ Chow 3^ ^ j^, jSsin Chow fjf j^, T*ai Chow ^ ^,Faoteli Chow ^fgjI}, Hoh Chow ^j^, Hsiai Cfiow ^>)^, KianffChow ^ jH-j, mh Chow Ifâ JW, Tsin Chow l(^ % Leivo Chow ^>}\\. Aspect and cliaracteristlc».—Shayisi is a plateau ascen-ding in gradual terraces and intersected by mountain-ranges towardsthe It has long monotonous ridges of yellow land and severalalluvial plains very rich and fertile. There is great difficulty of com-munication. The people are industrious, but the soil is rather poor,and this compels them to seek elsewhere the prosperity they lack athome. Coal and iron abound, but up to the present, the absenceof good roads has rendered the working of the mines ratherunprofitable. The Province has also a lengthy river, the Fên-ho^^fpf, which runs through its centre and develops there, more thanin the other parts, wealth and prosperity. Such are in brief, themost strikin
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