Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . I. Chimney Rock at Yen-tung-la-tzu, Sungari River, near Mouth of Hui-fa 2. Columnar Basalt on Granitic Massif, Upper Yalu, 60 MilesSoutheast of Kirin. MANCHURIA—SOWBRBY. 465 Without any further untoward event, and, except for the shootingof a dangerous rapid called Shiaogno Ho, without excitement, thejourney was accomplished in three days. At Kirin I gave the boat tothe old boatman, thereby earning his eternal gratitude, boarded apaddle-wheel steamer, and reaching the railway line between Harbinand Changchun at the poi
Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . I. Chimney Rock at Yen-tung-la-tzu, Sungari River, near Mouth of Hui-fa 2. Columnar Basalt on Granitic Massif, Upper Yalu, 60 MilesSoutheast of Kirin. MANCHURIA—SOWBRBY. 465 Without any further untoward event, and, except for the shootingof a dangerous rapid called Shiaogno Ho, without excitement, thejourney was accomplished in three days. At Kirin I gave the boat tothe old boatman, thereby earning his eternal gratitude, boarded apaddle-wheel steamer, and reaching the railway line between Harbinand Changchun at the point where it crosses the Sungari, caught thesouthbound train, and was back in Tientsin once more within 48hours. The journey up the Yalu River the following spring was one ofintense interest. Moreover, it yielded very pleasing results in theway of collections of mammals, birds, fishes, reptiles, batrachians,and insects; was, in fact, one of my most successful expeditions intothese regions. Having taken steamer from Tientsin to Antung, viaPort Arthur and Dalny (Dairen), I solved the problem of transportup the Yalu by engaging a roomy Chinese
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