. Travels of a Consular officer in North West China; with original maps of Shensi and Kansu and illus. by photographs. ths nowadaysto reach Ninghsia from the coast going up stream; with acombined motor boat and railway service, even if the latterstopped short at Kueihua, it could be reached in a few Hokou and the southern bend of the river steam ormotor navigation is out of the question owing to the manygorges and rapids, one of which, we were told, near theYiimen Kou, amounts to a small waterfall. Below YiimenKou (Lung Men) the gorges come to an end, but beyondTungkuan, where the r
. Travels of a Consular officer in North West China; with original maps of Shensi and Kansu and illus. by photographs. ths nowadaysto reach Ninghsia from the coast going up stream; with acombined motor boat and railway service, even if the latterstopped short at Kueihua, it could be reached in a few Hokou and the southern bend of the river steam ormotor navigation is out of the question owing to the manygorges and rapids, one of which, we were told, near theYiimen Kou, amounts to a small waterfall. Below YiimenKou (Lung Men) the gorges come to an end, but beyondTungkuan, where the river turns east, more rapids occur,including those at Sanmen, which are said to be impassablefor upward bound boats. The navigable section of the upperYellow River is therefore confined to the Hokou-Paotou-Ninghsia-Chungwei section, which, however, forms thenecessary link between Kansu and the Kalgan railwayextension leading to the coast. Below Chinchi the river is a broad and placid streamflowing between irrigated and densely populated Ling Chou the land en the right bank rises, irriga- PLATE XLIII. RAFTING DOWN THE GORGES OF THE UPPER YELLOW RIVER
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