. The awakening of China . th of the Yang-tse Kiang, or TaKiang, the GreatRiver, as the Chinese call it. The width of its em-bouchure suggests an Asiatic rival of the Amazon andLa Plata. We now see why this part of the ocean issometimes described as the Yellow Sea. A riverwhose volume, it is said, equals that of two hundredand forty-four such rivulets as Father Thames, poursinto it its muddy waters, making new islands and ad-vancing the shore far into the domain of Neptune. Notice on the left those long rows of trees thatappear to spring from the bosom of the are the life-belt of th
. The awakening of China . th of the Yang-tse Kiang, or TaKiang, the GreatRiver, as the Chinese call it. The width of its em-bouchure suggests an Asiatic rival of the Amazon andLa Plata. We now see why this part of the ocean issometimes described as the Yellow Sea. A riverwhose volume, it is said, equals that of two hundredand forty-four such rivulets as Father Thames, poursinto it its muddy waters, making new islands and ad-vancing the shore far into the domain of Neptune. Notice on the left those long rows of trees thatappear to spring from the bosom of the are the life-belt of the Island of Tsungmingwhich six centuries ago rose like the fabled Delos fromthe surface of the turbid waters. Accepted as therivers tribute to the Dragon Throne, it now forms adistrict of the province with a population of over halfa million. About the same time, a large tract of landwas carried into the sea by the Hwang Ho, the YellowRiver, which gave rise to the popular proverb,If we lose in Tungking we gain in OS OSu 3 PROVINCE OF KIANGSU 29 The former river comes with its mouth full of pearls;the latter yawns to engulf the adjacent land. Atpresent, however, the YeUow River is dry and thirsty,the unruly stream, the opposite of Horaces uxoriusamnis, having about forty years ago forsaken its oldbed and rushed away to the Gulf of Pechili (Peh-chihli).This produced as much consternation as the Mississippiwould occasion if it should plough its way acrossthe state that bears its name and enter the Gulf ofMexico at Mobile Bay. The same phenomenonhas occurred at long intervals in times past. Thewilful stream has oscillated with something like period-ical regularity from side to side of the Shantung prom-ontory, and sometimes it has flowed with a dividedcurrent, converting that territory into an island. Now,however, the river seems to have settled itselE in itsnew channel, entering the gulf at Yang Chia Kow—a place which foreign sailors describe as Yankeecow—^and makin
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