. The science of railways . OS oj O 260 CARRIAGE IX CHIXA. Thibet, and China proper. It has an area of aboutfour million, two hundred and seventy-threethousand square miles, and a population esti-mated at three hundred and ninety-two one-third of the empire is included inChina proper. This portion has an area of aboutone million, three hundred and thirteen thousandsquare miles, a coast line measuring some twothousand, five hundred miles, and contains nearlythree hundred and eisrhtv millions of human be-ings. The island of Formosa, heretofore a part ofthe Chinese empire, lies in
. The science of railways . OS oj O 260 CARRIAGE IX CHIXA. Thibet, and China proper. It has an area of aboutfour million, two hundred and seventy-threethousand square miles, and a population esti-mated at three hundred and ninety-two one-third of the empire is included inChina proper. This portion has an area of aboutone million, three hundred and thirteen thousandsquare miles, a coast line measuring some twothousand, five hundred miles, and contains nearlythree hundred and eisrhtv millions of human be-ings. The island of Formosa, heretofore a part ofthe Chinese empire, lies in the China Sea, aboutninety miles southeast of the mainland. It hasan area of fifteen thousand square miles and apopulation of about three millions. Its inhabit-ants are semi-civilized. CARRIAGE IN CHINA. 261. X2C3 C be u^ 25 -ao S3 o 1= At- o 262 CARRIAGE IX CHINA.
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