LRichard's ..Comprehensive geography of the Chinese empire and dependencies ..translated into English, revised and enlarged . ortant tributary. The only ones needing special mention are :the Loh-ho •^ïPT, flowing into it from the right, through Honan|pf ?^; and the TsHu-Jio \ji^ «Jpf, which rises in the Shansi [Jj gplateau. Variations in its Course. — The Hwang-ho ^ ^ has notkept regularly toits present course. In the past it has changedmany a time across the vast Xorth-Eastern plain. Frequentlyit has run to the N. or to the S. of the Shantung jl] ;^ mountains,flowing in turn, either into the
LRichard's ..Comprehensive geography of the Chinese empire and dependencies ..translated into English, revised and enlarged . ortant tributary. The only ones needing special mention are :the Loh-ho •^ïPT, flowing into it from the right, through Honan|pf ?^; and the TsHu-Jio \ji^ «Jpf, which rises in the Shansi [Jj gplateau. Variations in its Course. — The Hwang-ho ^ ^ has notkept regularly toits present course. In the past it has changedmany a time across the vast Xorth-Eastern plain. Frequentlyit has run to the N. or to the S. of the Shantung jl] ;^ mountains,flowing in turn, either into the Gulf of Ohihli \^ ^ or into theYellow Sea. Formerly it followed the bed of the lower course of thePeh-ho Q IpJ. Its last important deviation dates from to this, it flowed towards the South, in the Northernpart of Kiangsu ^ ^, whence it emptied itself into the Yellow-sea. In that year, its dikes gave way to the N. E. of Kaifung FuPl^ii^- f*^^ t^^O years, its course varied considerably, and hnallyleavino- the South, it definitivelv followed the bed of the Tsi-ho ^ 28 SECTION I. THE NOhTHERX jpj, a river so far of little importance. Since then its embankmentshave burst several times. In 1877, it inundated an immenseregion, and caused the death of a million of people. In 1898,1,500 villages to the of Tsinan Fu p ]# jj^^ and a stilllaiger region to the of the same town, experiencedits ravages. These changes of bed and the terribleinundations that followed, have deserved for it the name ofCJUnas sorrow,^ the Ungo-vei^ncible, the Scourge ofthe sons of Han, all of whichare indeed but too well Mongols call it Karanmren(black river). The nameHwang-ho (^ |pf yellow ^^river), has been given it, becau-se of the yellow land which ittraverses, and which imparts toits waters a yellow tinge. Neither along its middle or lower course, is there anyimportant city built on its banks. Such a terrible neighbour isalways dreaded and therefore avoided
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