. Desultory notes on the government and people of China, and on the Chinese language: illustrated with a sketch of the province of Kwang-Tûng, shewing its division into departments and districts. OBSERVATIONS / (apifal Uanton > y of (ira/it ^Station ot an Inti-ndant iI of Department Station of a Fivfect )ctti/ / Station of a District Mapistmte Ihers- in the Sketcii correspond uitfiiL, he aiijoininif table. iTHKiimatf Suite t* Btituh SttUitte Mites- 40 30 ZO 20 SctJj)* \ 01 THE lMlUV[\rK KMANG-TrNG. by ThoT Taylor MrRdowfi,. # 71 NOTE VII. SKETCH OF KWANG-TUNG. The adjoin
. Desultory notes on the government and people of China, and on the Chinese language: illustrated with a sketch of the province of Kwang-Tûng, shewing its division into departments and districts. OBSERVATIONS / (apifal Uanton > y of (ira/it ^Station ot an Inti-ndant iI of Department Station of a Fivfect )ctti/ / Station of a District Mapistmte Ihers- in the Sketcii correspond uitfiiL, he aiijoininif table. iTHKiimatf Suite t* Btituh SttUitte Mites- 40 30 ZO 20 SctJj)* \ 01 THE lMlUV[\rK KMANG-TrNG. by ThoT Taylor MrRdowfi,. # 71 NOTE VII. SKETCH OF KWANG-TUNG. The adjoining sketch of the province of Kwang-tung has been compiled entirely from maps con-tained in the Chinese work entitled Kwang-tungtimg chi,* with the exception, however, of the lineof coast extending from the mouth of the Cantonriver eastward to the province of Fuchien, insketching which I have in some measure followedEuropean maps. In making the sketch, I paidlittle or no attention to the Chinese map of theprovince, or to those of the departments, but havecompiled it from the district maps; just as if Ihad, for instance, drawn a map of England on asmall scale from large maps of the individualcounties. It was at first my intention to havedrawn a map, and on a much larger scale, but Ifound so many discrepancies between the maps ofthe diiFerent districts, when I attempted to deli-neate their common boundaries, that I was soonobliged to give up the idea. It would seem thatthe latitude and longitude of the district cities * General Account of K
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