River, lake and land conservancy in portions of the provinces of Anhui and Kiangsu, north of the Yangtsze River; . ter side to a height of twelve feetwith fine ashlar masonry laid in impure lime mortar almost equalto natural cement, each course being about sixteen inches in thickness,alternating headers and stretchers. TJie monumental work is in goodcondition to-day, and is a striking example of what the emperors ofChina once did for the good of the people and the country. 11 This d\ke was built to iirotect the Grand Canal between ThsingKiang-pu and tlie Yang-tsze River (133 miles) from the fl
River, lake and land conservancy in portions of the provinces of Anhui and Kiangsu, north of the Yangtsze River; . ter side to a height of twelve feetwith fine ashlar masonry laid in impure lime mortar almost equalto natural cement, each course being about sixteen inches in thickness,alternating headers and stretchers. TJie monumental work is in goodcondition to-day, and is a striking example of what the emperors ofChina once did for the good of the people and the country. 11 This d\ke was built to iirotect the Grand Canal between ThsingKiang-pu and tlie Yang-tsze River (133 miles) from the floods of theYellow and Huai Rivers, and thus save from absolute destruction thewhole section of rich and densely populated rice country east of theGrand Canal and south of the old bed of the Yellow River, knownas the Hia ( Low) countr>. Thk Graxd Canal One of the most important features, both from a topographical and hydrographical standpoint in any study of the river systems of North Anliui and North Kiangsu is the Grand Canal. As shown by the map, this canal leaves the north bank of the Yang-tsze opposite. FAMINE RELIEF WORK Men, woinoi, and children, were employed building and repairingdykes, the whole of the material for such purposes being carried inbaskets as here depicted. the city of Chinkiang, and runs for a distance of 133 miles north toThsing Kiang-pu. Just north of this place it crosses the old bed ofthe Yellow River and runs in a north-westerly direction to theborders of Shantung and beyond, eventually reaching Peking. The main object of this canal was the safe transport of tributerice, foodstuffs and treasure from the rich lands of the south to the 12 Imperial Court at Peking, the passage by sea from Shanghaior other ports to Tientsin, the port of Peking, in Chinese junks, beingattended with much danger from both the sea and pirates. The lossin grain, treasure and life (named in the order of their importance)was so great that the expenditure necessary to constru
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