On the evening of the 27th instant, a Lecture upon Tne Moustars Trmes oF THe CuESIANG PRroviscr was delivered by the Rev. M. J. Kxowstos.
E. C. Bowra, Esq., in the Chair. tain tribes with a narrative of the journey from Ningpo The Lecturer prefaced his remarks upon the moun-to some of their settlements. The route by water lay past Tsze-chi, Vu-Yiao, Shao-hing, to an active little town near the month of the Pin-yang river called Ni-Giaw; thence into the Tsien-Tauz river, about 20 miles above Hang-chow. Passing district cities of Fu-yang Tung-li, the prefecture of Yen-chow and district city of Lan-ki, into the prefecture of Kinhua, the centre of radiate. the province, from which all the other prefectures The Lecturer gave some interesting information respecting the Dykes which hinder transportation, and his route of 250 miles, over which $4.000,000 worth of tea passes every year, and denounced the extortion practised. The tide is felt some distance up the Tsien-ang river as far as Tung-li, 70 miles above Hang-chow; and it is stated by natives that prior to the rebel occupation of the provincial city, the tide did not reach far. Its increased influence they attribute to the heavy rains. From Tung-li to Lan-li the stream passes through mountain scenery. At Yen-chow is the "seven li pass' where rugged mountains rise up perpendicularly from the water's edge. Respecting this pass and its neighbourhood, the Lecturer recounted an interesting Legend, according to which it was once the hermitage of a famous recluse, who befriended and advised Kwang-wu-ti, of the Han dynasty, A. D. 25 to 58, while the emperor was in obscurity.
Above Yen-chow are rapids which a little engineering would render much more easy to travel. The absence of public spirit whi duces officials and people to disregard the difficulties of transportation callod for reprehension. The universal motto seemed to be—
"Nor change nor improvement can there be As did our fathers so do we described as a busy thriving place; euro ing and preparing for transport to all parts of the em-Yiua-fu. was remarkable for little else than the ignorance pire enormous quantities of hams and candles. King-and pride of its literary ma me pagoda, and a stone bridge of 13 arches 150 fe, and 800 feet in Length, The country round Kins-hin was describ-@iasa plain enclosed by hills, undulating in sand hills, with good rice land watered by bronks, no canals being dug there. favourite amusement, ov: a fight which the Lecturer witnessed. With the usual Chinese utiliarianism a native gave us a reason for the sport, that as a certain amount of antagouisim and combativeness was latent in human nature, it was well to allow it scope and exercise, in the shape of fights be-
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