Five miles W.N.W. from Hu-tao Island w-tan) lies we the entrance to the river from this point lies Wen-chow eel (Wan-chu), the first and La of all sandbank runs from it ina for over six miles, and the shoals from this bank extend across to Niaow. On the west point of this are three small round hummocks, the rear of the island being all low land with several villages over it," The north shore of the river from Wen-chow Poi The department of Wéu-chow JO LIH, in the south-east corner of Ché-chiang'province, is bounded on the north and west by the departments of Tui-chow ud Chtu-chow, G th, on the nce of Fuohien, and Its total under 3,500 aq) re miles, with a population of about 3,000,000, JAF in Yong-chian The city ix built o Villages along the bank of the river, The plain encircled by hig! distance of about ton miles. water in this part of the river varies from firat erected during the fourth century, and three to fourteen fathoms. The next islands, after passing the Walled City on enlarged and re-built by the Emperor Hung-Wa, in 1385, They are formed of orth shore, are four in number; one atone, diagonally laid, and measure about six other nearly in the middle of the river of citcumfererice. The at well paved ole Jar Point anchorage, forming the north tom outside Eust gate; the Ya-shore of this reach.
We next arrive at the reach in the River nbn of the Taotai the south-west corner of the city, and the Foundling Hospital shown on the spall chart, where, should the port be opened to foreign trade, the near the centre, are among shipping will be compelled to anchor, Yom the smell fort cant of Jar Point to pated, busi in 1748, contains one hundred the principal public buildings, The last
the Broken Jetty in this reach, there are apartments, It is supported by the inter-several small villages, names of which are marked down, tog positions, on the chart. fine aiicestizal hall in one of these villages, which swer well for a Custom House g near it two i stone jetties, one of them 240 fe 15 feet broad; the other 120 feet long by 10 feet broad.' The water here varies from two to fourteen fathoms at low water; the anchorage exten: from E. to W. along the the tide at springs runs from 3 to 6 knots per hour, and has o rise and fall of 17 feet. Th above mentioned island which form the north shore of the anchorage, is amoy mud flat, with but fe on it, and offers fine facilities The northern shore of the river, from the Walled City A¢ Fy BF to a large canal abreast of Wen-chow-fu, consists of a chain dowit to the banks of invested subscription rental alluvial 1 resented to it bj the of suitable age the boys are with to tradesmen, or adopted; the girls betrothed as wives, or employed ax how sorvatits, There is also a Beggar's Asylum
was built during the 14th century, and outside the south-west gate.
supported by. the 'The monthly allowance for each recipe and a half; but' the treatment received from the keepers is ao brutal that few, unless really starving, will avail themselves of Two pagodas on an island abrogst of the city are objects of some curiosity, on sccount of the id for having been for a short of Ti he last
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