GRAND CANAL, jon of the Grand Canal does not enter the Yangtze River by a single mouth, as does the northern branch at Kwachow; but breaks up into several smaller creeks, or rather is formed by their union. Three of these pass to the city of Chinkiang, giving it " water supply and making a moat around the walls. Beyond the south gate- their waters are gathered into a single stream which flows eastward to join the largest and direct channel, whose mouth is at Tantun, a dozen miles down the river. At this latter point we in, towards noon of a bright and breezy October day; the Pere X., the Old
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