The Archive · 1900

The Rivers of the District

The result of this little disturbance was that the attendant guard of the Ist Chinese Regiment was considerably strengthened, and a camp was formed about three miles away from these villages, on the mountains known as Macdonald Range, the highest peak of which, Int. Macdonald, is close on 1,600 feet above sea level, This peak is supposed to be the highest within the territory, and in it rise the three largest rivers which wend their way towards the Weihai seaboard. These rivers are the Shiklinggo, Woojiahhwa, and Pumenghwa. The former finds its way into the Fourth Lagoon, just outside the boundary, after a very roundabout wandering, while the two latter enter the sea to the south-east of Camp Point, after even greater wanderings. The path through which the Woojiahhwa flows is a broad valley with fairly high hills on either side. This iver is fed-by four Inrge streams which join together near the three villages called Wintsintang, and at this meeting of the waters may be found the hot springs or sulphur wells which gave their name to the district of Wintsintang, or, as it is sometimes, called, Tangtsechien.

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