In July. the overflow from the Yellow River filled up some lakes Rear the border between Shantung and Kiangsu. About the same. tim large district in Shantung flooded. A magistrate northwest Hsuchowfu led a large force of people In building a dyke along the Weishan The bank on the northeast side of the Grand Canal "has also been broken, and the low district called Loama' Lake has been flooded. This district was formerly a lake, but for many years it has been dry' most of the time, and has been under cultivation. The Chinese in this part of the province have a habit of calling Lake, about 50 miles long. "This held|#"¥, level rural district a "lake" back' the water, and saved northwest, ing down into the lake" simply Kiangsu for some weeks. Meanwhile, sans going out into the country. the Yellow River water continued is peculiar expression is probably come into the lake in enormous. a relic of the time, century quantities, until it reached such a high level that no dykes could pos-sere was more or less swampy, and sibly hold it. It broke over and the town sites were built up above spread out over another section of the general level, as many of them country. Then the officials and still are. Tu some eases, village sites people repaired and built up an-wre built up about eight of ten fect other line of dykes. Gradually the high. water filled up this space, and at Only two streams are in position last broke over again. to carry off the waters of the present jood; the Grand Canal the Lutangho, These dykes are somewhat similar [to the various lines of defence in the latter having several branches or tributaries. Two of these branch~ military plans. When the water serve as spillways for the Grand breaks over one tine of defence, the
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