perceptibility of the rise, the per-A sinister side ig added bythe ime JSistent inexorable—inch-by-inch inferease of the water level and the mile-by-molle increase in the amount of inundated land. Only at certain points, where dykes suddenly gave Way, is there a great rush of water. Tt seems a steady resistless rise, which appears to" carry everything Before it The fact that the country was suffering from drought before the floods came adds to the uncanniness of the whole situation. Whence does all the water come? It hard to realize that it is coming from the far distant Yellow River. For the frst time in memory people on the Kuan River, down near Chen-chia kang, close to the sea in the Southeastern part of the Haichow District now are drinking Yellow River water. They are able for the first time to get fresh water, water they can drink, from what is usually briny tide-water, This shows what large volume of water is pouring to he sea through this section, having passed through several provinces.
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