Journey,ttf,
fi»^ has transmitted to posterity-po
. In ,ordferpto: gain the ©canal on the olhferisideofthe
Yairg^tse-kiang, tbeiyachts sailed ad littlefway‘along the
northern shore of thabgfeat river. The face' ©Fths ednn-
try m m Sierd entirelyfChanged. Insteadof a flat country*
l^ e s ^ a n d > ^ f e ^ s r th e fh ^ n a T M e p a d u a ilp f e ^ tt® ;
margin of'tbleorivisv enriched.'with;-y^a®s kinds];^vd
tints/oftG'ulturesanfeerspersed witlitr^e^gnjpl^esf, andlpa,1
gotfasi In the river were islands,-skirted with a h jp lj^ iy v
and mcks.risihgfeabruptly, from the,snrfeefi#!'thefatten
The waves,roileddikeifthbse at' kar.anTpofphi^Cm^iid,
to hfe -sometimes seen leapihp-atnongst th e a a ^ ^ ^ p a k
junks were%ing;atanehor.
In crossing-the river the attention was partieid^rlyat-
tracted hy>an island situatedfiin the middlepf thdi sl5^);s
ealediGhih-shimi or the; golden mountain, wh.ielb W&Q
almost perpendicularly out o f t*heijp>p#, and fe^inter-
spersgdijwhh gardens and pleasure-houses’..iaArC and ha-
Hire, seemed to have combined to give .fcoAis^spot the
appearance of enchantment. It belonged.totl%e^mpArpKj
who had built upon it a iatlpL and handsome .palae,e, :and
on the highest. cminei^^ s e y e r ^ ^ p l e s andi pagodas.
The island aisdcontathfed a large monastery of- priest^
b y whom it is chiefly inhabited. A vast y a r i^ y jn f Vessels
were moving.on this large river. In Plate of the
folio volume is a view of the Ghin-shan island, and on
tb&fflft hand side of ,therbrintteahlaecufate delineation journey to qBgrygfigBjB ‘J - [ kl j ‘ ; WMS& uan-cWo.;
o r;a‘Gn lpesCJsMjpiox war, 'n t" , t fo°-
• TheLwdtoid to thCsoiutkwdrd'ifof th,e| Yapgdserkiapg,,. '
gMdwllprpsetd’siuch a height thatitrwas found nsggs^ary
fb'ICfft d^swn'the ear<th in snm©»arts t<© ^he-jdepth p f neay
e-Sghty feet- in^>r,d'sfe to- find a; le^el -forth e- passage1 of the
canal.- -] -
'The-land in this neighbourhood .wasmkiefljy rgpjjfrivated
wMt thatparbicuidrJSp'e'cres'or^^Eietys A t;h'©rpottoh shrub
that prodUC^tthefd'cltih usuhllyL'calledv'J^nkeengqit^^lu-
-rOpfe^ The ;downienvelopingrth^sfee9pjs@nstjiutCS-3y|iat,
in Lthe^ikn^uag^fdfstfcade^d'slieaHedhe^ttonj-^dgl,' which
$lsdfia -fohite^dlouV in the common- p lan t; : but(iip»lba*t
grooving] in the pro.vinee’r pf KiajSggmn-,] o f -whichjithe
fity-©ft Nart-‘bin'dsoth^capital, thht^Mnofsj-pfjthersain!
yfello'W^ffingbdwhich- it preserves whorijspunband;$$Q\jen
info' cloth;1 Tlid colour/ as^elMsdhbjLsnpprio&jtpr-ality
o f this’ siibstancpj! in Kian’g-naovjwas! s upposed
ingfo the]^Mieular^nature of the^sgil ;dand ib is<p.se#§4-
thtfl the-seeds* of the nankg jn .cotton* degenerate in both
particulars wheii transplanted -:to? an o th^ pjk-y^df|^’Qt'?5'‘
wter€-ittle1dMFerhnt in its; climate. ■
fit Solid and'perffianen tbridgeSfk're thro'v^nidye|>t.|iOr,canal
in many parts of this «province. Some' of themjp^eie
built;Of a reddish granite,, containing*?a,la%gproportion
of feldspath ; hflfl *-s@m,e,of a1] eok-rse i-gjeytmarb|pf' The
arched bf some of those bridged aKetdfja- semicircular, and