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The China Pilot; Comprising the Coasts of China, Korea, and Manchuria the Sea of Japan, the Gulfs of Tartary and Amur, and the Sea of Okhotsk


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1861 Excerpt: ...nearly S.W. and N.E., becoming still more southerly at Hankau. The two last-named reaches are, by keeping on the left bank, free of any impediments. North of a remarkable bluff (200 feet high), called Kin-shan, which is on the right bank of Pakington reach one mile inland, lies a sand bank, which dries in December; it is easily avoided by nearing the left bank. Opposite Hanyang, just above the entrance to the river Han, lies an extensive mud bank, dry 4 feet in December. A spit, gradually deepening, stretches to the northward from this, and affords good anchorage in from 3 to 7 fathoms. Hankau.--At Hankau, 384 nautical miles above Nanking, the river still maintains the same characteristies, showing no signs whatever of a decrease either in breadth or depth. The water under the walls of Wuchang fu is just as deep as at Nanking; no bottom at 9 fathoms was obtained. The cities of Hankau and Hanyang stand on the left bank of the river, and the city of Wuchang on the right bank. Hankau, signifying the mouth of the Han river, is flourishing, and fast recovering from being burnt down by the rebels. Hanyang and Wuchang are walled cities, the former is utterly and entirely ruined, and nothing remains of it but a heap of bricks. Wuchang is very extensive, and said to be much larger than Canton. The season of the year at which the squadron ascended afforded good opportunities of observing banks and shoals which would be covered at an earlier period, but no just estimate could be formed of the force of the constant downward stream. A rate varying from 1 to 4 knots was observed; the latter only obtained in certain localities. In the summer the stream is said to obtain a constant rate varying from 5 to 7 knots, a circumstance which will effectually deter sailing vessels ...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781150713606
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 200
  • Spine Width: 11 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1150713607
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 367 gr


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