the distance is about 40 miles;—the canal in many places passing through series of wide though shallow lakes.
About 15 miles by the stream from the Ferry, in a nor' westerly direction, is San-kong-keaou, a village of 350 families. At this place two streams meet; one leading from Tchi-ki-yuen, (the chief city of the District) from which it is distant from 15 to 20 miles,—Sankong-keow being a similar distance from Hang chow one way, and from the Tsien-tang an other (12).
DEPARTMENT OF HANG-CHOW.
District of the Tsien-Tang.
The Tsien-Tang, from the embrouchure of the Fong-je-how canal to Foo-yang, varies in width from one and two hundred yards to a mile and upwards; though the depth is only sufficient for vessels of light draft,—eight or ten feet it is said, with a tidal rise and fall of three or four feet. The course of the stream from the canal's mouth on to Foo-yang, is about S.W. by W. for thirty miles and upwards. Off the city it branches off to the southward.
The country bordering the river is flat for two or three miles inland, and for the most part covered with mulberry trees. Foo-yang appears to lie in the centre of a circle of hills. On the south face the wall reaches down to the water's edge;—on the east it runs sharply up an ascent, and down as abruptly on to the north side, where the country is flatter, and but little built on; the business part of the town lying on the south. On the western entrance to the town is a well furnished
