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Topography of Fukion.
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IV. The department of Vinping spreads out on both sides of the Min, between Kieuning and Fuchan-having Kienning on the north, Fuchan on the east, Yungchun on the southeast, Lungyen on the south, and Tingehau and Shanwi on the west. Ascending
the Min, the course from Fuchau to Yenping is nearly northwest. Yenping stands on the northern bank of the river. The districts of Yúkí, Shá, and Yung-án compose the southern portion of the department: while Shunchang and Tsiangloh fill up the northwest- eril. The chief city, Yenping, is remarkable, as Du Halde informs us, for its being watered in every part by aqueducts, and for the purity of the language of its inhabitants, which is that of the ancient Nanking and hence he supposes that it was first settled by a colony from that region of country.
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V. The department of Tingchau is a narrow strip of land bor- dering on Kiángsi, having the departments of Shauwú and Yenping on the north those of Lungngan and Changchau on the east; and those of Chíuchau and Kiaying in Kwangtung on the south. The country is mountainous, and in nowise remarkable for its pro-- ductions.
VI The department of Hinghwá is of very small extent, situat- ed between Fuchau and Tsiuenchau, on the north and south; and between Yungchun on the west, and the sea on the east. Like the departments to which it is contiguous, Hinghwa is densely populated, with a rich, well cultivated, and very productive soil.
VIL The department of Showwú is situated on the northwest- ern portion of the province, having the departments of Kwangsin and Kiencháng in Kiảngsí on the north and west; and those of Kienning. Yeuping, and Tingchau, on the east and south In its general features, it resembles Tingchau, being a part of that moun- tainous range that divides Kiangsi and Fukien.
VIL The department of Changchau constitutes the southern portion of the province, and is of a triangular shape, having the departments of Tingchau, Lungngan, and Tsiuenchau for the north- ern line, the seacoast for the southern, and the department of Cháuchau in Kwangtung for the western. The line of coast stretches from Namoh to the bay of Amoy. The capital of the de- partment, which is the residence of the magistrate of Lungk, is situated due west from Amoy, at the junction of the Kiúlung and the Lung rivers. On the north and northeast is the district of Chángtái; and on the northwest is that of Nantsing. The district of Háiching is Situated between Lungki and the sea and its chief city stands upon
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