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keep the eastern shore close on board, the channel being in some places scarcely a cable wide. Should the flood run strong, haul over as soon as you have rounded the low point opposite the village. The narrowest part is opposite to a low point on the western shore above the batteries. The bank forms a point, with a remarkable bushy tree on it; it is 73 miles by the river from Wúsung village. Having passed this point keep in mid-channel. Before arriving at the town, which is 5 miles above it, the river takes a sudden turn to the southward, and the western or right shore again becomes the deep side. The mud extends nearly a cable from the point at the turning; between it and the town shore, there is a deep hole, with 12 and 18 fathoms, but off the town there is 3 and 4 fathoms.
The city of Shanghái.
SHANG-HAI HIEN, or the district of Sháng-hái, belongs
to Sungkiáng fú, A ¢¤ Hƒ• or the department of Sungkiáng.
The city of Shing-hái is in lat. 31° 24′ 29′′ N., long, 121° 32′ 02′′ E. and distant, in a direct line, from the mouth of the river Wúsung, abont seven miles. The place was visited by Messrs. Lindsay and Gutzlaff in the Lord Amherst in 1832; in 1835 again by Messrs Medhurst and Stevens; and in 1842 by the British military and naval "The wall is forces. By the latter we gained the following facts. 32 miles in extent; that of Ningpo is 54; but its suburbs are more ex- tensive than those of Ningpo. The gardens of the ching hưáng miáu are spacious and well built, with many summer and grotto-houses. Gardens, yielding most excellent fruit, are generally attached to the houses. Farmstead's and hamlets diversify the landscape around the city; and the grounds, as far as the eye can see, are entirely flat. The distinct separation of the layers of deposited soil, on the banks of the river, strongly reminded those gentlemen who had been in Egypt, of the Nile."
The following particulars we borrow from the Hongkong Register; they were, we believe penned by a Spanish gentlemen, who visited Shing-hải in 1843.
"The city of Shanghaí is situated about fourteen miles from the gea and on the right bank of a river of the same name, which flows into the Yangtsz' kiáng at a small distance from its mouth. Ships of the largest size can ascend the river and anchor in front of the city, although a pilot is sometimes indispensable, and it is difficult to avoid getting on shore.. Captains, experienced in these seas, say net-