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nize it is next to those of Shanghái and Tientsin. It was attacked, and much injured by the British forces in May, 1842, but abandoned immediately after the engagement.
South-west from Chapú fies the old town of Canfú, called Kanpu by the Chinese, which was was once the port of Høngchau, but is now- deserted. This place is mentioned in the voyages of two Arabian travelers in the ninth century, as the chief port of China where all shipping centred. Mantion is also made of it in the travels of Marco Polo. Canfu was destroyed by insurrectionists, which catastrophe drove away the foreign trade from it to Canton, where it afterwards remain- ed; and what trade has since arisen has gone to Chapú.
The rivers in Chehkiáng like those in Kiángsí, have their rise in the province; and as might be inferred from the position of the hills, their course is generally short and the currents rapid. Fourteen principal streams are enumerated, of which the Tsientang is the most important.
Provinces of Húpeh and Húnán.
Húkwáng, now divided into Húpch and Húnán, is bounded north by the province of Honán; south by Kwangtung and Kwangsi; east by Ngánhwui and Kiángsí; and west by Shensí, Sz'chuen, and Kweichau; it extends from lat. 24° 45′ to 33° 20′ N. and from long. 0° 20′ to 8° W. of Peking. It is divided by the Yangtsz' kiáng into two provinces, the northern and largest of which is called Húpeh, the southern Hunan. The Yangtsz' kiáng in its serpentiné course receives the Hán kiáng. There are several rivers which flow into the great depression near the city of Hányáng, and the lakes in this part are very numerous, and have given the name to the province. The area of the united province is about that of Ger- man Austria and Prussia, or that of S. Carolina, Georgia and Ala- bama united.
The capital of Húpeh, Wúcháng fú, lies on the Yángtsz' kiáng, where the river Hán joins it, and opposite to Hányáng fú. It is situated in lat. 30° 34′ 50′′ N. and long 114° 13′ E. These two cities together with the suburb of Hankau, below the latter, probably present in connection with the shipping before them, one of the Jargest assemblages of houses and vessels, inhabitants and sailors, to be found anywhere in the world; London and Yedo alone can compete with it. The number of vessels of the largest size exceeds ten thousand, while the multitude of small craft and ferry-boats