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Topography of the Province of Hupeh.
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trine area in Húpeh is the greatest. The following list includes all of any importance In Wúcháng fú, are found Liang-tez' hú
湖; Fútau hú 斧頭湖 or Ax lake, Tsingning hú 清寜 or Clear- calm lake, and Weiyuen lakes. The first of these four lies east of the capital, and is connected with Ax lake by a conduit, form- ing a water communication across the bend of the Yángtsz' kiáng at this place. In Hányáng fú are eight lakes, none of them of any great
size, viz. Mieuyáng hú沔陽湖, Peh-ní白泥 or White Clay lake, and Chihyé or Wild lake; these three are rather arms of one large lake inclosing an island, than separate sheets of water.
Niú hú 牛湖 or Cow lake is an expansion of one of the mouths of the Hán R., which empties in just above Hányáng. Tá-peh ★ É 大白 Large White lake, Hungmá
= yeh 楊葉
or Red-horse L.; and Sán hú
all join their waters, and empty into the Hán R. The Yáng- or Willow-leaf lake, and the Sántáior Three Terrace lake, form one sheet of water, inclosing several islands, on one of which is the town of Tienmun. In Kingchau fú are found the Sánkáng hú⇒ M, which unites with the Kiun lake, and the Peh-lienor White-lily lake; their waters flow both north into the river, and south into Tungting lake. These comprise all the lakes of any note.
The rivers of Húpeh are numerous and large. The magnificent Yángtsz' kiáng flows through its entire breadth, and receives the are the Hán kiáng
waters of many tributaries, the largest of which
漢江
on the north, and the Tsing kiáng
which joins it near
I-cháng. Besides these two important streams, there are the Pá ho
巴河, the Po-ting ho岥亭河 , near Hwangchau fú, the Lung ho , and the Wú-hút rivers, east of the Hán R. The Hán river (from which one of the famous Chinese dynasties took its name) rises in Shensí, and drains the southern declivities of the range of hills near the Yellow river, drawing its waters from most of the sou- thern departments of Shensí and Honán, and the northern half of Húpeh, a region of upwards of eighty thousand square miles. Its entire length is not far from 300 miles. The Tsing kiáng, or clear river empties the drainage of the southwestern districts into the Great river.
The size of this important province differs but little from that of Kiángsí or Shantung, but the productions and manufactures are more varied. The states of Virginia and Missouri in the United States, are each of them nearly of the same size as Húpeh; it is also about