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1842

time to come.

Topography of Shantung.

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With this suggestion, I conclude my record of labors for another year, grateful for the continued smiles of a beneficent Providence, and the marks of favor with which it has been crowned.

Your obedient servant,

Macao, Sep. 20th, 1842.

S. R. BROWN.

ART. IV. Topography of Shúntung: boundaries and situation of the province; its area and population; with its subdivisions, rivers, lakes, mountains, plains, productions, &c.

FROM the northernmost point of this province, round to the north- west and west, it is bounded by Chilí; on the southwest, the line of demarkation runs a short distance from Chilí to the Yellow river, separating Shantung from Hónán; on reaching the river, the line runs on it, or rather the river itself becomes. the line, until you reach the province of Kiángsú, where, leaving the river, the boun- dary trends northward for a few miles, and then stretches off, in a winding course, eastward to the sea. Following the coast line, you proceed in a northeasterly direction till you reach the extreme astern point of the province, which forms the promontory of Shán-, ung; thence turning round the point you proceed westward to the place of your departure, in latitude 38° 20′ N., longitude 1° 30′ E. of Peking. From this extreme north a course due south will carry you to the extreme point in that direction, in lat. 34° 31′ N. A line connecting these two extreme points, on the north and south, 3° 49′ distant from each other, will divide the province in two nearly equal parts: the eastern part is in a conical form, with the point of the promontory for its apex; the western part is in the form of a truncat- ed pyramid. A line drawn from east to west, to the extreme points, will extend over nearly eight degrees, say from 1° 15′ W. to 6°45′ E. of Peking.

The area has been computed at 65,184 square miles, or 41,666,560 English acres, which is about the size of the state of Georgia, or of Missoura in the American Union. The population is 28,958,764, which gives an average of 444 to a square mile. By the last census in England, the average population to a square mile in Great Britain is 206, Ireland, Scotland and Wales united equal the area of Shántung.