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19 to 23

Lánchai kioh -

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23 to 49

Shin wán

2.1

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49 to 42

1.

Hiayíh lí

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42 to 30

30 to 57

Tashí wán

2.1

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Green island

2.4

23.4 miles

The above are geographical miles of 2035 yards each; the island therefore is 26.85 English miles in circumference.

On the northern shore of Hongkong, about midway between the extreme eastern and western points of the island, close to the beach upon the western side of Wangnai Chung, and within a stone's cast of the house of the Morrison Education Society, there is a hillock, the position of which, as carefully ascertained by sir Edward Bel cher, is in 22° 16′ 30′′ N. lat., and 114° 08′ 30" E. long. This point, therefore, for all general purposes, may be considered as giving us the true position of Hongkong.

The little map on the following page, printed from a rude block cut by a Chinese, shows the exact shape of the island, which some- what resembles a right angled triangle, the northeastern point of the island being the right angle. Starting from the headland near the islet off the northwest point of Mount Kellett; thence going on through the village of little Hongkong, touching the headland of Deep-water Bay, and leaving Shallow water Bay and Chekchú close on your right, you will pass near the centre of Tytam harbor, and reach the extreme southeast point of the island. This is the longest right line that can be drawn in Hongkong, and is about nine miles in length. The longest line, that can be drawn due east and west will not exceed eight miles; and from north to south it would be about five miles. The shortest sailing distance round the island is twenty-six miles and eighty-five hundredths. The islet before. alluded to, off the northwest of Hongkong, is Green island. North of Green island is the entrance from the river of Canton, through Kap- shúi Mun, or Swift-water Passage. The point of land, north of the harbor of Victoria, is the extreme of Kaulung, called by the Chi- nese Tsien sha tsui. Still to the eastward there is seen, on the little map, another point of land. The passage between it and Hong- kong ́is the Li-yti (Lyee) Mun. Thence you pass round the south- eastern point of the island into Tytam Bay, at the head of which is the village of the same name. Sailing round the next point, called