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1850.

Topography of the Province of Kánsuh.

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The Desert of Gobi divides Kánsuh into two portions totally unlike in their productions and climate; and even in population, language, manners, and government, there is almost as great a difference as in natural features. That part lying within the Great Wall is Chinese in all its characteristics, that beyond the Desert is still Mongolian and nomadic, despite of the civilizing tendencies and efforts of the Chinese sway. The former is under a civil government, the latter is still es- sentially a military rule; but during the last fifty years, the process of assimilation and concord between the heterogeneous materials has pro- bably been more rapid than during the two centuries preceding. The whole province is now subdivided into fifteen departments, comprising sixty-five districts, according to the following list.

I. Lánchau fú or the Department of Lánchau, contains seven districts,

viz., 1 ting, 2 chau, and 4 hien.

1 Káulán,

5 靖遠 Tsingyuen,

2狄道州 Yintáu chau, 6河州 Ho chau,

3 金縣 Kin hien,

4渭源 Weiyuen,

7 循化廳 Siunhwá ting.

II. Pingliáng fú. or the Department of Pingliáng, contains six districts,

viz., 1 ting, 2 chau, and 3 hien.

1 平凉 Pingliáng,

2華亭 Hwáting,

4 鹽茶 Yenchá ting,

5 Lungteh,

3 固原州 Kúyuen chau, 6靜寧州 Tsingning chau.

III. Kungchang fú

or the Department

of Kungcháng, comprises ten districts, viz., 1 ting, 1 chau and 8 hien.

1 隴西 Lungsí,

2 Chúng hiền,

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123 4 10

隴漳寧伏西

3 寧遠 Ningyuen,

4 伏羗 Fuhkiáng,

5 西和 Siho,

6岷州 Min chau,

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7 Táuchau ting,

8

Ngánting,

9 通渭 Tungwei,

10

Hwuining.