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Show ed General Defcription o it 1s but halfa mile broad, and in others a little broader for in length it ext nds above 8oo miles By this it appears, that this Riyer nex to thatof Kiang, is the bigeeft and moft famou of all China 3 and though it ; naturally no other then a Forreigner thathas invaded the Countre , yet doesi not ftand in fear of their Laws (which will not permit a Forreig er ¢o liv among them) but astheir revenger infults over them, by o ten laying their Coun trey under Water in a moft Jamentable manner. Th it has its Source, are in my opinion the dmaxion H lls the Kingdom of Laor, orTibet ; and that' which j Hills Ouenlun, from whenc being fituated not fy fro more, the very fituation o thofe Placesand Countries does demonfirate, that from G?!zgé'f.in_ Bengala Mefon in Laor, and feveral other famou Streams, which wate the parts of 5107 and Pegu, have theirrife For the Chinefes believe, and {o report there are very many great Rivers Southward that take th r f H l s But toreturn whence we hav digrefled 5 after that this Yellow Rive is pafle beyond the vait Territories of Sifan and Taniju which does not in the leaft belon to the Empire of China, it runs before the City Lingao, called K10, 1n the Province of Xenfz,in the Empir of Cbina, to the place wher the great Wall (made to prevent the Invafions of the Ta tars) reaches toward th Eaft, whichi likewife wafhes then it runs with great fury as well coward th North as the Eaft, by one fide of the vaf Wildernefs called Samo, at leaft tw thoufand Furlongs, and then turns toward the South, where i paffes through th Gate Se, whichis in.the Wall, and fo divides the two Prov nces of Xenft an Xanf : Thence it mns into feveral ucher Provinces, whereof made mention in the Defcription of our journeyto Peking Th Yellow: River is very thick and muddy, the People report it wil no have formerl water of thi grow cleari 1000 years 5 and therefore when they fpeak of any difficule undertak ng, the ufeasa Proverbial {peechamong them to {ay, When the Yellow River is cle ar. Bu notwithftanding this report of theirs, it is well known that the Seame which fre quent this River, havean Art to make the water clear, by flinging Allom int it which being diffolved therein, makes the mud to fink to the bottom e Of WATER-SHOO TS and Great Falls of WA TER N the Province of Xanfi, near to Pingiao, is a great Fall of Water,which make {uch a noife, that 1t isheard fome miles diftant In the Province of Kiangfi, hard by the chief City Nanchang, is the Mountai Pechang, which figuifies the Mountain of a hundred Rods, becaufe the water there run (o far with great impetucufnefs In the River Chuem, which runs near to Xunking, through fieep and cragge Rocks, are thirty fix greac Water-falls, which continually roar with a moft hide ous noife Near to the tenth Principal City of this Province, isa River called Xenmmuen, o Heng, which runs with great boifteroufnefs froma Water-fhoot that falls in to 1t The River Y40 in its paflage by the City Liniao, makes fo great a noif as if i Thunder'd _ From the Meuntains of Taye are Catara@s that fall with great force, at leaft fou hundred Rod P lljf?af to the City Tan, is o plentiful 2 Water-fall Lake Near to the chief City of Cboxdn thatit has caufed a Mere o 1s 2 River called Xangyung wherein s { grea |