"The Chien-Tao, Or 'pillar Road,' Mentioned, Should Be Chan-Tao, Or
'scaffolding Road.' The Picture Facing P. 50 Shows How The Shoring Up Or
Scaffolding Is Effected.
The word chan is still in common use all over
the Empire, and in 1267 Kublai ordered this identical road ('Sz Ch'wan
chan-tao') to be repaired.
There are many such roads in Sz Ch'wan
besides the original one from Han-chung-Fu." (E.H. PARKER, As. Quart.
Rev., Jan., 1904, p. 144.)
XLIV., p. 36. SINDAFU (Ch'eng tu fu). - Through the midst of this great
city runs a large river.... It is a good half-mile wide....
"It is probable that in the thirteenth century, when Marco Polo was on his
travels, the 'great river a good half-mile wide,' flowing past Chengtu,
was the principal stream; but in the present day that channel is
insignificant in comparison to the one which passes by Ta Hsien, Yung-Chia
Chong, and Hsin-Chin Hsien. Of course, these channels are stopped up or
opened as occasion requires. As a general rule, they follow such contour
lines as will allow gravitation to conduct the water to levels as high as
is possible, and when it is desired to raise it higher than it will
naturally flow, chain-pumps and enormous undershot water-wheels of bamboo
are freely employed. Water-power is used for driving mills through the
medium of wheels, undershot or overshot, or turbines, as the local
circumstances may demand." (R. Logan JACK, Back Blocks, p. 55.)
XLIV., p. 36.
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