But A Paper Of
Great Interest On The Subject Was Published By Mr. Edkins, In The Journal
Of The North China Branch Of The R.A.S. For September 1860 [Pp.
77-84],
which I know only by an abstract given by the late Comte d'Escayrac de
Lauture.
From this it would seem that about the time of our era the
Yang-tzu Kiang had three great mouths. The most southerly of these was the
Che-Kiang, which is said to have given its name to the Province still so
called, of which Hang-chau is the capital. This branch quitted the present
channel at Chi-chau, passed by Ning-Kwe and Kwang-te, communicating with
the southern end of a great group of lakes which occupied the position of
the T'ai-Hu, and so by Shih-men and T'ang-si into the sea not far from
Shao-hing. The second branch quitted the main channel at Wu-hu, passed by
I-hing (or I-shin) communicating with the northern end of the T'ai-Hu
(passed apparently by Su-chau), and then bifurcated, one arm entering the
sea at Wu-sung, and the other at Kanp'u. The third, or northerly branch is
that which forms the present channel of the Great Kiang. These branches are
represented hypothetically on the sketch-map attached to ch. lxiv. supra.
(Kingsmill, u.s. p. 53; Chin. Repos. III. 118; Middle Kingdom, I.
95-106; Buerck. p. 483; Cathay, p. cxciii.; J.N.Ch.Br.R.A.S.,
December 1865, p. 3 seqq.; Escayrac de Lauture, Mem.
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