The Bookshelf for boys and girls Historic Tales and Golden Deeds part 3 (1912)
University Society, New York · New York : University Society · leaf 40
pper courses, separated from the lowerby grand gorges which remind us of the IronGate on the Danube, it passes through a rich dis-trict af red earth, very thickly peopled. Thereare lakes in the basin of the Yang-tse-kiangwhich act as reservoirs in the time of heavyrains, so that its floods are not… … 30 THE CHINESE EMPIRE submerges the surrounding country and towns.It is not navigable for long distances, like theYang-tse-kiang, but on its banks, and in caves inits cliffs, live many of Chinas millions. Water is not the only gift the inland provincessend to the mother country; another is…
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