Chinese pictures : notes on photographs made in China (1900)
Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904 · London ; New York : Cassell and Company · leaf 42
ragging up a boat. At the top andfoot of every rapid on the Yangtze are to be found one ormore Red Lifeboats, which are most efficientlv and admir-ably maimed and maintained at the cost of BenevolentGuilds—one of the many charitable guilds in the country—-for the purpose of assisting the crews of… … HSIN TAN RAPIDON THEYANGTZE RIVER. A BOAT ON THE MINRIVER, USED FORRUNNING THE RAPIDS. The Min River, called also the Fu,is a western tributary of the UpperYangtze, but a great river in itself. Ofthe boats four sails the lowest is ofbamboo, and is let down at night toprotect the boatman and his…
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