Chinese pictures : notes on photographs made in China (1900)
Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904 · London ; New York : Cassell and Company · leaf 46
A BOAT ON THE MINRIVER, USED FORRUNNING THE RAPIDS. PART OF A FRINGE OF JUNKS OR RIVER BOATS AT WAN HSIEN, Illustrating the enormous trafficon the Yangtze. This fringe of boats,closely packed, extends for two milesalong the river bank, and is an evidenceof the great trade and prosperity ofWan Hsien. … PART OF A FRINGE OF JUNKS OR RIVER BOATS AT WAN HSIEN. THE BRIDGE OF TEN THOUSAND AGES, FOOCHOW. A country of waterways must be acountry of bridges, but the beauty ofthe bridges in China is quite a surpriseto the traveller. The straight bridge ofthe illustration given here is built uponenormously…
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