Show great the overs of china aro her glor and there are few countries la ia tho world so BO well watered and none with such auch splendid natural water traD transportation til tiou facilities ilia I 1 la three gloat rivers of the empire bad and the yang too ee kiang child ol of the ocean the holing ilo yellow river and the chu kiang pearl river or canton river of 0 those these the baug tsz in ia much the largest lar geat following follow inc through exten extensive sivo and fertile plains and finally emptying into tho the eastern sea after traversing ft a di distance of over 2000 miles its discharge is 18 estimated estima tod tit at one million cubic feet per second the banks of tho the yang tsz taz aro are crowded with towns tind and villages tho the most famous of which aich are and nathe the new treaty port of bankow the hoang ho or bollow river is noted for its fre fra quent and violent flood floody its current Is s very rapid and its course coarse nearly approaching in length the yang tsz taz tho pearl or canton river liver while not nearly so BO largo as tho the is IB a stream of great importance and innumerable vessels trade upon it its waters at some points it spreads ads into laige lakes in it pa in wes ses between narrow gorgos gorges which it if dammed would afford large larg storage estorage capacity for irrigation the chinese however have not practically worked out irrigation imitation in its diff different trent phases tta completely as would bo expected of such an agricultural people irrigation nevertheless is I 1 practiced rac to a extent through ilia use of the waters of the grand C and by wells the grand or imperial canal is n work of great jam it was waa constructed in the ath and eal enlarged arged in the edth conjury conr con fury ury it traverses travois es the great aud and flows wix but slight current foi a distance ut of miles NN maile little buila buill for purposes of communication its ita mateis nio aio used laidely for irr irrin ignition Ution aud tho thou wands of drains and croc creeks ks lab hm 0 beau made to cun rieca nit mh h it alou its ita route ANT ube ibe modes of I 1 irrigation are mount and crude one ona ot or tho anost picture is by means of tho water wheel v m aich is 19 the land 11 i to ba b watered is if well above tho channel of aho wheel is turned by the dorco of the current fadil is perhaps thirty dept high its being sections of bamboa bambou which hi chas us they are raised by the stately motion of the hmiel empty their contents into or ditches hollow bamboo pipes or tubes are sometimes used for water over the fields they rest upon wooden supports and branch in ia every direction from th the source dr of supply aho chain pump is ia also a coc commod amott means of lifting water the chain running up from the water on a slant and being provided with little buckets at inton inter itlen alwo which its aa they reach the hig highest best point and begin to dos descend cendt discharge disc haige their contents thelema machines chines are worked by buffaloes or sometimes by human laboi a man working a crank brank with lim feet something aftel the manner of gridine u bicycle alo most primitive imd and laborious method is the bacigal wol well adeep such as I 1 ia sn s to day on many an all old new england homestead GOT E MITCHELL M ITCH ELL |