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Show m0 Passing of the Chinese Junk Lo WATOW as a distributing centre for 'JU ,' imports and a sh.pping point for ex-9 ex-9 ports is one of the mo3t important i tports In h.nn, ranking fifth among the treaty ports. Iu 1011 imports (native gS (and foreign) were valued at ove.1 2,-'PSl 2,-'PSl 00'000 United States currency, and c.-l3m c.-l3m Prtil na'lTc produce at over $9,S0O,00O. jSjt As Swatow itself has a population of only P i About 00,000 It is obvious that the great ;Jftl .bulk of both imports and exports must ?W bt transported from Swatow to the in-aW in-aW terlor or from interior producing centres Itfi Port'on f tn'3 transfclupmcut trade tHi '8 coaBtw'sc " Juki D,lt tlie greater I part of. It is by the various rivers which f debouch Into the large landlocked bay f on which Swatow is situated. Of these j the most important is the Linn Itivcr. By 2 It are reached Chao-chowfu, the prc-H prc-H ' feclural city, having a population of firt : 400,000 to 500.000 at least, and the I'- populous Ilakka district of Kaylngchow, ' This river is In places extremely shallow, shal-low, a. minimum depth of water on shoals ' of two feet being not unusuul; consequcut-Hf consequcut-Hf Iy n particular type of bont has been de-00J de-00J ; signed to meet the requirements of river j(J ; i traflic on it. While these naturally vary (jif 5" size, the following measurement may be taken as typical: Length over all, about -12 feel, maximum beam, which ex-lends ex-lends about three-quarters of the ship's length, 10 feet; beam at bow, -H-i feet; beam at stem, I feet; maximum moulded depth amidships. 4 feet; draught, loaded, -' to 3 feet. A cross section of such a junk show Ihe hull lo be almost a com-jjj com-jjj I pletc uenii-cirole iu shape; that is. there ' itt practically no keel, and the sides arc i founded, tiot vertical. Hi A longitudinal ocction blious u btiaight If bottom for about ihrce-quartera of the I xeafcl's leUBtb, which i carried in long I I hweciiing curves lo the prow aud stern, 5'f ull1 of wl'ieh, but paritculutly the bow, - ft are considerably elevated ubovc ihe leel Sl of the boat amidships. The bull is di-B di-B ided tninsveiely by numeioiis bulkheads, 30 which lorm separate cargo eoinaitmenl.s K ns well at, for ribs. The hull Is const ruct-Bt! ruct-Bt! cd of om-liwh planks. As there Is no ar-Hfl ar-Hfl niugcmeut for shipping a masi. and ax in Bf I any cafe there is no keel, in such shallow iBaL water u centreboard or Icoboards being impossibilities, when working up stream the boat depends for propulsion on trackers track-ers and poling, unless the wind happens to be almost directly astern, wheu mat sails aie hoisted ou bamboos. The Journey up to Sum Ho. which Is the head of navigation, is about 11.1 miles. As a loaded junk tracking cannot make more than about fifteen miles R day against the current, which runs normally upward of three knota nn hour, the journey up take; about ten dnys With favorable condi tlons the round trip can be accomplished in a fortnight, but the average is over this. Such boats carry a crew of fhe IV-L-Llu-&-4-L.-L-A-L-b'kllL'-i'V'tLLilli.&b&'-L-l. |