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Show I Cl.ln... ttar.lt iifMIUl.li SSsBHHH' I However many syllsbles thorn mar m be In n Chlnete plica namo It It com- . poted of at many words as there are F syllables for all Chinese words are I monosyllabic If wo know tho mean- I , Ing of even one of tho words In a geo- f graphical name It helps to convey n j definite Idea Tho words Ho and Kl- i ,k$j ang for example, both mean "river," J 'jJSj and when we see them on Ihe map ws H32k know they refer to a river or stream. i Im Many of tho names of rivers nro do- . "..' j3 scrlptlve of them llnang Ho for ex- ?"-!h9 ample means Yellow river", Tsln Kl- SB ang meant 'Clear river" Obtervo K how definite it the Idea expretted In ' Jj Ihe name of each of the three rlvera w( which converge upon Canton One ot itr.iiSi them Is the 81 Klang, or "West river," IIalsI another tho Pe Kline or ' North river," mJtm tho third Is tho Tung Klang, or ' Rast SJSH river" Tho names of these rlvtrs tell MM the direction from which they come. ,iM They help to simplify tho study ot the W$M geography ot that part of China When 'lr(nN they unlto they form Chu Klang, or iBfft Pearl river" The Chlneso named fj4j their largest river In the north ths tt2s Hoang Ho because It cuts Its bed $'& through yellow soil from which It do- r 1 rives Its color The yellow flood It I '& pours Into the sea colors that part ot ''.- ''3j2e! & w MvA i MISS altACIJ I1RYAN. I ;4 (Aged 8 ) It V the ocean yellow, and hence the Chi- f , neso cat Ithe tea Hoang Hal, pr Yellow '' ' sea. I 4 |