The Ch'ien T'ang River in Chêkiang is famous for its bore, or tidal wave. From Wordnik.com. [Fir-Flower Tablets: Poems Translated From the Chinese] Reference
Again, there is the "kiang" met with in Ladakh, and the "yo-totze," an inhabitant of Chinese Tartary. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Adventure Tales] Reference
Our next excitement occurred when we approached Kia-kiang. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in the Far East] Reference
One of the great rivers of China, the Yangste-kiang, empties into it. From Wordnik.com. [Conservation Reader] Reference
Cheh-kiang, and profusely illustrated in the best style of Chinese art. From Wordnik.com. [A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline] Reference
Crossing the bay at Chen-kiang he saw men in boats filling buckets with water. From Wordnik.com. [A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia] Reference
Himalayas and the Yangtse-kiang watershed, Ceylon, Sumatra, Java and the Philippines. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Suifu, and sometimes they speak of it as the Ta-kiang, regarding it as the upper waters of the Yangtse. From Wordnik.com. [A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia] Reference
Liu Kun-yi, Viceroy of the Yangtse-kiang provinces. From Wordnik.com. [Court Life in China] Reference
Lin-kiang, I have not yet even come to Ki-ngan-foo. From Wordnik.com. [Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama] Reference
Jehan-fou the port of the present town of Tche-kiang. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World] Reference
It is more than three years since I came to Kiu-kiang. From Wordnik.com. [More Translations from the Chinese] Reference
Yün-nan opium was known at Canton and Chin-kiang in 1863. From Wordnik.com. [Across China on Foot] Reference
Yu-kiang, already increased by the influx of the Tso-kiang, the. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux] Reference
Kan-kiang navigators was born with the traditional silver spoon. From Wordnik.com. [Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama] Reference
Of the eighteen provinces of China four only, Kiangsu, Cheh-kiang. From Wordnik.com. [An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma] Reference
+ The Si-kiang (West River) from Yun-nan receives on the right the. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux] Reference
(Irrawadi), the Lu-kiang (Salwen), and the Lan ts'an kiang (Me-kong). From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon] Reference
Hoo, when I am permitted to proceed overland with an escort to Kui-kiang. From Wordnik.com. [Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama] Reference
The kiang has a variety of appellations, according to the country in which it is found. From Wordnik.com. [Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys] Reference
My objective point for the night is Lo-pow, the first town of any size up the Pi-kiang. From Wordnik.com. [Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama] Reference
My course at length brings me to the town of Si-noun, on the south bank of the Choo-kiang. From Wordnik.com. [Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama] Reference
About four o'clock in the afternoon my road once again brings me to a ferry across the Kan-kiang. From Wordnik.com. [Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama] Reference
'Speedwell' once had carried a cargo of ironwood from Singapore for a temple up the Yangtse-kiang. From Wordnik.com. [The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story] Reference
Lin-kiang, a large city down stream, that I fancied, it will be remembered, having reached at Ta-ho. From Wordnik.com. [Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama] Reference
Pointing to the embankment of the Pi-kiang in the distance ahead, he presents himself for further reward. From Wordnik.com. [Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama] Reference
(1011-A Marietta Street NW; 404-892-5477; www. kiang-gallery.com), which shows American and Chinese artists. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Travel] Reference
The route leads through a mountainous country up to the Mae-ling Pass, thence down to the head waters of the Kan-kiang. From Wordnik.com. [Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama] Reference
The hair of the skins is removed by plucking and scraping, and preference is shown for skins of the yak, antelope, and kiang. From Wordnik.com. [In the Forbidden Land] Reference
About noon I ferry across a large tributary of the Kan-kiang, and follow for miles a cobble-stone path that leads down its eastern bank. From Wordnik.com. [Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama] Reference
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