Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 124. Pulley ascending and descending. Chuan-chu. 125. Hemp-rope for hoisting sail. Li-sheng. 126. Coir-rope from mast-head to stern. Hwang. 127. Sail-bamboos or reefs. Feng-kan-tsz. 128. Smaller ditto in front of mast. Pa-wei-kan-tsz. 129. Lowest stays. Chi-chao-sheng. 130. Higher stays. Hsia-pa-shenij. THE ' VADE-MECTJM ' OF THE TRATELLEE THROUGH THE OOROES OP THE GREAT RITEE. 1. N. Chih-hsi T'ing ; otherwise Hwang-ling Miao. Ninety li hence to Lao (Old) Hwang-ling Miao, (No. 66). 2. N. Ho-shang Shih ; (shih means ' rook'). 3. S. Li-chia Ho; (ho means ' river' or ' stream'). 4. N. Ch'ang chi-tsz; (chi or chi-tsz means 'shallow' or ' rapid'). 6. N. T'un-chia T'o; (t'o means 'eddy'). At highest water downward junks must moor here. 6. S. Pi-chia Shan ; (shan means ' hill'). 7. S. Pei Wan; (wan means ' curve,' ' reach'). 8. S. Hsia Tsz-yang; (Asta means ' lower'). 9. Mid. Ko-chou Pa; (mid. means ' in mid-stream '). 10. N. Erh-chiang. 11. N. San-cldang. 12. N. Shang Tsz-yang; (shang means ' upper'). 13. S. Ngo Shih-tsz; upward junks use a long line and go by Slum Liu-tsz, (No. 15). 14. N. Lao-hu Tui; (tut means ' heap '). 15. S. Shan Liu-tsz. 16. N. Nan-ching Kwan. (Opposite Blakiston's 'Mussul man Point'). Fifteen li from I-ch'ang. 17. N. Nan-mu K'eng; (k'eng means ' hole'). At highest water downward junks must beware of whirlpools. 18. N. Pe-lung Tung; (; means ' white;' tung means ' cave' or ' hollow'). At high water downward junks should he very shy of the great whirl, and keep round by the south bank. 19. N. Hsia-lau Ch'i; (ch'i means ' creek '). 20. S. Hwang Mao. Beware of grounding at low water. At high and highest water, beware of whirls. 21. S. Ch'ing-yii T'an ; (t'an here...