 Yang-tse-kiang, one of the finest rivers in the world, traverses this province from south-west to north-east. Its fertility is such, that it is said the produce of a single harvest could not be consumed in it in ten years.  Five months on the Yang-Tsze - Page 189by Thomas Wright Blakiston - 1862Full view - About this book
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1875 - 480 pages
...Yunan. The province of Sce-tchouen M. Hue calls the largest and perhaps the finest province in China. Its fertility is such that it is said the produce of a single harvest could not be consumed in ten years. Various crops are produced in this province, among which may be mentioned tea, hemp, indigo,... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1861 - 276 pages
...population, 30J millions) is the largest, and, according to Abbe Hue, the finest province in China. Its fertility is such that it is said the produce...harvest could not be consumed in it in ten years. Its principal productions besides grain, are indigo and various tinctorial plants, fine teas, silk,... | |
 | Évariste Régis Huc - 1855 - 468 pages
...forests, magnificently fertile valleys, lakes abounding in fish, and navigable rivers. The Yang-tse-kiang, one of the finest rivers in the world, traverses this...consumed in it in ten years. Great numbers of textile and tinctorial plants are cultivated in it ; among others the herbaceous indigo, which gives a fine... | |
 | Evariste Régis Huc - 1855 - 432 pages
...forests, magnificently fertile valleys, lakes abounding in fish, and navigable rivers. The Yang-tse-kiang, one of the finest rivers in the world, traverses this...consumed in it in ten years. Great numbers of textile and tinctorial plants are cultivated in it; among others the herbaceous indigo, which gives a fine... | |
 | Evariste Régis Huc - 1856 - 984 pages
...forests, magnificently fertile valleys, lakes abounding in fish, and navigable rivers. The Yang-tse-kiang, one of the finest rivers in the world, traverses this...consumed in it in ten years. Great numbers of textile and tinctorial plants are cultivated in it ; among others the herbaceous indigo, which gives a fine... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1860 - 582 pages
...population, 30jmillions) is the largest, and, according to Abb6 Hue, the finest province in China. Its fertility is such that it is said the produce...harvest could not be consumed in it in ten years. Its principal productions besides grain, are indigo and various tinctorial plants, fine teas, silk,... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1862 - 804 pages
...population, 30^ millions) is the largest and, according to AbbS Hue, the finest province in China. Its fertility is such that, it is said, the produce of a single harvest cannot be consumed in it in ten years. Its principal productions, besides grain, are indigo and various... | |
 | William Harrison Ainsworth - 1863 - 514 pages
...fish, and navigable rivers. The fertility of this province is, indeed, according to the same authority, such that it is said the produce of a single harvest could not be consumed in it in ten years. On the hills are fine plantations of tea, of which all the most exquisite kinds are kept for the epicures... | |
 | 1863 - 514 pages
...fish, and navigable rivers. The fertility of this province is, indeed, according to the same authority, such that it is said the produce of a single harvest could not be consumed in it in ten years. On the hills are fine plantations of tea, of which all the most exquisite kinds are kept for the epicures... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1875 - 482 pages
...Yunan. The province of Sce-tchouen M. Hue calls the largest and perhaps the finest province in China. Its fertility is such that it is said the produce of a single harvest could not be consumed in ten years. Various crops are produced in this province, among which may be mentioned tea, hemp, indigo,... | |
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