Excerpt from The Chinese as They Are, Their Moral and Social Character, Manners, Customs, Language: With Remarks on Their Arts and Sciences, Their Medical Skill, the Extent of Missionary Enterprise, &C., Containing Also, Illustrative and Corroborative Notes, Additional Chapters on the Ancient and Modern History

The northern or second principal chain of mountains, subsiding into gentle acclivities towards the great plain of rivers, occupies the northwestern portion of China, and causes the provinces bounding upon Eastern Tarta ry to partake of its mountainous character. Rich vallies, nevertheless, intervene between the ridges, and the country, to a considerable de ree, is both populous and cultivated.

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