 | sir John Barrow (bart.) - 1804 - 672 Seiten
...fhip-wrecks that have happened there, is held in no fmall degree of dread by the Chinefe. They call it the Shee-pa-tan, or the eighteen cataracts : which are torrents formed by ledges of rock running acrofs the bed of the river. They have not, however, any thing very terrific in them, not one being... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - 1805 - 444 Seiten
...ship-wrecks that have happened there, is held in no small degree of dread by the Chinese. They call it the Shee-pa-tan, or the eighteen cataracts : which are...ledges of rock running across the bed of the river. They have not, however, any tiling very terrific in them ; not one being half so dangerous as the fall... | |
 | Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland - 1841 - 630 Seiten
...happened there, is held in no small degree of dread by the Chinese. They call it the She-pa-tan, or eighteen cataracts ; which are torrents formed by...ledges of rock running across the bed of the river. They have not, however, any thing very terrific in them, not being one half so dangerous as the fall... | |
 | Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland - 1841 - 640 Seiten
...happened there, is held in no small degree of dread by the Chinese. They call it the She-pa-tan, or eighteen cataracts ; which are torrents formed by...ledges of rock running across the bed of the river. They have not, however, any thing Very terrific in them, not being one half so dangerous as the fall... | |
 | Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland - 1841 - 694 Seiten
...happened there, is held in no small degree of dread by the Chinese. They call it the She-pa-tan, or eighteen cataracts ; which are torrents formed by...ledges of rock running across the bed of the river. They have not, however, any thing very terrific in them, not being one half so dangerous as the fall... | |
 | 1842 - 718 Seiten
...Beyond the city Ki-an, the river Kan is very narrow and has " Eighteen Rapids," "which," says Barrow, " are- torrents formed by ledges of rock running across the bed of the river; they have not, however, anything terrific in them — not one being half so dangerous as the fall at... | |
 | Richard Yeo - 1999 - 904 Seiten
...course of which is a remarkable cataract called Shee-pa-tan, or the eighteen eataracts, a succession of torrents formed by ledges of rock running across the bed of the river. It is a place greatly dreaded by theChinese, on account of the multitude of boats which are dashed... | |
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September, we approached that part of the river which, on account of the numerous shipwrecks that have happened there, is held in no small degree of dread by the Chinese. They call it the She-pa-tan, or eighteen cataracts ; which are torrents formed by... 