Meaning of Sha-shih | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

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“On November 17, the Consul having kindly offered me the use⟳ of his house-boat, I went down to Sha-shih, which is eighty miles from Ichang, and being with the current, the journey was made in one day.”

“It is not till the Yangtze reaches Sha-shih that its character completely changes. The first note⟳ of change⟳ is a great embankment, thirty feet high, which protects the region from inundation. Below Sha-shih the vast river becomes mixed up with a network of lakes and rivers, connected by canals, the area of the important Tungting Lake being over 2000 square miles.”

“Fortunately on this occasion the steam launch⟳ which had been sent forward⟳ to explore⟳, at last⟳ hit upon an eight-foot passage, and by evening we reached the port of Sha-shih, where, owing to further reports of shallow water ahead, we anchored for the night.”

“I-ch'ang (q.v.) and Shasi (Sha-shih) farther up the Yangtze in south central Hupeh are important provincial and commercial centres. South of Sha-shih is the Ch'ing-chiang (Kingkiang) flood⟳ detention basin or reservoir covering about 350 sq.mi.”

“By the middle of June there had been additional disturbances at Chinkiang, Tan-yang, Wu-hsi and Soochow along the Grand Canal, and at Wu-hsueh, Kiukiang and Sha-shih on the Yangtze.”

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