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 ��47. THE RIVER JOURNEY FROM WHITE KING CITY

At dawn I left the walled city of White King, Towering among the many colored clouds; And came down streanf in a day One thousand li to Chiang-ling. The screams of monkeys on either bank Had scarcely ceased echoing in my ear When my skiff had left behind it Ten thousand ranges of hills.

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��The White King City is in Ssuchuan, and Chiang-ling in Hupeh. The distance between the two places is several hundred miles, but the river flows so swiftly that the down stream journey may be accomplished in a day.

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