Tide Wave Forty Feet High

Twice a year - at eaah equinos - the ïamous tidès of the Tsien Tang river, that flows from 1lie borders of Kiangsi, Fnhkieu and Cbekiaug to Hangcbovc bay, attaiii their groatest beight, and a bore of sometimos over 40 feefc in heieht ffweeps irresistibly tip its shallow and funnel ebaped eetnaiy, oftoii produciug tremeurlous havoo to the snrronnding country; henee its name, "moneydike, " from the amount expended in successive centurios on its embankments. It is seen at its best at Hnngcbow, the prefectnral city not far from its month. Twelve or 1-1 minutes before it is visible a dull, distant roar is heard, momentarily swelliug, nntil the walI of ruuddy -water, tal] as the bnlwark of the biggest liner, as overwhelming xs a glacier, sweeps iuto sight round the bend a mi le away. Not a boat is to be seen on the Jately crowded river. All are hauled up on to the huKembanknient and moored fore aüd aft with a dozen rattan cablea, for none but ocean going steainers could etem the current, and even they would oeed skillful navigation. As the eagre nears the roar becomes deafening as a storm at sea, drowning the excited shouts of the thousaude who line the walls, until flnally it foams past in turbid majesty, hurrying toward the heart of China. The Chinese annals teil how, 1,000 years ago, Prince Wu Shu made 500 "daring" archers shoot half a dozen arrows each at the advancing_flood, and