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CHAP. LXVIII. THE CITY OF YANJU
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commerce, and it appears to be rapidly recovering its prosperity. It is the head-
quarters of the salt manufacture, and it is also now noted for a great manufacture of sweetmeats. (See Alabaster's Repo; t, as above, p. 6. )
[Through the kindness of the late Father H. Havret, S.J., of Zi-ka-wei, I am enabled
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to give two plans from the Chronicles of Yang-chau, Yang-chau fu ché (ed. 1733) ; one bears the title : " The Three Cities under the Sung," and the other : "The Great City under the Sung." The three cities are Pao yew cheng, built in 1256, Sin Paocheng or Ilia cheng, built after 1256, and Tachezzg, the " Great City," built in 1175 ;
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