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PART III. JOURNEY SOUTHWARD THROUGH EASTERN

PROVINCES OF CATHAY AND MANZI.

LX., p. 133.

CH'ANG LU.

The Rev. A. C. MOULE (T'oungPao, July, 1915, p. 417) says

that " Ciang lu [Ch'anglu] was not, I think, identical with Ts'ang

chou," but does not give any reason in support of this opinion.

, CH'ANG LU SALT.

" To this day the sole name for this industry, the financial

centre of which is T'ien Tsin, is the ` Ch'ang-lu Superintendency.' "

(E. H. PARKER, As. Quart. Review, Jan., 1904, p. 147.) " The

` Ch'ang-lu,' or Long Reed System, derives its name from the

city Ts'ang chou, on the Grand Canal (south of T'ientsin), once

so called. In 1285 Kúblái Khan ` once more divided the Ho-kien

(Chih-li) and Shan Tung interests,' which, as above explained,

are really one in working principle. There is now a First Class

Commissary at Tientsin, with sixteen subordinates, and the

Viceroy (who until recent years resided at Pao ting fu) has

nominal supervision." (PARKER, China, 1901, pp. 223-4.)

" Il y a Io groupes de salines, Tch'ang, situés dans les districts

de Fou ping hien, Lo t'ing hien, Loan tcheou, Fong joen hien,

Pao tch'e hien, T'ien tsin hien, Tsing hai hien, Ts'ang tcheou et

Yen chan hien. Il y a deux procédés employés pour la fabrication

du sel : 1° On étale sur un sol uni des cendres d'herbes venues

dans un terrain salé et on les arrose d'eau de mer ; le liquide qui

s'en écoule, d'une densité suffis ante pour faire flotter un oeuf de

poule ou des graines de nénuphar, Che lien, est chauffé pendant 24

heures avec de ces mêmes herbes employées comme combustible,