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§94 THE TRIBUTE OF YU.With these 5^ ^ they floated down ^river, and ^ entered ^ into -^ thV.Tse.*the ^^^uJg The sea and '^ the Tae mountain, 2^ with "Jpthe river Hwae f^ were (the houndaries of) ^ ^jflthe Tseu province, (formed of the southern part of^ The Mung and ^^ Yu mountains ^ wereshantung, and the north of Keang-soo.)-]-^^ he Hwae and E waters I -]]f ^ were ^C I'^gulated.Jthen ^ brought under cultivation.* The river Wan rises in the district of^K IS^Lae-^\oo, (Lat.36. 16. N. Long. 1. 25. East of Peking ;) irom whence it flowsin a south-easterly direction and ent(TS the Tse, near the dis trict otf* ^|J Chung-too, the modern ^ Jt Wan-shiing, Lat. 35. 50.N. Long. 0. 18. E. of Peking. The^H Isze river (referred toin a former section,) rises on the north of the Yuen mountain, in thedistrict of Lae-woo, and flows in a north-easterly direction into thesea, while the river Wan issues from the south side of the same hill,and runs in a south-easterly direction into the Tse. It does not saythat they sailed on till they entered the Yellow river, this havingbeen mentioned in the description of Yttu province.f The province of Tseu is bounded on the east by the sea, on thesouth by the Hwae river, and on the north oy the Tae mountain ;it is not added, that on the west this, province was bounded by theTse river, because the Tseu province lies oa the south oi tiie Taemountain, to the east of the Tse, and on the north of the said hill,the eastern bank of the Tse constitutes the bor iers of the Tsingprovince ; hence the Tse, not being a boundary suiBciently distinct,it is passed over.X The Hwae river rises on the borders of the ^||j Yu province.and it flows between ^^ Yang, and ]y^ Tseu, when it becomesa considerable river ; at the time of the inundation the calamitywas most extreme in the Tseu province, hence the draining ofthe Hwae is mentioned in the account of that province. The Ewater rises in the ^^ Gae mountains, near the district of y'f 7j\E-shwuy, (Lat. 35. 46. N. Long. 2. 33. East of Peking.) it t^owsthence in a southerly direction, till it comes to the south-east of*T\ 2[i Hea.pei, where it falls into the ']I?9 Sze. (Lat. 34. 30.N. Long. L 55 E. of Peking.)§ The Mung mountain is in the district of ;^ Pe, Lat. 35. 50.N Long. L 40. E. of Peking.) The Yu mountain is in the