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FUJI (Fuji-san, Fujiyama, Fusiyama)

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FUJI (Fuji-See also:san, Fujiyama, Fusiyama) , a celebrated See also:mountain of See also:Japan, See also:standing W.S.W. of See also:Tokyo, its See also:base being about 70 M. by See also:rail from that See also:city. It rises to a height of 12,395 ft. and its See also:southern slopes reach the See also:shore of Suruga See also:Bay. It is a See also:cone of beautifully See also:simple See also:form, the more striking to view because it stands isolated; but its See also:summit is not conical, being broken by a See also:crater some 2000 ft. in See also:diameter, for Fuji is a quiescent See also:volcano. Small outbursts of See also:steam are still to be observed at some points. An eruption is recorded so lately as the first See also:decade of the 18th See also:century. The mountain is the resort of See also:great See also:numbers of pilgrims (see also JAPAN). FU-KIEN (formerly See also:MIN), a See also:south-eastern See also:province of See also:China, bounded N. by the province of Cheh-kiang, S. by that of Kwangtung, W. by that of Kiang-si and E. by the See also:sea. It occupies an See also:area of 53,480 sq. m. and its See also:population is estimated at 20,000,000. The provincial See also:capital is See also:Fuchow Fu, and it is divided into eleven prefectures, besides that ruled over by the See also:prefect of the capital city. Fu-kien is generally mountainous, being overspread by the Nan-shan ranges, which run a See also:general course of N.E. and S.W. The See also:principal See also:river is the Min, which is formed by the junction, in the neighbourhood of the city of Yen-p'See also:ing Fu, of three See also:rivers, namely, the Nui-si, which takes its rise in the mountains on the western frontier in the prefecture of Kien-ning Fu, the Fuh-See also:tun Ki, the source of which is found in the See also:district of Kwang-tsih in the See also:north-See also:west of the province, and the Ta-shi-ki (Shao Ki), which rises in the mountains in the western district of Ning-hwa. From Yen-p'ing Fu the river takes a south-easterly course, and after passing along the south See also:face of the city of Fuchow Fu, empties itself into the sea about 30 M. below that See also:town.

Its upper course is narrow and rocky and abounds in rapids, but as it approaches Fuchow Fu the channel widens and the current becomes slow and even. Its See also:

depth is very irregular, and it is navigable only by native boats of a small class. Two other rivers flow into the sea near See also:Amoy, neither of which, however, is navigable for any distance from its mouth owing to the shallows and rapids with which they abound. See also:Thirty-five See also:miles inland from Amoy stands the city of Chang Chow, famous for the See also:bridge which there spans the See also:Kin-See also:lung river. This bridge is 800 ft. See also:long, and consists of See also:granite monoliths stretching from one See also:abutment to another. The See also:soil of the province is, as its name, " Happy See also:Establishment," indicates, very productive, and the scenery is of a See also:rich and varied See also:character. Most of the hills are covered with verdure, and the less rugged are laid out in terraces. The principal products of the province are See also:tea, of which the best See also:kind is that known as See also:Bohea, which takes its name, by a mispronunciation, from the Wu-e Mountains, in the prefecture of Kien-ning Fu, where it is grown; grains of various kinds, oranges, plantins, lichis, See also:bamboo, See also:ginger, See also:gold, See also:silver, See also:lead, See also:tin, See also:iron, See also:salt (both marine and See also:rock), deers' horns, beeswax, See also:sugar, See also:fish, birds' nests, See also:medicine, See also:paper, See also:cloth, See also:timber, &c. Fu-kien has three open ports, Fuchow Fu opened in 1842, Amoy opened to See also:trade in the same See also:year and Funing. The latter See also:port was only opened to See also:foreign trade in 1898, but in 1904 it imported and exported goods to the value of 17668 and £278,16o respectively.

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