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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 662 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KANSK , a See also:

town of eastern See also:Siberia, in the See also:government of See also:Yeniseisk, 151 M. by See also:rail E. of See also:Krasnoyarsk, on the Kan See also:River, a tributary of the See also:Yenisei, and on the Siberian See also:highway. Pop. (1897), 7504. It is the See also:chief town of a See also:district in which See also:gold is found, but lies on See also:low ground subject to inundation by the river. KAN-SUH, a See also:north-western See also:province of See also:China, bounded N. by See also:Mongolia, E. by Shen-si, S. by Szech'uen, W. by See also:Tibet and N.W. by See also:Turkestan. The boundary on the N. remains undefined, but the:province may be said to occupy the territory lying between 32° 30' and 40° N., and ro8° and 98° 20' E., and to contain about 260,000 sq. m. The See also:population is estimated at 9,800,000. Western Kan-suh is mountainous, and largely a See also:wilderness of See also:sand and See also:snow, but See also:east of the Hwang-ho the See also:country is cultivated. The See also:principal river is the Hwang-ho, and in the mountains to the See also:south of Lan-chow Fu rises the Wei-ho, which traverses Shen-si and flows into the Hwang-ho at Tung-kwan. The chief products 1" See also:Kansas "—in archaic variants of spelling and See also:pronunciation, Kansaw," and still called, locally and colloquially, the " See also:Kaw." 2 Before Kansas See also:City, first Old See also:Franklin (opposite See also:Boonville), then Ft. Osage, See also:Liberty, Sibley, See also:Lexington, See also:Independence and See also:Westport had successively been abandoned as terminals, as the See also:transfer-point from See also:boat to See also:prairie See also:caravan was moved steadily up the See also:Missouri. See also:Whisky, groceries, prints and notions were staples sent to See also:Santa Fe; See also:wool, See also:buffalo See also:robes and dried buffalo See also:meat, Mexican See also:silver See also:coin, gold and silver dust and ore came in return.

In 1860 the See also:

trade employed 3000 wagons and 7000 men, and amounted to millions of dollars in value. See also:KANT of Kan-suh are See also:cloth, See also:horse hides, a See also:kind of curd like See also:butter which is known by the See also:Mongols under the name of wula, See also:musk, plums, onions, See also:dates, sweet melons and medicines.

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