See also:

• MEKONG, or ME NAM KONG (pronounced Kawng)

MEKONG, or ME NAM See also:

• KONG

KONG (pronounced Kawng)  , sometimes known as the See also:

• CAMBODIA

Cambodia See also:

• RIVER

River, the See also:

• GREAT

great river of Indo-See also:

• CHINA

China, having its origin in the Tibetan See also:

• HIGHLANDS, THE

highlands . It is the third or See also:

• FOURTH

fourth longest river in See also:

• ASIA

Asia and the seventh or eighth in the See also:

• WORLD

world . It is about 2800 m. in length, of which 1200 flow through portions of the See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire and See also:

• TIBET, or THIBET

Tibet and 1600 through See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French territory . Its See also:

• SOURCES

sources are not definitely settled, but it is supposed to rise on the slopes of Dza-Nag-See also:

• LUNG

Lung-Mung in about 330 N., 930 E., at an See also:

• ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude of 16,700 ft. above See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level . Throughout the greater See also:

• PART

part of its course in Tibet, where it is called the Dza-Chu, it flows See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-eastwards to Chiamdo, on the great See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east and See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• CARAVAN (more correctly Karwan)

caravan route from China to See also:

• LHASA (LIIASSA, LASSA, " God's ground ")

Lhasa . At this point it is about io,000 ft. above sea-level . From here See also:

• SENECA

Seneca. it flows southwards through little-known See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain wastes . Below Dayul in See also:

• LAT

lat . 29° it is known by the Chinese name of Lantsan Kiang . For the next 300 M. of its course the Lantsan Kiang, or, as it soon becomes known among the Thai peoples inhabiting its rugged valley, the See also:

• MEKONG, or ME NAM KONG (pronounced Kawng)

Mekong, is very little known to us . The river flows beneath See also:

• BARE

bare and rocky walls . A few scattered villages of Lusus and Mossos exist in this region; there is no See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade from See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north to south .

In 25° 18' N. the Tali-See also:

• BHAMO

Bhamo caravan route, described by Colborne See also:

• BAKER, HENRY (1698-1774)
• BAKER, SIR BENJAMIN (1840-1907)
• BAKER, SIR RICHARD (1568-1644/5)
• BAKER, SIR SAMUEL WHITE (1821-1893)
• BAKER, THOMAS (1656-1740)
• BAKER, VALENTINE [BAKER PASHA] (1827-1887)

Baker, crosses the river by one of those See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron suspension See also:

• BRIDGES
• BRIDGES, ROBERT (1844– )

bridges which are a feature of Yun-nan, at a height of 4700 ft. above sea-level . From this point to Chieng or Keng Hung, the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the old confederacy of the Sibsawng Punna or Twelve States, it is little known; the fact that it falls some 900 ft. for each degree of See also:

• LATITUDE (Lat. latitudo, latus, broad)

latitude indicates the See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of the river . Under the provisions of the Anglo-French agreement of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1896, from the Chinese frontier southwards to the mouth of the Nam Hok the Mekong forms the frontier between the See also:

• BRITISH

British Shan States on the west and the territories acquired from See also:

• SIAM (known to its inhabitants as Muang Thai)

Siam by See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France in 1893 . By the treaty of 1893, from that point southwards to about 13° 30' N. it is also the frontier between French Indo-China and Siam, and a See also:

• ZONE (Gr. 'WV77, a girdle, from 'wvvLvay to gird)

zone extended 25 kilometres inland from the right See also:

• BANK

bank, within which the Siamese See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government agreed not to construct any fortified See also:

• PORT

port or maintain any armed force . This 25 kilo-See also:

• METRE ((terpuc?, sc. rFxvf, from Gr. Or poi', measure)

metre neutral zone was abolished in 1905 when France surrendered See also:

• CHANTABUN, or CITANTABURI

Chantabun to the Siamese, who in their turn ceded the port of Krat and the provinces of Melupre and Bassac, together with various trading concessions to France on the right bank of the Mekong . Below the Siamese Shan See also:

• TOWN

town of Chieng Sen the river takes its first great easterly See also:

• BEND

bend to Luang Prabang, being joined by some important tributaries . This portion is obstructed by rapids . The See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country is mountainous, and the vegetation of the See also:

• LOWER

lower heights begins to assume a tropical aspect . From Luang Prabang the river cuts its way southwards for two degrees through a lonely See also:

• JUNGLE (Sans. jangala)

jungle country among receding hills of See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation . From Chieng See also:

• KHAN (from the Turki, hence Persian and Arabic Khan)

Khan the river again turns eastwards along the 18th parallel, forcing its way through its most serious rapid-barrier, and receiving some important tributaries from the highlands of Tung Chieng See also:

• KUM

Kum and Chieng Kwang, the finest country in Indo-China . In 104° E. the river resumes a southerly course through a country thinly peopled . At Kemarat (16° N.) the fourth serious rapid-barrier occurs, some 6o m. in length, and the last at Khong in 14° N .

From here to its outfall in the China Sea the river winds for some 400 M. through the French territories of Cambodia and See also:

• COCHIN
• COCHIN, DENYS MARIE PIERRE AUGUSTIN (1851L'Evolution de la vie (1895); Le Monde exterieur (1845); Contre les barbares (1899)

Cochin China, and to its See also:

• ANNUAL

annual overflow- these countries owe their extraordinary fertility . The French have done much to render the river navigable . Steamers ply regularly from See also:

• SAIGON

Saigon through Mytho to Pnompenh, and launches proceed from this See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of Cambodia, to the Preapatano rapids, and beyond this a considerable portion of the distance to Luang Prabang, the See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey being finished in native boats . (J . G .