Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (5 of 5)
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28 At 10 AM we were in the mouth of the great Yangtze and with land on either side just visible as the shore is very low. The mouth is about 20 miles wide. At noon we reach Woo-sung th at the mouth of the Whang- po river on which Shanghai is located, 12 miles above. Woo-sung is the anchorage for all large passenger boats. The trip up the Whang- po was interesting. The river is lined by green fields of millet + rice, The city presents a good appearance the tallest buildings are on the Broad bordering the river. The climate was quite cool (we changed our white clothes for dark)