Chu-Kiang
or CANTON RIVER, the "Pearl river" of the Chinese, is the lower part of the Pekiang, and has a navigable able channel of about 300 miles.
Opposite Canton it is about 1/4 mile wide, and is crowded with shipping up to 1,000 tons' burden; larger vessels must tie up at Whampoa, 15 miles below. About 40 miles below Canton it is called "Boca Tigris."