Cliffs and hills frequently extend to the water on the Chinese shore, most of the land being covered with forests of foliferous trees.

Some of the mountains are furrowed along their sides as regularly as if turned with a gigantic plow.

Near the villages of Ettoo and Dyrki the cliffs are precipitous and several hundred feet high; at their base the water is deep and the current very strong.

On the north shore the plain is generally free from tall trees, but has a dense growth of grass and bushes.

Sand-banks are frequent, and the islands are large and numerous.
This region is much frequented during the fishing season, and the huts of the natives, their canoes and drying scaffolds are quite numerous.
There are but few fixed villages, the country not being desirable for permanent habitation.