Canticle

certain.detached psalms and hymns used in the service of the Anglican Church. The word is also applied to that book of the Old Testament also known as the “Song of Solomon.” | Canton, czlled also Yane-CuHine, city of rams, a large commercial city and port in the south of China, and capital of the province of Kwangtung, on the N. or left side of the Shukiang, or Pear] river, in a rich alluvial plain, 70 miles N. of Macao and 90 N. W. of Hong-kong. The city is surrounded by walls 25 to 40 feet high, 20 feet thick, with an esplanade inside, 6 miles in circumference; and it is divided by a partition wall running B. and W. into two unequal parts. There are 12 outer gates, four gates in partition wall, and two water gates, shut and guarded by night. The entire circuit, including suburbs, is nearly 10 miles. At the S. W. corner of the suburbs S. of the river, are the Hougs or — quarter, divided from the river by a quay, 100 yards wide. The streets, more than 600, are in general le than 8 feet wide, and very crooked. The houses along the water-side are built on piles and subject to mundations.