YANG-HSIEN

[s. 814] : A town in Shen-si, China, situated in the S. part of the province on the Han River about 51 miles E. by N. of Hanchung-fu. Station of the CIM (1896), with (1903) 2 women mi ionaries, 1 outstation, and 18 profe ed Christians. Some write the name Yang-hien. 79S of the lake. It has been reduced to writing by mi ionaries with use of the Roman south letters. ^ YARK AND: A town in Chinese Turkestan, situated on the Yark and River, about 200 miles Population about 60,000, S. E. of Kashgar. mostly Turks, who speak Turkish of the Eastern dialect. They are Mohammedans in religion. Station of the Swedish National Mi ionary Society (1895), with 1 mi ionary and his wife, 1 place of worship, and 1 day school. Some write the name Jarkend. 814