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Fen (fŭn), river, 375 mi (604 km) long, rising in the Wutai Mts. and flowing southwest, through a narrow valley, to the Huang He, Shanxi prov., N central China; navigable for small junks only in its lower course. The wide and fertile lower Fen valley has been irrigated since ancient times; wheat, millet, and cotton are grown. |
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| I judged at once that some of my shipmates must be drawing near along the borders of the fen. As he did so, a small case in which the Doctor was accustomed to carry the lists of his day's duties, fen lightly on the floor. After pacing backward and forward slowly for some little time, he stopped at the lower extremity of the garden, and, leaning on the fen ce, looked down listlessly at the smooth flow of the river. |
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