Sha-shih

On November 17, the Consul having kindly offered me the use of his house-boat, I went down to Sha-shih, which is eighty miles from Ichang, and being with the current, the journey was made in one day.

1892, Antwerp Edgar Pratt, “Sha-shih and Pa-chow”, in To the Snows of Tibet through China, Longmans, Green, and Co., page 54

It is not till the Yangtze reaches Sha-shih that its character completely changes. The first note of change is a great embankment, thirty feet high, which protects the region from inundation. Below Sha-shih the vast river becomes mixed up with a network of lakes and rivers, connected by canals, the area of the important Tungting Lake being over 2000 square miles.

1900, Isabella L. Bird, The Yangtze Valley and Beyond, volume 1, →OCLC, →OL, pages 9–10

Fortunately on this occasion the steam launch which had been sent forward to explore, at last hit upon an eight-foot passage, and by evening we reached the port of Sha-shih, where, owing to further reports of shallow water ahead, we anchored for the night.

1908, Lawrence Dundas, 2nd Marquess of Zetland, A Wandering Student in the Far East, volume 1, William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, page 60

I-ch'ang (q.v.) and Shasi (Sha-shih) farther up the Yangtze in south central Hupeh are important provincial and commercial centres. South of Sha-shih is the Ch'ing-chiang (Kingkiang) flood detention basin or reservoir covering about 350 sq.mi.

1968, “HUPEH”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 11, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 902, column 1