When we resume our journey, I go to the saloon to look ahead at the steep cliffs and the precipices on either side of this narrow stretch of water -- we have entered Qutang Gorge.

• 启碇续行，我到休息室里来，只见前边两面悬崖绝壁，中间一条狭狭的江面，已进入瞿塘峡了。