Small feet of the women

the hot weather

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Snipe-shooting under difficulties Effects of

Course of the river - Climate of Sz'chuan, and agri-

A pretty temple Roads in China

Sing dynasty - Chinese easily governed What

- Arrival at Chung-king

culture Troops of tame ducks

The latter days of the

is to become of China?

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CHAPTER XIII.

CHUNG-KING.

Importance of Chung-king Size and population

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Page 198

- The Yang-tsze and Ho-

tow - Coal, limestone, and sandstone - Visit to a pagoda Gratuitous

refreshment for travellers - Extensive view — A hermit — The dog

“Bill” — Civility of the country people — Inscriptions and mottoes

Invitation from the French missionaries - Independent soldiers

Threatened attack on our party - Preparations for defence Standing

on our dignity - Reasons for the hostility - Visit to the governor

Dinner with the French missionaries State of the country - Guarding

the junks Engage for farther voyage - Rise of the river Chinese

bamboo structures Trade of Chung-king - Freight and time of transit

Letter concerning our progress

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CHAPTER XIV.

THE FOUR VALLEYS.

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country - Gold on the Yang-tsze Kiang - Outlooks Rafts

operations Pink buffalo River junks

Farming

A cottage scene

Continuation of the voyage Productions of the country - Shells -

Town of Lu · Reports of rebels - Rainy season Wreck of our man-

darin's junk Number of towns - Poorer appearance of the country and

people A Chinese picket Foraging Kiang-an - Barton Island

Reports of rebels - Inhabitants combine for their own protection - Depre-

dations of imperial and rebel troops - Four kinds of rebels in China

Mussulman rebels Towns held by the Sz'chuan rebels Headless

bodies-Boatmen refuse to ascend the Min - Country around Sü-chow

- Jesuit maps of China - Situation of the city - Trade and products

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- Coal-mines - Future use for the coal-Navigation of the Min and

Yang-tsze Sudden changes in the water Correspondence with the

prefect Annoyance by the braves - Difficulty in proceeding - Deter-

mine to proceed farther up the Yang-tsze

tween braves

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PING-SHAN -OUR FARTHEST.

Voyage above Sü-chow — Accident at a rapid — Mode of working coal
Mountainous region — Arrival at Ping-shan - Boundary of the province
of Yu-nan Name of Ping-shan - Productions of the country - The
Yang-tsze above Ping-shan - Interview with the prefect - No transport
procurable Independent tribes - Miau-tze Intention to live in the
city Gates closed against us - A reconnaissance - Ruined suburbs
Select a temple for quarters Endeavours to get the boatmen to move
Our junks fired on - - Quieting the boatmen The prefect's advice - A
night alarm - City attacked by rebels - Panic among the Chinese - Our
junks become separated An anxious night- Search for the Doctor

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CHAPTER XVII.

THE UPPER YANG-TSZE.

PHYSICAL FEATURES OF THE RIVER: Course of the Yang-tsze. The Hoo-pel

plain: Alluvial country. The Hoo-peh and Sz'chuan mountain district:

First gravel and rock - Conglomerate region - The gorges-From Quai-

chow to Wan Sandstone of the Upper Yang-tsze coal-fields. Sz'chuan

and its cross ranges: Change in the character of the river-Shingle-beds

and gold Grey sandstone Run of the mountains and their compo-

sition Change in the bed of the river Coal from the mines near Sü-

chow - Mountainous country. Fall, discharge, and course: Fall for

different parts Comparison with other rivers - Velocity of the current

- Summer floods Amount of water discharged - Basin area - Depth

in the gorges-Winding of course and direct distances compared-Excuse

for want of scientific details. REMARKS ON THE NAVIGATION: Admiralty

chart Chart published by Mr. Arrowsmith - Directions for the tortuous

part The least soundings - Navigation of the gorges - The river as

suited to steamers. COMMUNICATION BETWEEN INDIA AND CHINA: Schemes

to open a commercial route Difficulty of land-transport underrated

Upper Yang-tsze Expedition had no intention of opening a route

posed route from the Bramapootra to the Yang-tsze Kiang

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Narrative resumed

about boat-hire

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CHAPTER XVIII.

DOWN THE KIN-CHA KIANG.

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Pro-

285

Settling the difficulty

Commence our return voyage
Rate of travelling and the current
- Un-Chinese features Sport on the Yang-tsze

Barton Island - Effects of change of air

Visitors to our junks at Chung-king-

Chinese angler-Clearing muddy water-

- Religious ceremony of the boatmen The missionary cause in China

-Change in the crops St. George's Pass - Height of the water

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Pass Wan - Cotton-growing — Unfavourable weather — Wrecked junks —

Fung-siang and Wu-shan gorges Temperature - More gorges

scenery- Return to I-chang

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The

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CHAPTER XIX.

RETURN FROM THE INTERIOR.

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I-chang as a port for foreign trade - Weather Change of mandarins-En-

gage a large junk-Leave I-chang-Sounding - Stormy weather - Pass

Sha-sze Night travelling Rise of the water · Arrival at the outlet

of the Tung-ting Lake - Other expeditions - Yo-chow and the rebels -

Progress down the river - Native craft Crossing the neck of the Great

Bend Wind-bound Arrival at Hankow - Commerce - Height of

the river Instances of pilfering Embark in the Hellespont - H. M.

consulate at Kiu-kiang The Poyang Lake - Navigation of the lower

river An-king still besieged Arrival at Nanking - Walk on shore -

Mr. Forrest His Celestial Majesty's customs Visit of the Pluto to

Nanking Intense heat - End of our cruise

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APPENDIX.

I. Itinerary of Distances on the Upper Yang-tsze..

II. Trade of Chung-king

III. Form of Passport

IV. Two Letters (in French) from the Roman Catholic missionaries

V. Geological specimens from the Yang-tsze Kiang

VI. List of Ferns collected by Lieut.-Colonel Sarel

VII. Geographical Positions ..

VIII. Meteorological Register

IX. Specimen page of Log-book

X. Ditto of Field-book (Woodcut)

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TORTOISE AND COLUMN CUT FROM ONE BLOCK OF STONE, MING TOMBS,

OUR SKIPPER AND MANDARIN..

FIRST RAPIDS ON THE YANG-TSZE

PART OF WU-SHAN GORGE

BOUNDARY BETWEEN HOO-PEH AND Sz'CHUAN

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to face 135

CHUNG-KING, AS SEEN FROM THE RIVER ABOVE. EXPEDITION JUNKS IN

MOUTH OF THE FUNG-SIANG GORGE BELOW QUAI-CHOW

to face 323