INDEX
Reading edition
A.
Aconite, Trade in, 339.
Agricultural Chemistry, Circulation of the vol. on, 541.
Albumen factories, 65.
Allen, Consul Clement, his report on mission hospitals, 47.
Altar of Incense, An, 418.
American Baptists, The, 471.
Ancestor-worship, 522.
An Hui, North, 6.
An-shun Bridge, The, 460.
B.
Baber, Mr., 3, 265, 451; his papers on Western China, 156; on rock-dwellings, 467.
Baggage coolies, 196.
Baian Kara range, The, 2.
Baker, Mr., 416.
Bamboo suspension bridges, 378.
“Barbarians,” Villages of the, 376, 377, 382–385.
Barbers, Itinerant, 80.
Be-dien, The author’s interpreter, 55, 155; his character, 207.
Beggars, Treatment of, 187.
“Bellows” gorge. See Feng Hsiang.
Benevolent guilds, 182.
Benjamin, Bishop, 99, 100, 102.
Beresford, M.P., Lord Charles, 530; his suggested reforms, 536.
Blakiston, Captain, his description of the “Pillar of Heaven,” 106; of trackers, 142.
Bourne, Consul, 140, 142, 149 (note), 496 (note), 499; on opium smoking, 515.
Brick tea factories, 65.
Bridges, 231, 232, 252.
British Merchant, Dependence of the, upon the Chinese compradore, 20, 21; decrease of his trade, 64.
Buffalo, The water, 232, 235.
Bullock, Mr. and Mrs., 15.
C.
Callum, Mr., 348.
Canadian Mission, The, 519.
Canons of Filial Duty, The, 277.
“Canton opium,” 512.
Carles, Consul, 188 (note); on missionaries helping trade, 47.
Cassels, Bishop, 281, 286.
Census, The taking of a, 270.
Century of Surnames, The, 277.
Chai-jen, 211, 390, 393, 396.
Chair travelling, 202.
Chang, 423.
Chang Chih-tung, H. E., on opium smoking, 516; on education, 541; influence of Western literature on, 541.
Chang-fei, The temple of, 166, 167, 168 (note).
Chang-wo, The s.s., 83.
Chapel of Meditations, The, 358.
Che, 145.
Che-kiang, Province of, 1; use of pahs or haulovers in, 32; Christian converts in, 521.
Chengtu, 2, 8, 351, 352, 458, 463; musk trade of, 339; canals and bridges of, 355; population of, 343; temples of, 357; wall of, 355.
Chengtu plain, The, 194, 324, 329, 334, 347, 458; products of, 343, 348.
Chia-ling Fu, 3, 464, 477.
Chia-ling river, The, 3, 273, 280, 281, 314; affluents of, 4; walls on, 86.
Chiang-Ku, 463.
550Ch’ien Tang river, The, 34.
China, administration of Government in, 532; books most in demand in, 540; contradictions in, 534; examination centres in, 542; maritime customs of, 155, 531; newspapers in, 542; population of, 532; trade of, 531, 546–548; travelling necessaries in, 56 (note); village system in, 535; Western literature in, 539–542.
“China ink,” 58.
China Inland Mission, The, 471, 477, 495, 519, 527.
Chinese brutality, 420; Buddhism and Western civilisation, 12; charities, 181–193; civilisation, 12; classics, 276–279; cotton factory, 59; curiosity, 210; currency, 92; delicacies, 298; divinities, 193; drinks and food, 300, 302; education, 274 et seq.; energy and skill, 6, 10; genius for self-government, 535; guest-room, 175; inns, 202, 205; justice, 214; medicines, 52; mob, 219; proverb, 7; roads, 243; social and commercial organisation, 13; theatricals, 330; towns, 250; trading instincts, 12; views of humanity, 182; women, 242, 270.
Chinese bondholder, Security of the, 537.
Chinese Gazetteer, The, 8.
“Chinese Merchants’ Company,” The, 538.
Ching-chou Fu, 87–89.
Ching-sze-yao, 246.
Chinkiang, 3, 9; benevolent institutions in, 184 et seq.; British concessions at, 56 (and note), 57; grand canal at, 6; guilds and trade of, 57, 58; influence of the Yangtze river at, 7; situation of, 56.
Chin Sha river, The, 471; source and course of, 2; junction with the Min, 2, 3; navigable portion of, 2.
Chin-shuan river, The, 429.
Chin-tai, 224.
Chipa, 118, 128, 147.
Chod-tens, 423.
Cho-ko-ki tribe, The, 442, 443.
Christian converts, 524.
Christianity, Influence of, 48, 518, 522, 529.
Chuang-fang, 413.
Chungking, 3, 463, 486; effect of opening as a treaty port, 142, 155, 180; importation of cotton into, 8; Mr. Little’s voyage to, 138; position of, 490; products of, 490; rapids near, 8; rise of the Yangtze at, 4, 5, 7; trade of, 339, 496, 499; union of Chia-ling and Yangtze at, 280.
Chung-ku-lo temple, The, 179.
Church Missionary Society’s Mission, 286, 519, 527.
Chusan archipelago, The, 55.
Chu-ti, 415, 416.
Classics, Chinese school, 276, 277.
“Cloudy Province,” The, 460, 464.
Coal-mine, A visit to a, 481.
Coffins, 313.
Colquhoun, Mr., 530, 536 (note).
Confucianism, 11, 12, 528, 532.
Cores de Vries, The s.s., 184.
Cormack, Mr. and Mrs., 323.
Cottons, English, 308.
Couching Dragon, Gorge of the, 338.
“Cross Beam” rapid, The, 136.
“Cycle of Cathay,” A, 541.
D.
Davies, Mr., 176.
Dudgeon, Dr., 513.
Dust storms, Agency of, 5.
Dzai-zen-pusa, or the God of Wealth, 356.
Dzo, Herds of, 422, 425, 455.
E.
Educated, Ignorance of the, 177.
Education in China, 274 et seq.
“Eight Cliffs,” Gorge of the, 171.
Elephantiasis, A case of, 442.
Elgin, Lord, his visit to Hankow, 61.
“Emily Clayton Memorial,” The, 320.
Endacott, Mr., 83, 114, 149; rock-dwellings in his garden, 467.
Erh-Wang temple, The, 340.
Esk, the gunboat, Accident on, 96.
F.
Faber’s Civilization East and West, Dr., 541.
Fans, Export and manufacture of, 37, 478; use of, 478.
Feng Hsiang gorge, The, 110, 151, 155, 505.
551Fire wells, 273.
“Five Duties of Man,” The, 536.
“Five Hundred Disciples,” Temple of the, 38.
Foot-binding, The practice of, 240.
“Foreign smoke,” 508.
Fou river, The, 316, 319.
Fox, Mr., escorts the author over native Shanghai, 25.
Fu river, The, 280.
Fu-chow, 4, 501, 502.
Fuh-ri-gan pass, 224, 227.
Fu-ki, 366.
Fu-kien, Christianity in, 518.
Fu-ling river, The, 3, 4, 501, 502.
Funeral ceremonies, 314.
Fung Shui mystery, The, 96.
G.
Gandar, Père, 6.
Gardner, Consul, 114.
Gerard, M., 101.
“Get-down-from-horse” rapid, The, 151.
Gill, Capt., 142, 357 (note), 377, 389, 393 (note), 424, 457 (note).
“Glorious Rapid,” The, 140.
“Glory of Buddha,” Pilgrimage to the, 464.
Goitre, Prevalence of, 442, 449.
“Goose-tail” rock, The, 152.
Government administration, Corruption of, 532.
Gowers, Miss, 291.
Grainger, Mr., 339, 343.
Grand Canal, The, 3; at Chinkiang, 6; between Hangchow and Chinkiang, 31.
“Great Gold River,” The, 424, 434, 514.
Great Plain, The, 4; characteristics of, 5; dust storms in, 5; annual inundations on, 10, 501.
Guilds, 58, 66, 499, 534.
H.
Han river, The, 4; trade on, 6, 9; at Hankow, 77.
Hangchow, 29–54; the entrance to, 33; silk looms at, 37; situation of, 38; the “bore,” 38; wall of, 43; population of, 43; Japanese settlement in, 43; the Medical Mission Hospitals at, 44–54.
Hang-kia, 425.
Hankow, 4, 505; rise of the Yangtze at, 4, 7, 8, 62; communication with, 9; first impressions of, 59; the Bund, 61; Lord Elgin’s visit to, 61; chief buildings in, 61; foreign community in, 62; climate of, 62; currency in, 63; trade in, 63, 64, 65, 66; loss of English trade in, 64; guilds of, 66; native quarter, 67; the wall and streets of, 67, 68; coffin shops of, 72; the harbour of, 78, 79; English Wesleyan missionaries in, 81; charities at, 189.
Hankow Times, The, 62.
Han Yang, 61.
Hart, G.C.M.G., Sir Robert, 540.
Heng-liang-tze rapid, The, 128.
“Henrietta Bird” Hospital, The, 291.
Henry of Canton, Dr., 182.
Hicks, Mr., 104.
Hill, Rev. David, 82, 181.
Hing-lung-t’an rapid, The, 140.
Hirst, Consul, on opium smoking, 515.
Hoang Ho, The, 6.
Ho, Admiral, 149.
Ho-chow, 4.
Holland, Mr., 99.
Honan, Province of, 1, 6.
Hongkew, the American settlement of Shanghai, 17.
Honton, or Fu river, The, 4.
Horsburgh, Rev. Heywood, 323, 324, 361.
Hsai-shan-po, 239.
Hsiang river, The, 4; trade on, 6.
Hsin-tan rapid, The, 118, 121, 123, 127, 505.
Hsin-tan village, 121.
Huai and its tributaries, Commercial routes on the, 6.
Huang-pu river, Trade on the, 16, 24.
Hunan, Province of, 1; possibilities for Lancashire trade in, 65.
“Hunan Tracts,” The, 257.
Hunan “braves,” 88.
Hupeh province, 1.
—— ranges, The, 8.
I.
Ichang, 4, 505; cotton imports into, 8; first view of, 95; foreigners in, 96; junks at, 95; mission buildings at, 95; rapids near, 8; Roman missions at, 99–101; the Yangtze at, 8.
552Ichang gorge, The, 106, 109, 505.
Idols, Dealers in, 71.
Indian opium, Use of, 512.
Inland mission work, 285 et seq.
—— sanitarium, 292.
I-ren, The. See Mantze.
“Iron Coffin Gorge,” The, 150.
Itinerary, The author’s, 545.
J.
James, Mr., 477.
Jamieson, Consul-General, 221.
Japanese commercial activity, 65, 91; adoption of Chinese classics and Western methods, 539.
Ja-ra Peak, The, 457.
Jardine, Matheson, and Co., 18.
John, Dr. Griffith, 60.
Jsai li Sect, The, 511.
Junks, 79, 95, 138–149; at Fu-chow, 502.
Juvenile Instructor, The, 278.
K.
Kanpo, Towers at, 383.
Kan river, The, 4; junction with the Yangtze, 6.
Kansuh, S.E. drainage area of, 1, 3; the Mohammedan rebellion in, 530; trade of, 280.
Kay, Mr., 361, 362, 393, 394, 396, 419, 420, 425, 429, 438, 441.
Kelly and Walsh, Book-store of, 20.
Kerosene oil, Import of, 66.
Kiang-peh, 490.
Kiangsi china, 66.
—— Province of, 1.
Kiangsu, Province of, 1; influence of the Yangtze on, 7.
Kien-ing, Anti-Christian riots at, 518.
Kimber, Dr., 44, 54 (note).
Kin hwa, or “golden flowers,” 161.
King Ho stream, The, 249.
King-kiang-sze, 269.
King-mien-sze, 249.
Kin-ta river, The, 434.
“Kitten” rapid, The, 151.
Kiu-ho river, The, 244.
Kiu Hsien, 244.
Kiu-kiang, 9, 59.
Koko Nor, The, 339.
Ku river, The, 4, 280.
Kuan, 458.
Kuang Yuen, 280.
Kuan Hsien, 2, 338; the city temple of, 362; hostility to foreigners, 347.
Kueichow, 31, 128.
—— Province of, 1; import of opium into, 507, 515; demand for Western literature in, 542.
—— City, dust storm in, 5.
Kueichow Fu, or Kuei Fu, 8, 152–165; inhabitants’ hostility to foreigners, 153; value of Likin at, 154; New Year’s Day at, 160–165.
Ku-erh-kio, 415, 456.
Kukiang, Benevolent institutions at, 189.
Kung-tan river, 501.
Kwan Yin, the goddess of Mercy, 55.
Kwa-tung rapid, The, 118.
Kyin-pan-si pass, 244.
L.
Lamas, Earnings of, 445.
Lao-ma, or “Old Horse” rapid, 166.
Lao-min-tze, 117.
Lao-pan, or skipper, The, 104, 124, 141, 145, 149.
Lawton, Rev. W., 181, 188 (note).
Liang-shan Hsien, 219, 222.
Li-fan Ting, 361, 377, 382, 384, 389, 457; a custom at, 390.
Likin, 93, 537; at Kuei Fu, 154, 155.
Limin-fu, 490.
Li Ping, Temple of, 339, 343; irrigation works of, 344.
Literary examinations, 532.
Literati and Christianity, The, 525; Western literature chiefly circulated amongst, 540; its influence, 542, 544.
Literature, The god of, 312, 313.
—— of the West, Circulation of, 539–542.
Little, Mr. A., at Chung-King, 495; his description of the “Pillar of Heaven,” 106; estimate of volume of water in Yeh-tan rapid, 132; his voyage on the Yangtze, 138; estimate of the loss of junks, 140; on Sze Chuan, 477; on trackers, 142; on the influence of books, 542.
—— Mrs. Archibald, 241 (note).
553Litton, Mr., 280; his report on Sze Chuan, 11 (note), 194; on the use of “water tobacco,” 513 (note).
Lo-kia-chan, 331; assault on the author at, 332.
Lolo tribes, The, 471.
Longevity, The temple of, 166.
Loti-shui, 537.
Louvets, Mons., 518 (note).
Lu, Dr., 48.
Lu-chien, 485.
Lu-chow, 3, 477.
Lu-fang, 311.
Lu Yew, the traveller, 31, 32.
M.
Mackenzie’s History of the Nineteenth Century, 540.
Main, Dr., 33, 44, 48, 49, 50, 54 (note), 510, 513.
Maitreya Buddha, Figure of, 467.
Malcolm, Dr., 54 (note).
Manchuria, Scottish and Irish missions in, 518.
Mandarins or kuans, 253, 533.
Mantze cultivation, 422; custom, 415; dwellings, 377, 382–386, 389, 395, 408, 410, 413, 415; hospitality, 413.
Mantze, The, absence of disease amongst, 442; burials amongst, 445; character of, 450; customs of, 444; dress of, 451; language of, 449; maladies and morals of, 449; position of women amongst, 446; religion of, 445; trade and commerce of, 450.
Mao-erh-tiao, 302.
Martin, Rev. W., 541.
Matang, 339, 430, 455; beauty of Mantze women at, 430.
Matang river, The, 433, 434.
Meadows, Mr., 534 (note).
Medical missions, 44–54.
Meichow, 463.
Mei-ling pass, The, 6.
Meitel, Bishop, 102.
Melon seeds, Games with, 299.
Mia-ko, 421–423.
Miao Chitze, or “Temple Stairs” rapid, 166.
Middle Kingdom, Dr. W. Williams’s, 276 (note), 314 (note).
Mien-chow, 319; temple of Confucius at, 320.
Mien-chuh Hsien, 324; C.M.S. House at, 329.
“Military Code,” Gorge of the, 128.
Millenary, The, 277.
Min, or Fu river, 337, 338, 339, 340, 460; source of the, 2; navigable waters of, 2; junction with the River of Golden Sand, 3; importance in the eyes of Chinese geographers, 3; affluents of, 3; traffic on, 8; bamboo bridges over, 365; character of, 366; branches of, 374, 426; villages on, 375; junction with the Ya and Tatu, 464; rock-dwellings on, 467, 468, 471.
Min gorge, The, 367.
Mission hospitals, 44–54; Dr. Christie’s at Mukden, 49 (note); patients in, 52.
Missionaries, Attitude of Chinese towards, 528; protection afforded to, 258; troubles of, 320.
Mitan gorge, The, 110, 128.
Money annoyances, 212.
Morphia, Importation of, 510.
Morrison, Dr., of the Times, 172.
Mosquitoes, 478.
Mou-kung Ting road, The, 373.
Moule, Bishop, 44.
Mount Omi, 463.
Mukden, 533 (note); suicides in, 51.
Musk trade, 339.
N.
Nan river, The, 463.
Nanking, 9, 59.
Nan-mu-yurh, 150.
Nan-po glen, The, 505.
Nan-pu, 274, 280.
Nan-to, 110, 117.
Nganhui, Province of, 1; manufacture of “China ink” in, 58.
Nganking, 9, 59.
Niang-tze-ling pass, 366.
Ningpo, 55.
—— varnish, 44, 72.
Nitrate of soda, 381.
Niu-kan gorge, The, 110, 118.
Niu-kau-tan rapid, The, 128.
554%center%O.
Odes for Children, 277.
Official visiting, 459.
Omi-shan precipice, The, 4; pilgrimages to, 366, 464.
“Open door” Policy, The, 537.
Opium poppy and its use, 348, 506–517.
Orphan rocks, The, 59.
P.
Pah, The, or haulover, 4, 32.
Pai-fangs, 198, 218, 252.
Pai-shui Chiang, 280.
——river, The, 4, 280.
Pa-ko-shan, 490.
Paoning Fu, 86, 280, 282; solitary journey to, 194; result of using opium at, 507; church building at, 520; mission stations at, 526.
Parkes, Sir Harry, 544.
Passport difficulties, 397, 399.
Passports, 211, 441, 452.
Peh-shi, Trade in coal at, 481; trees at, 485 (note).
Peh-teo-shan pass, 390, 405.
Pei-shih, 151.
Peking Government, Weakness of the, 13, 14.
Peng Hsien, 333, 334.
Peng-shan Hsien, 463.
Phillips, Mr. and Mrs., 329.
Photographic difficulties, 156.
Pigou, Mr., 24.
“Pillar of Heaven,” The, 106.
Ping Shan, 2, 471.
Ping-shu gorge, The, 121, 124.
Poyang, The s.s., 56; runs down a junk, 59.
Poyang lake, The, 4; area of, 6.
Prayer-flags, 445.
—— wheels, 408, 422, 445.
“Prince’s Temple,” The, 357.
Prjevalsky, Colonel, his exploration of the Yangtze, 2.
Protestant missionaries, 102, 518 et seq.
Pruen, Dr., 291.
Putu, The Island of, 55.
Pu-tung Point, 17.
Pyramid Hill, 96.
R.
Railroads, Probable influence of, 543.
Ramsay, Miss, 175–177.
“Red Basin,” The, 16, 63, 246, 247, 248, 264.
Reed-beds of the Yangtze, 85.
Reifsnyder, Dr., 540.
Religious dramas, 329.
Review of the Times, The, 541.
Rhubarb, Importation of, 339.
Rice-fields, 7.
Richards, Mr. Timothy, 540.
River of Golden Sand, Captain Gill’s, 357 (note).
Rock-dwellings, 467, 468, 471.
Roman missions, 99–103, 523.
Rong-Kia river, The, 433, 434.
Rope bridges, 369.
Rosthorn, Mr. Von, 3, 8, 395, 441.
S.
Sai-pei-tu pass, 228.
Salisbury, The Marquess of, on England’s policy in China, 538.
Salt boilers, 152.
—— wells, 273.
Sampans, 85, 124, 140.
San-tsan-pu, 202.
Sar-pu, 224.
Schjöltz, Mr., 96.
Secret societies, 524.
Shan-Shang-Ren. See Mantze.
Shanghai, Astor House at, 21; author’s return to, 505; Benevolent Society at, 22; British and American settlements in, 19, 23; Chinese element in, 18, 24–26; country round, 5, 15, 16; French settlement in, 23; hospitality in, 21; impressions upon landing at, 17; Ladies’ Benevolent Society at, 22; missions at, 22; why called “the model settlement,” 19; municipality of, 19; Royal Asiatic Society’s branch at, 23; Sailors’ Home of Rest, at, 22; Women’s Hospital in, 540.
Shang-wa-li-tze market-place, 296.
Shanjin, 31.
Shan-rang Ho river, The, 266.
Shan-rang-sar, 224.
Shan-si, Banking talent in, 499.
555Shantung, S.E. drainage area of, 1.
Shao Hsing, 55, 161.
Sha-shih, 4, 85, 86, 87; character of the Yangtze at, 6; commercial routes from, 93; cottons of, 308; fish market at, 90; missions in, 91; pagoda at, 89; population of, 89; refugees at, 89; trade of, 91, 92.
Shen-kia-chao, Pass of, 214.
Shensi, trade route to, 93.
Shensi, S.E. drainage area of, 1.
Shih-men, 482.
Shi-Tze-Ping pass, 424.
Shih-pao-chai, 502.
Shui Li Fu, or “Prefect of the Waterways,” The, 347.
Shun, The Emperor, 522.
Shuo-chiao, 374; scarcity of food at, 375.
Shu river, The, 4.
Siao Hioh, The, 278.
Siao-Ho, The, 361, 366, 377, 384, 395, 404, 409, 424, 455; gorge of, 378.
Siao-Kiao, 249.
Sifans, The, 443, 449.
Si-hu, 38, 49.
Silk, Manufacture of, 37.
Silver Island, 56.
Sing-an hamlet, 467.
Sing-fang Hsien, 348.
Sing-king-pa Hsien, 266.
Sin-tien-tze, 292, 296.
Sin-tu Hsien, 311, 348.
Sin-wen-ping, 371.
“Sleeping Buddha,” Temple of the, 471.
Small River, The, 424.
Smith’s Chinese Characteristics, Rev. Arthur, 181, 183, 192.
Snowstorm, A blinding, 426.
“Snowy Mountains,” The, 424.
Soil, god of the, Shrines to the, 344.
Soldiers, 81.
Somo, 377, 441; absence of bird-life in, 452; the people of, 443; product of, 450.
—— Castle, 452.
Spearmen, An escort of, 433.
“Sphere of Influence” Policy, The, 530, 537.
Squibb, Dr., 320.
Stevenson, Mrs. Owen, 104, 135, 136, 168.
Su-chow creek; 17, 23, 29.
Suicide in China, 51.
Sui-fu, 2, 3, 429, 471; rapids between and Kueichow Fu, 8.
Su-ma-tou, 463.
Sun Bridge mountain, The, 2.
Sundius, Mr., 43.
Sung-pan-ting, 339.
—— road, 373.
Sunstroke in Sze Chuan, 478.
Superstitions, 122, 162, 188.
Sze Chuan, Area, climate, population, etc., of, 9–11, 532; coal-fields of, 4, 224, 239; cotton fabrics of, 8, 91; exports from, 149 (note); fanaticism in, 477; famine in, 89; demand for foreign books in, 542; inns in, 251 (note); junks of, 95, 138–149; markets of, 265, 266; objection to open chairs in, 196; oil trade of, 71; opium exports from, 514; pai-fangs of, 198; prevalence of sunstroke in, 478; poppy cultivation in, 506; province of, 1, 194; the rebellion in, 530; “Red Basin” of, 16, 63, 246–248, 264; resources of, 3, 247, 531; revenue, sources of, 155; sale of drugs in, 459; sale of girls in, 270; salt exports from, 153; silver of, 63; travelling in, 207; villages in, 264; women of, 176; women’s dress in, 242.
T.
Ta Chin, or Ta Kin-Shuan River, 434.
Ta-fan, 386.
Ta-ho, The, 377.
Tai-hu lake, Area of the, 6.
Tai-kung, or bowsman, The, 141, 142, 145, 147.
Taiping Fu, 59.
Taiping Rebellion, The, 31, 59.
Tai-wan-ti, The, 145.
Ta-Kin Ho river, The, 429.
Ta-ling, 151.
Ta-lu road, The, 311, 313.
Ta-miao, Temples of, 316.
Tang-pa mountain, The, 424.
Taoism, 11, 12.
Ta-tan rapid, The, 118.
Tatu, or Tung river, The, 434, 464.
Ta-tien-lu, 441.
T’au-lao, or head tracker, 141.
T’au-tai-kung, or pilot, 141.
556“Tea Extract,” 511.
Theatrical companies, 330.
Thompson, Mr. and Mrs., 175, 176, 190 (note), 196, 205, 207.
“Three Religions,” The, 525; temple of, 178.
“Three Water Guardians,” The, 171.
“Throne of Snow,” The, 404.
Tibetan dogs, 430.
—— drugs, 338.
Tien-kia-miao, 307.
Tiger Teeth gorge, 94.
Ting-hai, 55.
Ting Library, The, 34.
Torii of Japan, The, 219.
To river, 3.
T’ou-jen, The, 444.
Towers, Ancient, 383.
Trackers, 132, 135, 136, 141, 142, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149; clothing of, 146; at dinner, 159.
Trackers’ villages, 118, 123.
Trade requirements, 308.
Travelling outfit, 195.
Trimetrical Classic, The, 276.
Tsa-ku-lao, 395, 457; population of, 400; situation of, 399.
Tsing-pu hills, The, 5.
Tsu-ku-shan pass, 429, 455.
Tsung-ming, The island of, 7.
Tung or Tatu river, The, 3, 282.
Tungting lake, The, 4; junction of the Hsiang and Yuan at, 6; traffic on, 64, 65, 84.
Tung Yangtze cataract, 166.
Tu-tze, The, 443.
Twenty-four Filials, The, 277.
Tze-tung Hsien, 312, 316.
U.
Use of Opium, by Dr. Dudgeon, 513.
V.
Vale, Mr., of Chengtu, 362, 372.
Vegetarians, 525.
Village system, The, 535.
W.
Wai-pi-ku boats, 501.
Wan-cheng Ti Dyke, 85, 86.
Wan Hsien, 104; charities of, 190; China Inland Mission house at, 172; cotton trade of, 180; first sight of, 171; junk-building at, 138, 179; population and trade of, 172, 178; temple of, 178, 179; the Yangtze at, 5.
War, The God of, 312.
“Water tobacco,” The use of, 513.
Waterwheels on the Min, 463.
Weichou, 366, 367, 369, 377, 378, 382; nitre works at, 381.
Wei-gua, 395.
Wen-chuan Hsien, 376.
Wen-shu-Yuan Temple, 357.
Went-Zu, Temple of, 285.
Wesleyan missionaries, 102.
Wheelbarrow traffic, 324.
Widows, care of, 187, 188.
Widows’ arches, 198.
Willett, Mr., 500.
Williams, Rev. E. O., 281, 285, 296.
—— Dr. Wells, 164 (note), 182, 240, 276 (note).
“Wind-box” gorge. See Feng Hsiang.
“Witch’s Mountain” gorge, The, 150, 151.
Women’s work in China, 526.
Woodruff, Mr., 99.
Woo-sung, 15, 16.
Wu-chang, 59, 61.
Wuhu, 9; trade of, 58; benevolent institutions at, 188.
Wu-lien, 312.
Wupans, 124, 140, 460, 482, 500.
Wushan, 151.
—— gorge, The, 110, 150.
Wu-sueh, 6.
Y.
Ya, The, 3, 464, 485.
Ya-chow, the centre of the brick tea trade, 3.
Yak, Herds of, 425, 455.
Yamen runners, 81, 196, 211.
Yamens, 26, 81, 261.
Yangchow, 9, 59.
Yangtze Kiang, Mouth of the, 16.
Yangtze river, alluvial deposit of, 7, 16; annual rise and fall of, 4, 5, 496; ascent of British fleet up, 7; change in character of, 6; craft on, 501; a flood on, 482; at Ichang, 95; influence of the tide on, 7; 557junction with the To, 477; length of, 2; navigable affluents of, 3, 4, 471; navigable portion of, 8; reed-beds in, 85; source of, 2; at Sui Fu, 471, 472; trade on, 8, 9, 10; various names of, 3; volume of water in, 7.
Yangtze, The Lower, trade on, 9.
—— The Upper, bed of, 117; coal workings on, 131; life on, 138; perils on, 149; rapids of, 114 et seq.; steam navigation on, 5; trackers on, 118 et seq.; trade on, 8, 9, 10; travelling on, 104.
Yangtze Pilot, The, 149.
Yangtze valley, Bridges in, 10; British treaty rights in, 14; commerce of, 15; drainage area, 1; inhabitants of, 10, 11; as a “sphere of interest,” 13.
Yao-tsai village, 121.
Yates, Dr., 523.
Yeh-tan rapid, The, 128, 131, 505.
Yellow river, Outbreak of the, 31.
Yellow Sea, The, 16.
Yen-tun, or “smoke towers,” 171.
“Yin,” The, 509.
Ying-san Hsien, 253, 261.
Yo-chow monastery, 84.
Yo-chow Fu city, 84.
Yokohama Specie Bank, Shanghai, 21.
Yuan Ho, The river, 4; trade on, 6.
Yulows, 110, 145.
Yungtze, 93.
Yun-i, 236.
Yun-Yang Hsien, 166; Roman Christians at, 168.
Yunnan, Province of, 1; valleys of, 247; importation of opium into, 507, 515.
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SKETCH MAP OF THE YANGTZE BASIN SHOWING MRS. BISHOP’S ROUTE. Stanford’s Geogl Estabt, London. The red line indicates the Author’s route London: John Murray, Albemarle Street.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
Typos fixed; non-standard spelling and dialect retained.
Corrected the Errata.
Used numbers for footnotes, placing them all at the end of the last chapter.