INDEX.
Reading edition
Abutilon avicennae, 22, 169
Agencies at Ch’ung-k’ing, Mercantile, 213
Agents at Ch’ung-king, British, 217
Agriculture in Yün-nan, 205
Alba cera, 189
Aleurites cordata, 18
Alien races, 123
Alpenstocks, Buddhist, 176
Amherst pheasants, 134
Ammunition, Stone, 66;
Phö, 227
Andrew, Mr. George, 134
Anhui, 190
Aniline dyes, 83
Animals, Chinese cruelty to, 44, 64
An-ning Chou, 56, 140, 143
An-ning River, 110, 111, 114, 116, 191, 192, 195
An-pien, 185
An-p’ing Hsien, 37, 38
An-shun Fu, 35, 38, 39, 40
Aquatic plants, 17
Arachis hypogæa, 83
Arbre, Memoire sur la cire d’, 189
Archways, Memorial, 39, 45, 71, 84
Armadillo skins, 91
Arum aquaticum, 163
Asbestos cloth, 106
Ash, 170, 197
Atlas Sinensis, Novus, 189
Baber, Mr., 70, 104, 105, 112, 113, 127, 133, 134, 140, 172, 190, 191, 192
Bamboo, 22, 27, 73, 82, 84, 88, 89, 160, 163, 165, 167;
hats, 44;
paper, 19
Bangles, 38
Banyan, 22, 72, 82, 163, 171, 184
Bark paper, 153
Barley, 16, 36, 37, 40, 50, 59
Barrow, Chinese, 89
Batatas edulis, 169
Beads, 124, 136
Bean-curd, 68;
bean-sauce, 169
Beans, 12, 22, 25, 37, 68, 71, 72, 82, 113, 115, 125, 126, 141, 149, 163, 165, 167, 172
Bedroom, Description of a Chinese, 81
Beech, 88
Bees, 110
Bees’ wax, 136
Beetle, Wax insect, 193, 197
Beggars, 40, 85, 91, 172, 175
Bells of pack-animals, 67
Bhamo, 55, 139, 204, 205
Birthday, Queen’s, 51
Blakiston, Captain, 8, 16
Blue Books, 217
Boehmeria nivea, 73
Botanist’s paradise, A, 135
Bracelets, 230
Brachytarsus, 193, 194
Bracken, 37, 72
Bramble, 129
Brick tea, 93, 95, 209;
its picking, value and carriage, 93-95;
carriers, 20, 94, 99;
preparation, 93;
Russian, 95;
standard of sale, 94;
three qualities of brick tea, 94;
transport, 94, 209
Bridges, 48, 62, 67, 84, 90, 91, 93, 97, 143, 152, 153, 158, 166, 167, 177, 181;
floating, 93;
natural, 48, 62, 154;
plank, 9;
suspension, 67
Bristles, Pigs’, 90
Brius, 125
Bronze pagodas, 174, 175;
temple, 174
Brooches, 96, 230
Broumton, Mr., 226
Broussonetia papyrifera, 153
Buckwheat, 45, 48, 59, 149, 169
Buddha, 171, 175
Buddha, Glory of, 162, 174-175, 177
Buddha’s hand, 32;
tree, 100
Buddhist alpenstocks, 176;
priests, 172, 175;
temples, 173, 175
Buffalo, White wax, 193
Buffaloes, 37, 124
Bugs, 151
Burmah, 34, 56, 138, 145, 157, 296;
Upper, 138, 203;
trade with China, 125, 139, 145
Cactus, 43, 100, 128
Caindu, 112, 122
Cakes, Insect-wax, 191
Cakes, Poppy-seed, 37
Camel, 140
Camellia thea, 56
Canals, Irrigating, 88, 171
Candles, Wax, 191
Cane-brakes, 82
Canton, 31, 86, 144, 204, 205;
Canton peddlers, 139;
Canton province, 142;
Canton River, 41
Carajan, Western, 129, 130
Caravan, 14, 67, 68, 70, 142, 148, 149, 162, 179, 183
Carcases of pack-animals, 64
Carp, 137
Carthamus tinctorius, 83
Carts, 32, 46, 55, 66, 121, 149
Cash currency, 15
Cassia, 113
Catastrophe, A mining, 154
Cave dwellings, 168, 170;
exploring, 47;
limestone, 40, 154;
Man-tzŭ caves, 168;
of the spirits, 42
Cement, A natural, 165
Central Provinces of China, 160, 222
Cereals:—
Barley, 16, 36, 40, 50, 59
Buckwheat, 45, 48, 59, 149, 169
Indian corn, or maize, 68, 113, 149, 163, 172
Millet, 163
Oats, 45, 47, 48, 59, 149
Rice, 15, 36, 68, 113, 163, 224
Wheat, 12, 22, 25, 36, 37, 40, 46, 50, 59, 71, 82, 99, 113, 115, 128, 141, 147, 149
Chair coolies, 14;
Hongs, 15
Chambers of Commerce:—Bengal, 221;
Manchester, 202;
Shanghai, 190, 217
Ch’ang—a Chinese measure of distance, 101
Chan-i Chou, 40, 50, 51, 145, 147
Chan-i-Chou Plain, 147, 148-149
Chanseaume, Père, 189
Chao-t’ung Fu, 65, 145, 155, 222;
Lake, 65;
Plain, 65, 66, 152, 222
Ch’ao Chou, 140
Chao-chou Fu, 142
Charcoal, 78, 84
Chefoo Agreement, 2, 8, 210, 211, 212, 216
Chê-kiang, 73, 190, 287
Chên-nan Chou, 140
Chên-ning Chou, 40, 41
Ch’êng Hai, 125
Ch’êng-tu Fu, 70, 85-87, 89, 92, 144
Ch’êng-tu Plain, 84, 88
Ch’i-chiang Hsien, 19, 20, 21, 22
Ch’i-chiang River, 20, 24, 208
Ch’i-hsing River, 153;
Bridge, 153
Chi-kan-shih, 186
Chia-ling River, 12, 71, 162, 163, 164, 168, 208, 209
Chiang-ti, 64, 65
Chia-ting Fu, 21, 87, 101, 102, 162, 170, 177, 178, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197
Chien-ch’ang, 70, 87, 99, 102, 111, 112, 192, 193, 195, 196;
Valley, 115, 140, 192, 194, 195, 197, 200, 209
Chien Chou, 83;
Plain, 83, 84
Chien-wei Hsien, 195
“Chih Yün-nan K’u,” 46
Chihli, 85, 190
Ch’ih-shui Hsün, 156
Ch’ih-shui River, 28, 155, 208
Chimneyless houses, 51, 52
Chin-chi Pass, 92
Chin Chiang, 111, 124, 126, 184, 204
Chin-chiang-kai, 126, 127
Chin-sha Chiang, 69, 204
Chin-yin-shan, 154
China, Commercial Metropolis of, 13;
grass, 163;
Inland Mission, 55, 144, 226;
“Nouvelle Rélation de la Chine,” 189;
Old Commercial Highway in, 31;
root, 106;
South Western, 57, 203, 224;
trade, 203;
Western, 1, 2, 8, 57, 60, 76, 87, 95, 111, 114, 117, 139, 143, 145, 171, 190, 201, 203, 210, 212, 216, 217, 220, 221, 223, 224, 225, 287.
Ch’ing-chên Hsien, 36, 37
Ch’ing-ch’i Hsien, 98-99
Ching-liu River, 167
Ch’ing-lung Hai, 141
Ching-mu tree, 88
Ching-shui River, 180
Ch’ing T’an Rapid, Descent of the, 9-11
Chiu-ya-p’ing, 124
Chiung Chou, 90, 91, 92, 93
Chou-pa-ch’ang, 180, 181
Ch’u-hsiung Fu, 142
Ch’ung-k’ing, 2, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 22, 31, 51, 69, 70, 71, 72, 134, 135, 142, 145, 156, 158, 160, 162, 168, 178, 185, 187, 188, 193, 195, 209, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217,218, 219, 220, 222, 226
Ch’ung-shu (or “Insect Tree”), 192
Ch’ung-tu-ch’ang, 183, 184
Citrus sacrodactylus, 100
Civility, Chinese, 48
Civil War, Ravages of, 38, 127-128, 145, 205
Clays, Coloured, 150
Coal, 6, 16, 24, 28, 36, 42, 44, 48, 65, 72, 75, 83, 95, 97, 122, 150, 152, 157, 163, 166, 207, 220;
dust as fuel, 29
Coccus pe-la, 193, 194, 199
Cocoons, 21, 193
Coir, 8, 175
Colquhoun, Mr., 55, 203, 221
Commerce, Bengal Chamber of, 221;
Manchester Chamber of, 202;
Shanghai Chamber of, 190, 217
Commissioner, Financial, 154
Competitive Examinations in China, 147-148
“Comptes Rendus,” 189
Confucius, 90
Conservative character of the Chinese, 212
Consular Officer at Ch’ung-k’ing, 2, 13
Contempt for foreigners, Chinese official, 53
Copper, 24, 49, 60, 96, 102, 113, 119, 120, 152, 154, 205, 207, 221
Coptis teeta, 95
Cormorant fishing, 110
Cotton, 76, 89, 100, 102, 113, 126, 160, 164, 166, 169, 209, 222;
foreign cottons, 34, 160, 209;
native cottons, 64, 76, 160, 209
“Country of the Golden Teeth,” 138
Courtesy, 134;
marked Chinese, 142
“Crackling-flea Tree,” 192
Crampoons, 97
Cucumbers, 167
Cudrania triloba, 21, 169
Customs, Chinese Imperial Maritime, 200
Cypress, 22, 84
Date tree, 100
Davenport, Mr., 140
Dawson, Lieutenant, 217
Deers’ horns, 91
Defences, Native, 66
Degrees, Chinese, 148
Deity, A roadside, 157
Devotees, 42
Dice, 72
Diet, Chinese, 20
Dinner, A sumptuous, 52
Discomforts of travel, 15, 39, 61, 63, 64, 114, 118, 128, 141, 149, 163, 180, 182, 183, 184, 225
Dog, Tribute to my, 52
Dogs, Tibetan, 134
“Dragon-Prince” temple, 41
Duck, Wild, 53, 141, 144, 166
Dyes, 83, 96, 113
Dysentery, 188
Ear-rings, 38, 39, 96, 124, 230
Earthquake in the Plain of Chien-ch’ang, 112
Eastern export, Chief articles of, 208
Eldorado, A Chinese, 115
Entomology, Chinese, 194
Erh Hai, 129, 132
Escorts, 33, 37, 41, 48, 53, 98, 107, 109, 143, 177, 179, 181, 183
“Eternal Peace” Bridge, 65
Ethnology of non-Chinese races, 225
Europe, 208
Evaporation (salt) sheds, 78
“Evergreen Tree,” 192
Examinations in China, Competitive, 147-148
Exchange in China, 15
Expedition (1861), Upper Yang-tsze, 184, 220
Fair at Ta-li Fu, 134, 230
Fan palm, 163, 167
Fans, 73
Father, A sporting French Missionary, 60-61
Fatsia papyrifera, 22
Feathers, Novel use of, 72
Fêng-tu Hsien, 209
Ferry-boats, 156
Fever, 108, 128, 177, 179, 180
Financial Commissioner of Yün-nan, 154
Fir, 22, 44, 88, 128, 163, 166, 167, 180
Fire-wells, 80
Fish, 17, 53, 66, 137, 168
Fishing in the Yang-tsze, Method of, 18
Floating bridge, 93
“Flying Dragon” Pass, 95
Folklore, 139
Food of the Chinese, Daily, 15
Fording a torrent, 62
Foreign Office, 161, 190, 191
Fortune, R., 190
Fossils, 43
France, 208, 212
Fraxinus Chinensis, 169, 197
French Bishop, 55;
Commission, 130;
Consul, 50;
hospitality, 60-61, 124;
the French in Tonquin, 2
Friar’s Balsam, 92
Frogs, Bull, 166
Fruit trees, 116;
Wild, 110
Fruits:—date, 94, 100;
melons, 163, 167;
orange, 94;
orange groves, 84, 163;
pear, 94, 100, 116;
strawberry, 22;
walnut, 149
Fu Chiang River, 164
Fu Chou, 31, 209
Fu-kuan-ts’un, 185
Fu-lin, 100
Fu-lu-ch’ang, 178
Fu-shun Hsien, 76
Fu t’ou-kuan, 12, 24, 163
Fuel, Coal-dust, 29
Fuhkien, 190, 201
Gall-nuts, 31
Geese, 144
Gill, Captain, 8, 190
Gingalls, 178
Ginger, 163
Ginseng, 176
Glory of Buddha, 162, 174-175, 177
Goats, 59, 123, 124
Goître, 49, 52, 115, 116
Gold, 154
Gold-silver-Mountain, 154
“Golden River” (Chin-Chiang), 111, 126, 184, 191, 192
“Golden Summit,” 174, 175
“Golden Teeth,” Country of the, 138
Gorges of the Yang-tsze, 7, 8, 9, 30, 214, 215, 217
Governor-Generals, or Viceroys, in China, 85
Governor of Kuei-chow, 33
Graduates, Chinese, 148
“Granary” Gorge, 9
Granite, 29;
granite foundations of houses, 126
Grass, China, 163;
cloth, 73, 75, 164, 169;
plains, 37, 43
Gravestones, 129
Great Khan, The, 1
Great River (Upper Yang-tsze), The, 16, 71, 207
Great Wall, The, 44
Greed, Chinese, 44
Grooves, Trade, 212
Grosvenor Mission, 57, 68, 134, 140
Ground-nuts, 83, 169;
ground-nut oil, 83
Guard-houses, 33, 107, 108, 109
Guerilla warfare against the Lolos, 181
Hailstorm, Terrific, 36, 116
Hainan, 190
Hai-t’ang, 104, 106
Hallett, Mr., 203
Han Dynasty, Minor, 81
Hanbury, Daniel, 190
Hang-chou, 118, 119, 120;
Valley, 119
Hankow, 2, 3, 11, 34, 95, 173, 206, 211, 212, 218, 219
Harpies, Official, 85
Hats, Bamboo, 44;
Straw, 142
Hawthorn, 155
Heads, Exposed, 58
“Heaven-born-bridge,” 154
“Heaven’s Bridge,” 154
Hei (or Black) Miao, 226
Hei-wu Hai-tzŭ, 125
Hemp, 22, 68, 163, 169;
hempen clothes, 152
Hêng River, 67, 68, 158, 160, 185, 204
Hides, 208
Highwaymen’s punishment, 58
Ho-chiang Hsien, 156
Ho Chou, 162, 163, 164, 166;
Plain, 164
Ho-hsi, 116
Ho-pei Hsün, 156
Ho-pien Hsün, 117
Hodgson, Mr., 105
Hogs’ tusks, 124
Holkar, The Maharajah, 289
Honeysuckle, 22
Hooker, Sir Joseph, 191
Horse-boy’s death, 188
Horse-pistol, 139, 187
Horses, 38
Hosie, Dr., 288
Hou-p’o, The drug, 95
Hsi Chiang (or West River), 204
Hsi-tsang, 130
Hsia-kuan, 136, 138, 139
Hsiao Hsiang Ling Pass, 108, 109
Hsiao-kuan, 97
Hsiao-shao, 108, 109
Hsin-ching Hsien, 89, 90
Hsin-p’ai-fang, 71
Hsing-lung-ch’ang, 167
Hsü-chou Fu (or Sui Fu), 9, 57, 67, 69, 155, 160, 162, 185, 187, 188, 220
Hsü-yung T’ing, 155, 158
Hsüan-wei Chou, 150, 151
Hsüeh-shan range, 156, 157
Hua (or Coloured) Miao, 228
Hu-kwang, 189
Huang-chia-p’ing, 128
Huang-kuo-shu, 41
Huang-lien, The drug, 95
Huang-ni-p’u, 97, 98
Huang-sha, 198
Huang-shui-k’ou, 68
Hui-li Chou, 114
Hui-lung-ch’ang, 124
Hunan, 28, 35, 40, 189, 190;
braves, 181
Hŭng River, 67
Hupeh, 28, 189, 209
Ichang, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 18, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 217, 218, 219
I-li River, 60
Immigrants, Chinese, 28, 145, 207
Imperial Palace, Tea for the, 93
Indian Corn, or maize, 68, 113, 149, 163, 172
Indian Empire, 2, 140, 203, 204;
Opium cultivation in Western Malwa, India, 288-290
Indigo, 163
Indore, 289
Inns, 85, 92, 97, 104, 106, 113, 139, 142, 149, 180, 184, 185;
poetical description of, 25
Inquisitiveness, Chinese, 34, 52, 141, 150
Insect White Wax:—35, 102, 114, 120, 141, 161, 170, 195, 261;
tree, 169, 170, 171, 178, 191, 192;
culture, trees, insects, uses and value, 189-201
Inventiveness, Chinese, 96
Iron, 24, 31, 95, 97, 113, 121, 150, 166, 174, 207;
bridges, 30-31;
pans, 24, 89, 97
Irrawaddy, River, 204
Irrigation, Ingenious, 26, 121
Jên-huai River, 208
Julien, Stanislaus, 189
Jumna, River, 288
Juncus effusus, 92
Jung-ch’ang Hsien, 72, 75, 167
Jung-ching Hsien, 93, 97
Jung-ching River, 97
Ka-tou tribe, 228;
tongue, 229
Kan-shui, 24
Kao-ch’iao, 144
Kao-shan-p’u, 156
Keppel, Admiral, 217
Kerosene oil, 200
Kew, Royal Gardens at, 161, 192, 193
Khan, The Great, 1
Ki—a musical instrument of the Phö, 231
Kilts, Miao-tzŭ, 24, 230
K’o-tu River, 151, 152
Ku-lu River, 27
Ku-tsung tribe, 130, 134, 224
Ku-yü tea, 93-94
Kuan-ai Customs barrier, 31
Kuan-tzŭ-yao, 45
Kuang-t’ung Hsien, 140
Kuei-chow, 2, 14, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 28, 31, 32, 39, 40, 41, 45, 48, 59, 76, 94, 96, 115, 145, 150, 151, 152, 153, 155, 156, 160, 190, 203, 206, 207, 219, 220, 221, 222, 224, 226, 227, 228
K’uei-chow Fu (K’uei Fu), 209, 214, 217, 220
Kuei-yang Fu, 32, 33, 34, 36, 44, 145, 147, 207, 226
K’un ming Hsien, 56, 155
K’un-ming Lake, 56
Kuang-t’an River, 31, 208
Kuo-chin-ch’ang, 142
Kwang-si, 43, 49, 189, 203
La-kou, 198
La-sha, 198
Lai-yuan-p’u, 149, 150
Lakes:—Chao-t’ung 65;
Ching-lung, 141;
Sung-ming, 53;
Yün-nan, 53, 56;
Lake of the Black Mist, 125
Lan-ma-lu, 157
Lan-tsang River, 139
Lang-t’ai T’ing, 41, 42
Lang-wang-shan, 42
Lao-chün-tung, Temple of, 16
Lao-wa-t’an or Lao-ya-t’an, 67, 68
Lead, 50, 64, 152, 205
Leguilcher, Père, 130, 142
“Leather” paper, wrongly called, 153
“Lettres Edificantes,” 189
Li—a Chinese measure of distance, 156
Li-chiang Fu, 130, 221
Li-su—a Man-tzŭ tribe, 124
Liang-shui-ching, 63
Licentiates, Chinese, 148
Lien-ch’ien-tzŭ, 160
Life-boats, 10
Ligustrum lucidum, 121, 192, 193, 194, 195, 199
Likin, 213, 216, 219
Limestone, 16, 28, 48, 151, 163, 166
“Lion’s Bridge,” 75
Lions, Stone, 45
Little, Mr., 8
Liu-sha River, 100
Lolos, 55, 59, 66, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 108, 110, 123, 162, 179, 181, 182, 224, 225, 230;
a Chinese army destroyed by the, 107;
deputation of, 123;
dress of the, 106, 110;
frequent raids of the, 107;
ornaments of the, 107;
weapons of the, 104
London, 148
Looms, 89, 164
Lu Chou, 20, 72, 154, 155, 158, 160
Lu-fêng Hsien, 140, 143
Lu-fêng Bridge, 143
Lu-fêng Plain, 143
Lu-ku, 110, 115
Lumber, 164
Lung-ch’ang Hsien, 75
Lung-ch’ang, Mines near, 75
Lung-tung, 99
Ma, Imperialist Commander, 133
Ma-kai, 50
Ma-lung Chou, 51, 52
Ma-pien River, 180, 181
Ma-pien Ting, 177, 180, 181, 182
Magalhaes, Gabriel de, 189
Magnolia sp., 95
Maize (or Indian corn), 68, 113, 149, 163, 172
Malwa, Western, 288
Man-i-ssŭ, 184
Man-tzŭ, 122, 130, 179, 225, 226;
caves, 168;
ornaments, 124;
tribes, 123, 124;
turbans, 124;
women, 123-124
Manchester Chamber of Commerce, 202
Manuring, A new method of, 45
Mao-chien tea, 94
Mao-k’ou, 43;
River, 43
Marble quarries, 134, 135, 148
March, A forced, 182
Margary, A. R., 34, 47, 57, 140
Maritime Customs, Chinese Imperial, 200
Market-towns, 21, 71
Martini, 189
Marvellous, Fact mixed with the, 161
McLachlan, Mr., 193
Medicines, 91, 92, 113, 117, 164, 176, 208;
Chinese distrust of foreign, 92
Mekong, 139, 204
Melons, 163, 167
Memorial portals, 71
“Memoire sur la cire d’arbre,” 189
Mêng-shan Hills, 93
Mêng-tzŭ Hsien, 50, 142
Mesny, Mr., 144
Metals:—copper, 24, 49, 60, 96, 102, 113, 119, 120, 152, 154, 205, 207, 221;
gold, 154;
iron, 24, 31, 95, 97, 113, 121, 150, 166, 174, 207;
lead, 50, 64, 152, 205;
quicksilver, 207;
silver, 15, 151, 152, 154;
tin, 66, 142, 205;
zinc, 113
Metamorphosis, Wax insect, 190, 199
Mhow, 288
Mi-tsang (or “Granary”) Gorge, 9, 214
Miao, Hei (or black), 226
Miao, Hua (or coloured), 228
Miao-tzŭ, 24, 28, 29, 32, 37, 38, 152, 206, 224, 227, 228, 229, 230;
dress, 152, 230;
ornaments, 230
Mien-hua-ti, 124
Mien-shan, 110
Mien-tien, 51
Millet, 163, 169, 172
Mills, Water, 88
Min River, 69, 76, 87, 89, 91, 101, 102, 162, 168, 169, 170, 174, 196, 208
Min-chia tribe, 130;
maidens, 136
Ming Dynasty, 112, 174
Ming-shan District, 92
Ming-shan Hsien, 91, 92, 93
Mining in China, 75, 154, 205
Missionaries and Mission Stations:—55, 60, 113, 124, 130, 134, 142, 143, 144, 190, 226;
Les Missions Etrangères de Paris, 55;
China Inland Mission, 55, 144, 226
Mo-ni-ch’ang, 157
Mohammedan Rebellion, 54, 125, 127, 132, 205;
cemetery, 71, 130;
leader, Tu Wên-hsiu, 133
Mohammedans, 55, 134
Monkeys, 176
Morphia, 290
Mu-kua-shao, 151
Mulberry, 21, 22, 71, 100, 113, 114, 163, 165, 181
Mules, 49, 96, 117
Musical Instruments of the Phö, 230-231
Musk, 117, 208;
false, 136
Na-ch’i-Hsien, 39, 160
Nan-ching-kai, 104
Nan Ho River, 91, 92
Nan-k’ou Pass, 44
Nan-kuang, 69;
River, 67, 68, 158, 160, 208
Nationalities, Different, 55
“Natural Bridge,” 62, 154
Nature, A child of, 157
Nei-chiang Hsien, 168, 169
New Year, The Chinese, 72
Ni-tien-ch’ang, 181
Ning-yuan Fu, 87, 96, 108, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 192;
Lake of, 112;
Plain, 110, 115
Niu-êrh (or white wax beetle), 193
Niu-lan River, 64, 65
Non-Chinese Villages, 38
Novel plan to prevent animal depredations, A, 72
O-Mei Hsien, 170, 171, 177, 179
O-mei, Mount, 162, 170, 172, 175, 196;
Excursion to, 171-177;
Plain, 178
Oak, 28, 29, 30, 44, 125, 128, 140, 163, 167, 180
Oats, 45, 47, 48, 59, 149
Obstruction, Official, 177
Octroi, 219
Ohio, Petroleum used for street-lighting in, 79
Open ports in China, 216
Opium, 5, 6, 8, 11, 16, 17, 21, 29, 32, 39, 40, 41, 57, 83, 139, 148, 157, 169, 185, 208, 213, 287;
oil from opium capsules, 290;
Note on opium cultivation in Western Malwa, India, 288-290
Orange groves, 84, 163
Originality, Chinese, 96
Ornaments, Silver, 99, 110
Otter-fishing, 168
Oxen, 38
Pachyma cocos, 106
Pack-animals, Ornaments of, 135
Paddy-land, 40, 72, 84, 163, 165, 166, 167, 169;
planting, 58
Pagodas, 84, 136, 164, 174, 175
Pai-chang-ch’ang (or Pai-chang-yi), 91, 92
Pai-chang valley, 91
Pai-la-shu (or white wax tree), 197
Pai-shui, 48, 49, 50;
River, 41
Pai-yen-ching, 115, 122;
salt wells, 121-122
Pai-yi (a Man-tzŭ tribe), 124
Palace, Tea for the Imperial, 93
Palm, 22, 163, 167;
palm-coir, 175
Pan-pien-ch’ing, 61
Panorama, A magnificent, 129, 136
Pans, Iron, 24, 79
Pao-kê-ts’ao-shu, 192
Paper, bamboo, 19;
bark, 153;
straw, 25;
factories, 19
Parasites, Soldier, 86
Parliamentary Papers on China, 2;
on Insect White Wax, 191
Passports, 18
Pear, Prickly, 117
Pear trees, 94, 100, 116
Pearls, 112, 113
Peas, 12, 71, 82
Peculation, Official, 49
Peking, 29, 86, 93, 148, 154
Pe-sê T’ing, 49, 204
Petroleum, 79
Pharmaceutical Journal, 190
Pharmacopœia, The Chinese, 91
Pheasants, 44;
Amherst, 134, 141
Phö:—224, 226-231;
ammunition of the, 227;
annual religious gathering of the, 230;
dress of the, 230;
language, 228-229;
language and vocabularies, 231-285;
language dying out, 227;
music and dancing, 231;
musical instruments, 230-231;
ornaments of the, 230;
struggle between the Chinese and the, 227;
women, 231
Pi-chi-kuan, 144
Pi-chieh Hsien, 153, 154, 155
Pictures on white marble, 135-136
Pig, A familiar, 63
Pigeons, 42
Pilgrims, 170, 171, 175;
at their devotions, 175
Pilot, A river, 186
Pines, 59, 82, 91, 110, 116, 119, 124, 125, 136, 140, 172, 173;
boards, 102, 114;
forests, 122, 175;
sprouts, 114
P’ing-i Hsien, 46, 47, 48
P’ing-pa, 103
P’ing-shan Hsien, 185, 220
“Pinnacle Pagoda,” Blakiston’s, 16
Pith paper, 22;
plant, 22
Pits, Clay, 150
Plague, Yün-nan, 128
P’o-kung, 41
Polo, Marco, 112, 122, 126, 129
Ponies, 39, 44, 49, 50, 51, 59, 61, 66, 86, 89, 96, 109, 117, 124
Pony, The Yün-nan, 50
Poppy, 11, 12, 16, 25, 27, 28, 32, 36, 37, 40, 46, 48, 59, 71, 84, 99, 113, 115, 125, 126, 128, 129, 132, 141, 149, 155, 165, 287, 288;
extraction of the juice, 17
Potatoes, 48, 51, 59, 149, 169, 175
Poverty around Ch’ing-chên, 37
Poverty and riches always hand in hand, 84
Powder, Miao-tzŭ, 227
Prayer, A dying patriot’s, 133
Press, Native, 33
Prince, The White, 138
Prisoner, A distinguished, 89
Privet, 116, 121, 192
Proclamation, A Chinese, 154-155
Provisions, Tinned, 16
Public street-lighting in China, 200
P’u-êrh Fu, 55, 56;
tea, 56, 64, 66
Pumelo, 22, 82
“Pure soluble scarlet,” 83
Quarters, Strange, 149
Queen’s Birthday, The, 51, 149
Quicksilver, 207
Races, Non-Chinese, 224, 225
Railways, 65, 146, 157
Rain-coat incident, 58
Rainstorm, A tremendous, 149
Ramie fibre, 73
Rape, 16, 37, 71, 82, 99;
oil, 164
Rapids, 8, 9, 11, 159, 180, 185, 187, 206, 214, 217, 218, 219, 220
Rathouis, Père, 190
Red River, The, 204
Reed fences, 114
Refuges, Stone, 38, 66
Rest-houses, Official, 33
Revenue, Board of, 155
Review of Chinese troops, 134
Revolver, Advantage of being armed with a, 119
Rhamnus sp., 96
Rhubarb, 208
Rhus vernicifera, 164
Rice, 15, 36, 68, 113, 123;
broth, 184;
fields, 17, 45, 58, 88, 163, 196, 224;
hulling, 27, 88;
mills, 88;
paper, 22;
paper manufacture, 23
Richthofen, Baron von, 70, 90, 190
Rings, 38, 230
Riot at Hang-chou, 119
Rivers, Underground, 48, 152
Roads, 32, 140, 149, 183
Rocks, Fortress-shaped, 82
Romance in Chinese topographical names, 154
Roofs, Chinese, 100
Rose, Wild, 22
Ruins in Kuei-chow, 29
Rush wicks, 92
Sacred Mountain of Western China, 95, 162, 170
Safflower, 83, 113, 164
Salt, 20, 39, 55, 64, 75, 76, 102, 115, 120, 121, 142, 144, 153, 160, 164, 207, 208;
brine, 80;
carriers, 20;
cones, 111, 122;
currency, 122;
evaporation, 121;
Government control of, 79;
granular, 79;
junks, 160;
pan, 79;
wells, 75, 80, 84, 87, 121, 142, 144, 168, 170
Salutes, Chinese, 45
Salwen, River, 204
Samaritan, A good, 182
Sandals, Straw, 39, 92, 104
Sandalwood, 171
Sandstone, 48, 125
Sapium sebiferum, 169
Scales, Wax insect, 192, 193, 195, 197, 200
School, A Chinese, 59
Sentries, Chinese, 109
Sericulture, 21, 170;
Goddess of, 71
Sha-shih, 3
Shan States, 56, 157, 203;
the Shans, 55, 130, 224
Shan-hu-shu, 63, 64
Shan-tung, 189
Shang-kuan, 130, 136;
Plain, 130
Shanghai, 2, 24, 201, 205, 211, 212;
Chamber of Commerce, 190, 217;
native press, 33;
papers, 143
Shao-shang, 123
Shê-hung Hsien, 73
Shê-tz’ŭ, 142
Sheep, 59, 124
Shells, Fresh-water, 137
Shên-ching-kuan, 45
Shifting sands in the Yang-tsze, 3
Shih-ch’i-ch’ang, 186
Shuan-ma-ts’ao, 103
Shuang-liu Hsien, 89
Shui-p’ang-p’u, 141
Shui-t’ang-p’u, 151;
silver mine of, 151
Shun-ching Fu, 83
Shweli River, 204
Sifans, 99, 101, 122, 222;
reputed immorality, 102;
language, 104-105;
modesty of the, 103;
ornaments, 99;
probably Tibetans, 124;
tribes, 102
Signboards, Shop, 86
Silk, 30, 68, 113, 165, 169, 208, 209, 220;
embroidery, 230;
weaving, 170
Silkworm, 21;
diet, 21;
eggs, 21, 165
Silver, 152, 154;
ingots, 15;
mine, 151, 152
Sincerity, Chinese, 97
Sinensis, Novus Atlas, 189
Skiffs, 66
Skins, Tiger and leopard, 134
Snow, 48, 83, 84, 97, 104, 119, 129, 132, 137;
storm, 107
Soda, 125
Songkoi River, 50, 56, 143, 204
Songs, Boat, 7, 166
Sorghum vulgare, 163
Soup-kitchens, 85
Soy, 164
Spring, A fine water, 65
Spirits, 164
Ssŭ-ch’uan:—2, 3, 4, 11, 20, 28, 30, 31, 51, 61, 64, 67, 68, 70, 76, 81, 106, 107, 116, 121, 123, 125, 145, 155, 156, 157, 160, 161, 164, 167, 185, 190, 192, 193, 200, 203, 204, 206, 207, 208, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 219, 221, 222, 223, 224, 226;
fertility of, 167;
frontier, 9, 11;
hemp, 169;
import and export trade of, 213;
people, 165-166;
Plain, 84;
products of, 164, 208;
Viceroy of, 14;
waterways, 208
Stalactites, 47
Statements unreliable, Chinese, 97, 183
Steatite (or soapstone) ornaments, 201
Sterculia platanifolia, 169
Stillingia sebifera, 169
Stockades, 108
Stone tablets, 71
Straw hats, 142;
straw paper, 19;
straw sandals, 39
Strawberry, 22
Suburbs, Absence of, 30
Sugar, 76;
factories, 75, 83;
cane, 126, 169, 208
Sui-fang tea, 94
Sui Fu, i.e., Hsü-chou Fu, 9, 57, 67, 69, 155, 160, 162, 185, 187, 188, 220
Sultan at Ta-li-Fu, The so-called, 130, 133
Summer drink, A Chinese, 137
Sung-k’an, 25
Sung-ming Lake, 53
Superstition, 60, 98, 113
Swallows, 166
Sweet-briar, 129, 155
Sweet oil, Poppy, 37
Sweet potatoes, 169
Sweet-tea, 172-173
“Switzerland,” The Chinese, 206
Ta-chien-lu, 94, 99, 100
Ta-ch’ung River, 111, 191
Ta-Hsiang-Ling Pass, 97, 99, 109;
ascent of the, 98
Ta-kuan River, 204, 208
Ta-kuan T’ing, 67
Ta-li Fu, 55, 70, 87, 114, 125, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 137, 138, 139, 141, 142, 204, 205, 230;
annual fair at, 134;
Lake, 132, 134, 136, 137, 139, 140;
marble quarries of, 135;
Plain, 132, 136, 139;
ruins at, 138;
siege of, 133;
the so-called “Sultan” at, 130, 133
Ta-ping River, 204;
Valley, 205
Ta-shu-pao, 102
Ta-tsu Hsien, 166, 167
Ta-tu River, 100, 101, 103, 170, 171, 178, 196, 226
Ta-wang-miao, 128, 129
Taels, 4, 15
Tallow tree, The, 169, 181
“Tam O’ Shanters,” 110
T’ang-t’ang, 151
Tariff Import Duty, 210
Taros, 163, 167
Tartar garrisons, 86;
quarter at Ch’êng-tu, 84
Taxation of foreign goods, Grinding. 213, 216
Tea:—Brick tea, 93, 95, 209;
picking, value, and carriage of brick tea, 93-95;
brick tea carriers, 20, 94, 99;
preparation of brick tea, 93;
Russian brick tea, 95;
standard of sale of brick tea, 94;
three qualities of brick tea, 94;
tea for the Imperial palace, 93;
tea-growing districts and plantations, 68, 93, 97, 166;
tea hongs, 94, 95;
P’u-êrh tea, 56, 64, 66;
sweet tea, 172-173;
Tibetan way of eating tea, 95
Teal, 144
Tê-ch’ang, 195
Tei-li-pao, 117
Temples, 15, 40, 41, 42, 71, 120, 156, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175;
“Temple of a Myriad Ages,” 172;
temple of the Goddess of Sericulture, 71
Têng-hsiang, 109
Theatrical performances, 72
Thunderstorm, A terrible, 43
Tibet, 20, 87, 93, 94, 99, 209;
caravan, 117;
criminal, 89;
mountains, 126;
ornaments, 96;
pilgrims, 95;
travellers, 89, 134;
way of eating tea, 95
T’ien-ch’iao, 154
Tien Ch’ih Lake, 56
T’ien-ch’üan Chou, 93
T’ien-shêng-ch’iao, 154
Tigers, 176;
bones of, 91
Tin, 66, 142, 205
Ting-nan-pa, 182
T’o River, 72, 76, 82, 83, 167, 168, 169, 208
Tobacco, 68, 92, 142, 163, 164, 208
Tonquin, 2, 50, 142, 203
Torrents, Mountain, 47, 62
Town, A deserted, 127-128
Trackers, Boat, 7-8
Transit, certificates, 210, 212, 213;
duty, 210;
pass system, 210;
regulations, 212;
trade, 210
Travelling:—boat, 4, 5, 7;
discomforts, 15, 39, 61, 63, 64, 114, 118, 128, 141, 149, 163, 180, 182, 183, 184, 225;
in China, 39
Tree-planting, Ingenious plan for, 165
Trees, Deeply embedded immense, 114
Trial, A roadside, 143
Tsang-shan range, 129, 132, 136, 137, 138;
Marble quarries of the, 134
Tsun-i Fu, 28, 29, 30
Tu-kê-t’ang, 64
Tu Wên-hsiu, The Mohammedan leader, 133
Tung-ching-shu (or “Evergreen Tree”), 192
Tung-ch’uan Fu, 49, 59, 60, 64, 145, 155
Tung-ch’uan Plain, 61, 222
Tung-kai-ch’ang, 178
T’ung-liang Hsien, 166
T’ung-ma, 169
T’ung River, 170
Tung-t’ing Lake, 34, 206
T’ung-tzŭ Hsien, 21, 26;
valley, 26, 28;
tunnelling on the T’ung-tzŭ River, 28;
inundations, 28
Turbans, Man-tzŭ, 124;
Miao-tzŭ, 24, 230;
Sifan, 102
Typhoid fever, 177
Tzŭ Chou, 82, 83
Tzŭ-chu-p’ing, 178, 179
Tzŭ-liu-ching 75, 76;
salt wells, 76-81, 87, 160, 168
Tz’ŭ-yang Hsien, 83
Underground Rivers, 48, 152
“Upper Fortress” (Shang-kuan), 130
Upper Yang-tsze Expedition (1861), The, 184, 220
Varnish tree, The, 164-165
Vegetables, 164
Viburnum phlebotrichum, 173
Viceroys, or Governor-Generals, in China, 85
Vinçot, Père, 143
Vocabulary, English-Phö, 273-285
Wa-wa, 100, 101
Wade, Sir Thomas, 105, 227
Wahab, Mr., 55
Walnut trees, 149
Wan Hsien, 11, 209
Wan-nien-ssŭ, Temple of, 172, 173
Wan-wan T’an, 187
Wang-shan Temple, 42
Watch-towers, 66, 180
Water, Chinese abhorrence of cold, 137
Watercress, 100
Waterfall, Pai-shui, 41
Waterproof coat, A bearer and his, 58
Water-wheels, 26, 96
Wax, Insect White, 35, 102, 114, 120, 141, 161, 170, 195, 261;
tree, 169, 170, 171, 178, 191, 192;
culture, trees, insects, uses, and value, 189-201
Weapons of the Lolos, 104
Wei-ning Chou, 152, 153, 154;
Lake, 152;
Plain, 152
Weights in China, 15
Wênchow, 287
“West of the River” (Ho-hsi), 116
West River (Canton River), 41, 43, 49, 50, 56, 144, 150, 204, 205
Westwood, 193
Wheat, 12, 22, 25, 36, 37, 40, 46, 47, 50, 59, 71, 82, 99, 113, 115, 128, 141, 147, 149;
mills, 88;
planting and tillering, 22
Whirlpools, 257
“White Prince,” The, 138
White wax, Insect, 35, 102, 114, 120, 141, 161, 170, 195, 261;
tree, 169, 170, 171, 178, 191, 192;
culture, trees, insects, uses, and value, 189-201
“Winding Rapid,” The, 187
Wood-oil tree, 18, 21, 72, 163, 167, 169, 181, 197
Woollen goods, 209
Wu Chiang River, 30, 31, 32, 37, 153;
suspension bridge, 30, 31
Wuhu, 2
Ya-an Hsien, 93
Ya-chou Fu, 87, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96
Ya Ho (River), 91, 92, 93, 95, 101, 170, 171
Ya-lung River, 111, 116, 117, 118, 191
Ya-pien-yen (Opium), 11
Yang-lin, 53, 57, 58, 59
Yang-tsze River, 2, 3, 4, 8, 11, 12, 16, 18, 20, 31, 33, 39, 49, 56, 57, 59, 60, 64, 68, 69, 71, 73, 76, 102, 111, 140, 144, 145, 150, 153, 155, 156, 158, 160, 162, 163, 166, 169, 177, 178, 181, 182, 184, 185, 191, 201, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 220, 221, 222;
Head waters of the, 124;
Upper Yang-tsze Expedition (1861), 184, 220;
Upper Yang-tsze Steam Navigation Co., 9
Yarn, Cotton, 89
Year, The China New, 72
Yen-yuan Hsien, 114, 115, 120
Yuan River, 34, 206;
rapids on, 206
Yüeh-hsi Plain, 107
Yüeh-hsi T’ing, 107
Yün-nan, 2, 14, 15, 20, 28, 31, 33, 35, 40, 41, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 53, 55, 56, 57, 59, 70, 76, 87, 91, 96, 97, 99, 106, 108, 114, 120, 122, 123, 125, 134, 135, 142, 145, 146, 147, 151, 152, 154, 156, 157, 160, 185, 191, 203, 204, 206, 207, 219, 220, 221, 224, 226;
population, 205
Yün-nan Fu, 53, 54, 56, 57, 67, 114, 134, 139, 140, 142, 145, 153, 156, 205;
Lake, 53, 144;
Plain, 60
Yün-nan-yi, 141
Yün-yang Hsien, 12
Yung-ch’uan Hsien, 72, 73
Yung-ning Hsien, 153, 158, 160
Yung-ning River, 39, 145, 153, 155, 158, 159, 160, 208;
descent of, 158-159;
its importance as a trade route, 160
Yung-pei T’ing, 87, 124, 126, 205;
Plain, 125, 126
Zinc, 113
GEORGE PHILIP AND SON, PRINTERS, LONDON AND LIVERPOOL.