SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



VOL. 142, NO. 2, PL. 2 



I. .\ Cliint'.sf cargo boat ascending a strung rapid in tlic Yangtse gorges, West China. 



2. \ K\v 111 >._ nnngktng from the Yangtse Kiver. On tlie shore arc L'liinese wooden 

 boats; higlicr up, Chinese houses on high \vo(jden posts to keep them above the river 

 in high water ; and still higher are temjiles and other buildings of Chungking. 



