CONTENTS 



Introductory Preface . 



CHAPTER 



I. The Call of the Red Gods, 



II. Shanghai ..... 



III. The Father of Rivers 



IV. Concerning Chinese Roads . 



V. Hwa-Shan — the Flower Mountain 



VI. Sian-fu, the Magnificent . 



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VII. A Mountain Village and Tai-pei-shan 55 



VIII. Some Notes on Caves and the Home of 



the Takin 08 



IX. The Takin {Budorcas bedfordi) . . 69 



X. Hunting the Takin .... 77 



XI. Fensiang-fu — AN Inland Town . . 87 



XII. Towards the Border .... 94 



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