GOVERNMENT 265 



official who is styled the governor-general 

 (tsung-tuh), but better known to foreigners 

 as the viceroy. Both in theory and 

 practice the viceroy is really the superior 

 of the governor, but it is very seldom that 

 he asserts it. On the other hand these two 

 officials are extremely courteous and con- 

 siderate, and one seldom withholds his 

 approval from the known wishes of the 

 other. A viceroy has his personal staff and 

 subordinate officers whose duties are more 

 or less clerical. If the shooter should 

 believe that he was compelled to see a 

 governor or viceroy he would find his way 

 smoother if he made the acquaintance of 

 some favorite secretary and was pleasant to 

 him. 



Although a governor and viceroy are 

 officials of high rank and great influence, 

 the shooter will not fail to notice the 

 military establishments in the provinces. 

 And here I should inform him that the 

 present ruling dynasty of China is not 

 native but of tartar origin, and for tliat 

 reason the military establishments are 

 under the command of military officials of 

 tartar extraction, and known as tartar- 



