CONTENTS 



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, Introduction by Professor Charles S. Sargent . xvii 



CHAP. 



I. Western China : Mountain Ranges and River 



Systems ....... i 



II. Western Hupeh : General Topography and Geology ii 



III. Methods of Travel : Roads and Accommodation . 22 



IV. In Quest of Flowers : A Journey in North- 



western Hupeh . . . . .28 



V. Forest and Crag : Across the Hupeh - Szechuan 



Frontier . . . . . -45 



VI. The Red Basin of Szechuan : Its Geology, Mineral, 



and Agricultural Wealth . . . .64 



VII. Eastern Szechuan : Narrative of a Journey from 



Taning Hsien to Tunghsiang Hsien . . 72 



VIII. The Ancient Kingdom of Pa : Narrative of a 



Journey from Tunghsiang Hsien to Paoning Fu . 85 



IX. The Chengtu Plain : " The Garden of Western 



China " . . . . . . .104 



X. North -Western Szechuan: Narrative of a Cross- 

 Mountain Journey to Sungpan Ting . .116 



XI. Sungpan Ting : The Land of the Sifan . . 141 



XII. The Chino-Thibetan Borderland : " The Marches 



of the Mantzu "..... 149 



XIII. The Chiarung Tribes : Their History, Manners, 



and Customs ...... 160 



