LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



The Author ...... Frontispiece 



FACING PAGE 



A Peak of the Barrier Range (Ta-p'ao Shan), circa 21,000 et. 2 



The Yangtsze River at Ichang 



A General View in North- Western Hupeh 



A View near Hsingshan Hsien with terraced Fields 



San-yu-tung Glen ; Cliffs of Carboniferious Limestone 



Primula sinensis .... 



Our Chinese House-Boat 



Our Caravan ..... 



Hostel at Che-tsze-kou, Pinus armandi Behind 



Highway Lead through a Natural Tunnel . 



Wan-tiao Shan, 8100 FT. 



In San-yu-tung Glen, Cupressus funebris in Foreground 



The Chinese Privet (Ligustrum sinense), 20 ft. tall 



Cercidiphyllum japonicum, var. Sinense, 80 ft. tall, Girth 



7 FT. 



The Large-Leaved Poplar (Populus lasiocarpa), 50 ft. tall. 

 Girth 5 ft. ..... 



The Market Village of Tan-chia-tien 



A Typical View in the Red Basin 



A Soap-Tree (Sapindus mukorossi), 80 ft. tall. Girth 12 ft. 



Mausoleum with Ornate Mural Sculpturing 



Taning Hsien : North Gate .... 



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