XIV 



A NATURALIST IN WESTERN CHINA 



FACING PAGE 



The Chinese Pistachio (Pistacia chinensis), 6o ft. tall, 

 Girth 25 et. .... 



A Sandstone Bridge with Cypress and Bamboos 



The Market Village of Tai-lu Ch'ang 



The Redbean Tree (Ormosia hosiei), 60 ft. tall, Girth 20 ft 



Nan-ching Kuan, opposite Paoning Fu 



The Divided Waters and Bridge (An-lan Chiao), 250 yards 



LONG ..... 



Channel cut through the Li-tiu Shan by Li-ping 

 View in the Manchu Section of Chengtu City 

 The Village Temple, Kung-ching Ch'ang 

 A Memorial Arch .... 



View from Hostel, Lao-tang-fang . 



HSUEH-PO-TING, WITH SnOWS ; BeD OF STREAM ENCRUSTED 



with Lime Deposits . 



Looking East-South-East from Hsueh Shan Pass, Ruined 

 Fort in Foreground .... 



The City of Sungpan Ting .... 



Two Sifan ...... 



Tomb of Man murdered by Bandits on Hsueh Shan Pass 



The Highway to Tachienlu and Beyond, here blasted 

 from Solid Rock 



A Prickly Pear (Opuntia dillenii) naturalized 



The Tachienlu River 



The Wokje Village of Ta-wei 



Idols in a Bonpa Temple 



A Bamboo Suspension Bridge, 70 yards long 



The Village of Hsuan-kou . 



Primula veitchii .... 



The Gi-lung Lamasery 



