xii CONTENTS 



CHAPTER VIII 



KIA-TING-FU TO WA-SHAX 



I'AGF. 



Arrival at Kia-ting-fn — Attack l)y students— Stone tin-owing — 

 Retreat to a safe position— Message from Tao-tai — Am prisoner 

 in boat — Prepare for overland jonrney — Assistance from mis- 

 sionaries — Instructions to lowban- -Adopt Chinese dress — 

 Colossal image — Visit from Tao-tai — Reports about boat- 

 Explanations — Difliculty as to route — Leave for Wa-shan — Su- 

 clii — Dcnrlrohiiim seen — Omei-hsien — "Wax insect, how made 

 use of — Yang-tsun — Ilsin-chang — Robbers outside inn — Lolo 

 houses — Dangeroxis paths— ' Times ' of 1877 at Lulu-ping — 

 Tung River — Antelopes at Chin-kou-lio— Arrive at Ta-tien- 

 chih — Pere Martin — Wild animals and birds in district — Fruits 

 and flowers — Trip to base of Wa-shan— View — Icicles — Tribu- 

 tary Lolos — Collections — Arrival of mail- -Description of Moimt 

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CHAPTEE IX 



WA-SHAN TO TA-TSIEN-LU 



Decide to visit Ta-tsien-lu — Preparations for joimiey — Coolies' loads 

 — So-i-ling Pass — Huang-mu-chang — Pere Martin — Chin-ki-za 

 — Fu-lin — Its trade and produce — Inhospitality — Trouble about 

 horses and coolies — Procure mules biit lose them at Ni-tou — 

 Fei-yueh-ling Pass — Pines and rhododendrons— Magnificent 

 view — Dirt and discomfort at Leng-chi — Valley of the Tung 

 River — Suspension bridge at Lu-ting-chiao — Cha-pa — Wel- 

 comed by missionaries — A flood in a watercourse —Bad road- 

 Ruined hoiises — The Tmig in flood — Trafhc on the read — Fruit 

 at Wa-ssu — Road to Ta-tsien-lu — Zones of vegetation — Single 

 rope bridge — .U-rival at Ta-tsien-hi — Kindness of Bishop Biet . I'iO 



CHAPTER X 



TA-TSIEN-LU 



Meet Mr. Rockhill — His journey — Missionaries give great assistance 

 — Christian collectors — Hard life and devotion of tlie mission- 

 aries — Description of tlie inn — Prayer papers- Caravans — 



