CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I. 



PAOE 



On the General Outlines of Eastern Asia ...... 1 



CHAPTER II. 



Geological Observations in the Basin of the Yangtse Kiang .... 4 



CHAPTER III. 



Observations in the Province of Chihli . ..... .10 



CHAPTER IV. V 



Structure op the Southern Edge of the Great Table-Land, and of Northern Shansi 

 and Chihli .......... 25 



CHAPTER V. 



The Delta-Plain and the Historical Changes in the Course op the Yellow P>,iver . 46 



CHAPTER YI. 



On the General Geology op China Proper ; A Generalization Based on Observa- 

 tions, AND ON THE MINERAL PRODUCTIONS, AND THE CONFIGURATION OF THE SURFACE . 51 



CHAPTER YII. 

 The Sinian System op Elevation ........ 6T 



CHAPTER YIII. 



Geological Sketch of the P^oute prom the Great Wall to the Siberian Frontier . TO 



CHAPTER IX. 



Geological Itineraries of Journeys on the Island op Yesso in Northern Japan . T9 



CHAPTER X. 

 Mineral Productions op China ........ 109 



APPENDIX. 



Appendix No. 1. — Description of Fossil Plants from the Chinese Coal-Bearing Rocks. By 



J. S. Newberry, M. D. . . . . . . . . .119 



Appendix No. 2. — Analyses of Chinese and Japanese Coals. By James A. Mac- 



donald, M. A. ......... 123 



Appendix No. 3. — Letter from Mr. Arthur Mead Edwards on the Results of an E.xamina- 

 tion under the Microscope of some Japanese Infusorial Earths, and other Deposits of 

 China and Mongolia . . . . . '. . . . 126 



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