List of Illustrations xix 



TO FACE PAGE 



Entrance Gate of Temple outside Walls of Chung-king 

 City ; the Chinese Characters are, " Cave of Genii and 

 Spirits" (p. 139) 138 



Green and Yellow Tiled Roof of Pavilion (p. 106) . .158 



Graves on Range of Hills opposite Chung-king : the two 

 " Characters " cut in the Limestone indicate that this 

 Mountain is a Reproduction of the Sacred " Mount 

 T'u" in Shantung Province (p. 158) . . . .158 



Roof Corner, Guildhall, Chung-king (p. 164) . . . 164 



Dinner-party in Chung-king : Guests facing Theatrical 

 Performance ; Intervening Courtyard, or " Pit " filled 

 with freely admitted Audience from the Street (p. 200) 164 



Hoangko Shu, and Fictts infectoria with Shrine as usual 

 round Roots, and my Stallion from Province Kwei- 

 chow, with whom I travelled 1500 Miles . . . 176 



Stage Court in Hukwang Guildhall, Chung-king . . 202 



Garden in Country-seat of the 'Yuen Family, outside 



Chung-king 206 



Salt Junk, about 70 Tons, with'Screw-oars or " Yuloes " 

 alongside, moored near Entrance to Ichang Gorge : 

 bound down River, Mast lashed alongside . . . 222 



Trackers hauling Junk up the Shin t'an, or New Rapid . 238 

 City of Chung-king, built on Rocky Peninsula at Junction 

 of Kia-ling River, from the North and Yang-tse ; View 

 taken from South Bank of Yang-tse .... 252 



Pavilion in Garden of "White Emperor's City," on Cliifat 



Mouth of Bellows Gorge 282 



" We were the First," etc. . . .... 288 



