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TO FACE PAGE 



Home of Retired "Armateur" at Shin t'an, Mouth of 



Pingshu Gorge . 64 



Seven-storied Pagoda below Patung. Note Fluted Rock, 

 about 50 Feet High, on Right Hand, being Ancient 

 " Pot-holes " in the Limestone worn through by the 

 Current 7° 



Our House-boat, with Cliff, in Wushan Gorge ... 72 



Travelling House-boat, with Tender, moored in Wushan 

 Gorge : Nude Figure in Foreground, Man who swims 

 out to disengage the Tow-lines : Tender is steered by 

 Long Stern-sweep : House-boat with Long Bow- 

 sweep 78 



Entrance to Bellows Gorge ; Cliffs 3000 and 4000 Feet. 

 In the cliff on the right are cut the Square Holes of 

 Meng-liang's Ladder 82 



Kwei-chow Fu, Five Miles from Upper Entrance to 

 Gorges ; Entrance shown in Split Hill on Left, Height 

 3000 to 4000 Feet 88 



Trackers hauling on Bamboo Tow-lines at Entrance to 



Ping-shu Gorge . . 94 



Chang-fei's Temple, opposite Yiinyang, Winter Level. In 



Summer, Foreground covered to a Depth of 50 Feet. 98 



" Full Moon " Pavilion in Garden of Temple dedicated to 

 Changfei, Hero of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms 

 (a.D. 200), opposite City of Yiinyang : Wall and Pillars 

 Stone, Roofs Thatch (p. 100) 120 



Five-storied Pagoda at Feng-tu (p. 120) . . . .120 



Szechuan Poppy-field in Bloom, in Mouth of April . .118 



Free School in Szechuan : Characters " I Shuo " (Free 



Teaching) over Door 130 



Cargo-boat rowing down Stream (p. 135) .... 138 



