xvi Contents 



CHAPTER XIV. 



FIRST ASCENT BY STEAM. 



PAGE 



Feasibility of steam navigation in Szechuan — Account of the first 



ascent of the Yang-tse rapids by steam in 1898 — Remarks . 283 



APPENDIX. 



Address of Welcome from the "Foreign" Residents 



IN Chung-king. . . .... 301 



Index . . . • 303 



