THROUGH 



The Yanq=tse Gorges 



OR 



TRADE AND TRAVEL IN 

 WESTERN CHINA 



BY 



ARCHIBALD JOHN LITTLE, F.R.G.S. 



" Let me journey down 

 On the great river, that from town to town, 

 Through meadow miles ; 'twixt gorges of tlie hills. 

 Sweeps through the land's whole length, and ever fills 

 Its widening channel deeper." — Yu-Pe-Ya's Lute. 



" Good government obtains, when those who are near are made happy, and those who arc 

 far off are attracted." — Confucius, ** Lun yu," xlii. i6, 2. 



THIRD AND REVISED EDITION, WITH MAP AND 

 ILLUSTRATIONS 



LONDON 

 SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON & COMPANY 



UMITED 



St. JBunstBti's gouse 



Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, E.C, 



1898 



T ',.{)!; in 1^1 



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