INDEX 



Alcock, Sir Rutherford, 214 

 American Methodist Mission, 



Chung-king, 166, 171, 172 

 Anson, Commodore, in China 



(1748), 28s, 286 

 "Ascent of the Golden Peak" 



(pass), 48, 49 



BABERjMr., 138, 181, 198, 254,25s 

 ' ' Back baskets," used in Fu-chow, 



235. 236 

 Banquet, a Chinese, 142, 143 

 Barton, Dr. Alfred, a. 

 Baskets, called Pei tsz, 119; called 



Pei-lo, 236 

 Battlements, built of stone, 240 

 "Bellows" Gorge, 81-83, 85, 



89, 91, 292 

 Black Dragon Gorge, 232 

 Blacksmiths, town of, 108 

 Blakiston, Captain, travels in 



China, x., 32, 64, 89, 1 18, 



137, 225, 226, 231 

 Boat, small, called Shen Potse, 



29-31. 215 

 Boats ; on the Kung t'an Ho 

 River, 126, 127 ; laden with 

 drugs from Kansu, 198. See also 

 Junks 



Bourne, Mr. Consul, 273, 274 

 Brass Gong Gorge, 132, 224, 225 

 Brine wells : Ta-ling city, 79 ; 



Kwei-chow, 85 

 British consular agents in Western 



China, 138 

 British trade with China, 3, 4, 



7-10, 13, 14 

 Buddhas, of colossal stone, 133 

 Buddhist procession at Chung- 

 king, 139 

 Buddhist temples, near Ichang, 



42-44 

 "Bund" at Hankow, 16, 17 



Cangues (wooden collars), 92 



Canton guild gardens, Chung- 

 king, 168 



Catholic converts at Chung-king, 

 160 



Cattle at Kao-chia cheu market, 

 n8 



Cave of the Sage Lao-tse, 159, 

 160 



Caves in Szechuan, 147 ; near 

 Chung-king, 198 



Cedar Garden (village), 75, 76 



" Census " men, 109 



Cereals in Szechuan, 267 



