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Index 



"Cha" (tea), 186,220 



Chai-jen ("ya-men runners"), 130 



Chang, Mr., 17 



Chang chung chien, rebellion of, 

 77 



Chang-fei, temple dedicated to, 

 99, loo 



Changkiang (Long River). See 

 Yang-tse kiang 



Chang-sho, city of, 125, 129, 229, 

 230 



Chang-sing-tung Bank, Chung- 

 king, 161, 162 



Chao, manager of Native Bank, 

 Chung-king, i6r, 162 



Chefoo Convention of 1876, 

 viii., 13s, 138, 281, 284 



Chekiang province, population of, 

 12 



Chen, a Cantonese merchant, 210 



Cheng-tu-seng, the capital of 

 Szechuan province, 132, 140, 

 178 



Cheng-tu, plain of, 262 



Chia-ling ho, river, 197 



Chiang-kow (River's Mouth) 

 village, 32 



Chiang-peh Ting, city of, 133 



" Chien-tao " (Scissors Gorge), 

 129 



Chi-fang (silk-weaving establish- 

 ment), 180 



Chili province, population of, II 



China, government of, I, 2 ; 

 revolutions in, 2, 3 ; population 

 of, 3, II, 12 ; British trade 

 with, 3, 4, 7-10, 13, 14 ; coal- 

 fields in, 5, 6 ; railroad con- 

 struction in, 6, 7 ; cotton 

 cultivation in, 10, 11; fishing 

 in, 21 ; filthy streets of, 25 ; 

 dogs in, 37, 38 ; dust-storms in. 



38 ; otter fisheries in, 39 ; 

 Feng-shui in, 41, 61, 62, 71 ; 

 hospitality in, 45, 46 ; peasants 

 in, 58 ; floods of 1870 in, 63 ; 

 pagodas in Eastern, 71 ; official 

 convoys in, 112, 113, 130 ; his- 

 torical plays in, 1 16 ; gentle- 

 man's residence in, 141 ; a. 

 dinner-party in, 142, 143 ; re- 

 ligion of the people of, 145 

 (see also Feng-shui) ; stonework 

 in, 148 ; snakes and tortoises 

 in, 148, 149 ; pastimes in, 157 ; 

 inland postage in, 158, 159 ; 

 saddles in, 176 ; foot-binding in, 

 186, 206-209 > tea-drinking in, 

 186 ; Pliny's account of, 250- 

 252 ; England and, in 1839, 

 252 

 China Express, the, 40 

 China Inland Mission at Chung- 

 king, 158, 172, 211, 213; at 

 Shasze, 29 

 China Merchants' Steam Navi- 

 gation Co., 6, 243 ; wreck of a 

 steamer of the, 202 

 Chinese boarding-school at Chang 



sho, 229 

 Chinese chess, 157 

 Chinese cities, filth of, 167, 168 

 Chinese guilds, 202, 203 

 Chinese residence, description of 



a, near Chung-king, 181-183 

 Chin feng po, pass called, 48, 49 

 Ching Chiang (Clear River), 33 

 "Ching Kiang Sze" (Taoist 



temple), 60 

 Ching-tan, triple rapid of the, 61 

 "Chi-pa" (rapids), 51, 67, 71 

 Chiu shih kang (rocklets), 200 

 Cho-hwang, tomb of, 239 

 Chota hazari, i85, 219, 220 



