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Index 



Smoke-towers, 59 

 Snake and tortoise friendship, 

 244 ; General Mesney on, 148, 



149 



Soap-trees, 265 



Sow Rapid, 75 



Spence, Mr. Donald, 40, 78, 139 



Split Hill (cliff), 253 



Spring Island, 32 



Steam communication on the 

 Yang-tse River, 5 



Stone family pool, 232 



"Stone Precious Castle" (rock), 

 109 



Stone quarry, Mr. Tung's, 146, 

 147, 150-152 



Streets in Chinese cities, 25 



Su-chow, city of, 25, 261 



Suilin, city of, 140 



Szechuan, province of, 4 ; coal- 

 mines in, 5, 6, 1S6-192; trade 

 of, xi., 8, 9 ; population of, 12 ; 

 river of, 27 ; boatmen from, 31 ; 

 junks from, on Yang-tse River, 

 52 ; boundary of, 74 ; area of, 

 134, 135 ; rebellions in, 77 ; term 

 "foreign devil" unknown in, 

 79 ; climate of, 138 ; junks of, 

 built at Wan hsien, 106, III, 

 H2; scenery of, 1 08; caves in 

 sandstone cliffs of, 147 ; tobacco 

 of, 195; rivers of, 197, 199; 

 depopulated by Chang-Hsien- 

 chung, 199 ; native guilds in, 

 202 ; salt wells of, 10, 234, 235 ; 

 the red basin of, 261 ; flora and 

 fauna of, 264-266 ; fish in, 267 ; 

 area of, 268 ; mineral wealth of, 

 268 ; famine in, 273 



"Ta-chang," mishap known as, 

 loi, 102 



Ta chi kou, village of, 82 



"Ta Fo Sze" (Great Buddha's 



Hall, 133 

 Tai-Hu (Great Lake), 258 

 Tai-ping ho (River of Peace), 31 

 Tai-ping Rebellion, the, 2, 3, 75, 



76, 180 

 Tai-Wo, steamer, 15 

 Ta-Kiang (Great River). See 



Yang-tse kiang 

 Ta-ling, city of, 79 

 Tan chia t'o (Loch of the Tang 



Family), 132 

 Taoist monastery, on the top of 



Yun wu Shan, 47, 48 

 Taoist religion, 160 

 Taoist show, a, 206 

 Taoist temple, of Miao-Ho, 60 ; 



at Pei-shih, 76 

 "Ta-Tung" (Otter's Cave Rapid), 



56 

 Tax stations in China, 4, 12, 13 

 Taylor Mission, the, in China, 213 

 Tea-house, Chinese, 62, 63 

 Temples, near Ichang, 40-44 ; of 



Literature (Wen-feng shan), 80 ; 



at Kwei-chow, 86 ; of the 



Eastern Ocean, 98 ; in Clouded 



Sun City, 99 ; called Chung-ku 



lo, 103; at Feng-tu, 119, 120; 



at Fu-chow, 127 ; at Chang- 



sho, 129 ; called "Ta Fo Sze," 



133 ; round Chung-king, 159- 



161, 183, 184 

 Temple Stairs Rapid, 97, 293 

 "Teng ying tse"hsia (Gorge of 



the Lamp-shine), 53 

 Three kingdoms, wars of the, 83, 



84 

 T'ieh Kwan tsai hsia (Iron CofiSn 



Gorge), 75 

 T'ieh men ka'rh (rapid), 117 



