TO THE SNOWS OF TIBET 
THROUGH CHINA 
CHAPTER I 
THE YANG-TZE AS FAR AS ICHANG 
Object of journey—Departure from England—Arrival at Shanghai—Kiu- 
kiang—‘ Little Orphan ’—Lu-shan Hills--Flowers—Temples—Rain- 
fall—New snake—Collector bitten—Silver work— Hankow—Passport 
obtained—Leave for Ichang—Sunday Island—House rented—Cess- 
pool— House-boat hired—San-yu-tung—Joss-house—New papilio— 
Ferns and plants—Fishermen—Birds and monkeys—Wild goats— 
Flying squirrel—Chinese mountaineers—General aspect of glen— 
Return to Ichang. 
So little of this great world of ours is new to the ex- 
plorer or the naturalist, that it becomes more difficult 
year by year to find unworked fields. Choice is there- 
fore mainly confined to those which have hitherto been 
only superficially examined. The countries in which 
these occur are not easy for a European to work in, 
either from the hostility of the natives, or difficulty of. 
travel and the transport of collections. After consider- 
able thought I decided to proceed to China and ascend 
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