xii CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XL 



Town of Hokow — Its situation, trade, and great importance — Bohea 

 mountain chair — Mountain road — Beggars by the wayside — 

 Beautiful scenery — the priest and his bell — Town of Yuen-shan 



— Appearance of the road — Tea coolies — Different modes of 

 carrying the tea-chests — Large tea-growing country — Soil and 

 plantations — My first night in a Chinese inn — Reception — Dirty 

 bed-rooms — I console myself, and go to dinner . . Page 197 



CHAPTER XII. 



First view of the Bohea mountains — Mountain pass — A noble fir- 

 tree — Its name and history — Flora of the mountains — New plants 



— Source of the river Min — Entertainment for man and beast — 

 A rugged road and another pass — A gale amongst the mountains — 

 An amusing old China- woman — Sugar and tea-spoons — A kind 

 landlord — The Tein-sin — Arrive at the city of Tsong-gan-hien — 

 Its situation, size, and trade — Tea-farms .... 208 



CHAPTER XIII. 



Woo-e-shan — Ascent of the hill — Arrive at a Buddhist temple — 

 Description of the temple and the scenery — Strange rocks — My 

 reception — Our dinner and its ceremonies — An interesting con- 

 versation — An evening stroll — Formation of the rocks — Soil — 

 View from the top of Woo-e-shan — A priests' grave — A view by 

 moonlight — Chinese wine — Cultivation of the tea-shrub — Chains 

 and monkeys used in gathering it — Tea-merchants — Happiness 

 and contentment of the peasantry 223 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Stream of "nine windings" — A Taouist priest — His house and temple 



— Du Halde's description of these hills — Strange impressions of 

 gigantic hands on the rocks — Tea-plants purchased — Adventure 

 during the night — My visitors — Plants packed for a journey — 

 Town of Tsin-tsun and its trade — Leave the Woo-e hills — Moun- 

 tain scenery — The lance-leaved pine — Rocks, ravines, and water- 

 falls — A lonely road — Trees — Birds and other animals — Town of 

 She-parky — Productions of the country — L^ses of the Nelivmbium 



— Pouching teas — City of Pouching-hien .... 240 



