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Title: An Australian in China
Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma

Author: George Ernest Morrison

Release Date: September 4, 2006 [EBook #19172]

Language: English

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[Illustration: THE AUTHOR IN WESTERN CHINA.]

AN AUSTRALIAN IN CHINA

BEING THE NARRATIVE OF A QUIET JOURNEY ACROSS CHINA TO BURMA

BY GEORGE ERNEST MORRISON M.D. EDIN., F.R.G.S.

_THIRD EDITION_

LONDON: HORACE COX WINDSOR HOUSE, BREAM'S BUILDINGS E.C.

MDCCCCII

TO

JOHN CHIENE, M.D.,

F.R.C.S.E., F.R.S.E., ETC.,

PROFESSOR OF SURGERY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH,

WHO GAVE ME BACK THE POWER OF LOCOMOTION.

I GRATEFULLY

INSCRIBE THIS VOLUME.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. PAGES
INTRODUCTORY--MAINLY ABOUT MISSIONARIES AND THE CITY
OF HANKOW 1-11

CHAPTER II.
FROM HANKOW TO WANHSIEN, WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF
CHINESE WOMEN AND THE RAPIDS OF THE YANGTSE 12-23

CHAPTER III.
THE CITY OF WANHSIEN, AND THE JOURNEY FROM WANHSIEN
TO CHUNGKING 24-34

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