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Title: Across China on Foot

Author: Edwin Dingle

Release Date: September 10, 2004 [EBook #13420]

Language: English

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ACROSS CHINA ON FOOT

_By_

EDWIN JOHN DINGLE

1911

IN GRATEFUL ESTEEM

DURING MY TRAVELS IN INTERIOR CHINA I ONCE
LAY AT THE POINT OF DEATH. FOR THEIR UNREMITTING
KINDNESS DURING A LONG ILLNESS, I
NOW AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBE THIS VOLUME TO
MY FRIENDS, MR. AND MRS. A. EVANS, OF TONG-CH'UAN-FU,
YUeN-NAN, SOUTH-WEST CHINA, TO
WHOSE DEVOTED NURSING AND UNTIRING CARE
I OWE MY LIFE.

CONTENTS

BOOK I.

FROM THE STRAITS TO SHANGHAI--INTRODUCTORY

FIRST JOURNEY.

CHAPTER I. FROM SHANGHAI UP THE LOWER YANGTZE TO ICHANG

SECOND JOURNEY--ICHANG TO CHUNG-KING THROUGH THE YANGTZE GORGES.

CHAPTER II. THE ICHANG GORGE
CHAPTER III. THE YANGTZE RAPIDS
CHAPTER IV. THE YEH T'AN RAPID. ARRIVAL AT KWEIEU

THIRD JOURNEY--CHUNG-KING TO SUI-FU (VIA LUCHOW).

CHAPTER V. BEGINNING OF THE OVERLAND JOURNEY
CHAPTER VI. THE PEOPLE OF SZECH'WAN

FOURTH JOURNEY--SUI-FU TO CHAO-T'ONG-FU (VIA LAO-WA-T'AN).

CHAPTER VII. DESCRIPTION OF JOURNEY FROM SUI-FU
CHAPTER VIII. SZECH'WAN AND YUeN-NAN

THE CHAO-T'ONG REBELLION OF 1910.

CHAPTER IX.

THE TRIBES OF NORTH-EAST YUeN-NAN, AND MISSION WORK AMONG THEM.

CHAPTER X.

FIFTH JOURNEY--CHAO-T'ONG-FU TO TONG-CH'UAN-FU.

CHAPTER XI. AUTHOR MEETS WITH ACCIDENT
CHAPTER XII. YUeN-NAN'S CHECKERED CAREER. ILLNESS OF AUTHOR

BOOK II.

FIRST JOURNEY--TONG-CH'UAN-FU TO THE CAPITAL.

CHAPTER XIII. DEPARTURE FOR BURMA. DISCOMFORTS OF TRAVEL
CHAPTER XIV. YUeN-NAN-FU, THE CAPITAL

SECOND JOURNEY--YUeN-NAN-FU TO TALI-FU (VIA CH'U-HSIONG-FU).

CHAPTER XV. DOES CHINA WANT THE FOREIGNER?
CHAPTER XVI. LU-FENG-HSIEN. MOUNTAINOUS COUNTRY. CHINESE
UNTRUTHFULNESS
CHAPTER XVII. KWANG-TUNG-HSIEN TO SHACHIAO-KA
CHAPTER XVIII. STORM I