An Australian in China

by George Ernest Morrison

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

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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.

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CONTENTS.

	CHAPTER I.	PAGES
	Introductory—Mainly about Missionaries and the Cityof Hankow	[1-11]
	CHAPTER II.
	From Hankow to Wanhsien, with some Account ofChinese Women and the Rapids of the Yangtse	[12-23]
	CHAPTER III.
	The City of Wanhsien, and the Journey from WanhsienTo Chungking	[24-34]
	CHAPTER IV.
	The City of Chungking—The Chinese Customs—Thefamous Monsieur Haas, and a few Words onthe Opium Fallacy	[35-49]
	CHAPTER V.
	The Journey from Chungking to Suifu—Chinese Inns	[50-62]
	CHAPTER VI.
	The City of Suifu—The China Inland Mission, withsome general Remarks about Missionaries in China	[63-75]
	CHAPTER VII.
	Suifu to Chaotong, with some Remarks on theProvince of Yunnan—Chinese Porters, PostalArrangements, and Banks	[76-96]
	CHAPTER VIII.
	The City of Chaotong, with some Remarks on itsPoverty, Infanticide, Selling Female Childreninto Slavery, Tortures, and the Chinese Insensibilityto Pain	[97-106]
	CHAPTER IX.
	Mainly about Chinese Doctors	[107-114]
	CHAPTER X.
	The Journey from Chaotong to Tongchuan	[115-124]
	CHAPTER XI.
	The City of Tongchuan, with some Remarks uponInfanticide	[125-134]
	CHAPTER XII.
	Tongchuan to Yunnan City	[135-147]
	CHAPTER XIII.
	At Yunnan City	[148-157]
	CHAPTER XIV.
	Gold, Banks, and Telegraphs in Yunnan	[158-170]
	CHAPTER XV.
	The French Mission and the Arsenal in Yunnan City	[171-182]
	CHAPTER XVI.
	The Journey from Yunnan City to Talifu	[183-201]
	CHAPTER XVII.
	The City of Tali—Prisons—Poisoning—Plagues andMissions	[202-217]
	CHAPTER XVIII.
	The Journey from Tali, with some Remarks on theCharacter of the Cantonese, Chinese Emigrants,Cretins, and Wife-beating in China	[218-232]
	CHAPTER XIX.
	The Mekong and Salween Rivers—How to Travelin China	[233-243]
	CHAPTER XX.
	The City of Tengyueh—The Celebrated WunthoSawbwa—Shan Soldiers	[244-259]
	CHAPTER XXI.
	The Shan Town of Santa, and Manyuen, the Sceneof Consul Margary's Murder	[260-269]
	CHAPTER XXII.
	China as a Fighting Power—The Kachins—And theLast Stage into Bhamo	[270-281]
	CHAPTER XXIII.
	Bhamo, Mandalay, Rangoon, and Calcutta	[282-291]

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ILLUSTRATIONS.

Mostly from Photographs by Mr. C. Jensen of the Imperial Chinese Telegraphs.

	The Author in Western China	[Frontispiece.]
	The Author's Chinese Passport	page [8]
	On a Balcony in Western China	[14]
	The River Yangtse at Tung-lo-hsia	[34]
	Memorial Archway at the Fort of Fu-to-kuan	[34]
	Chungking, from the opposite Bank of the Yangtse	[38]
	A Temple Theatre in Chungking	[44]
	On the Main Road To Suifu	[52]
	Cultivation in Terraces	[58]
	Scene in Szechuen	[58]
	Opium-smoking	[72]
	A Temple in Szechuen	[84]
	Laowatan	[84]
	The Opium-smoker of Romance	[93]
	Pagoda by the Wayside, Western China	[118]
	The Big East Gate of Yunnan City	[146]
	View in Yunnan City	[156]
	Soldiers on the Wall of Yunnan City	[168]
	The Pagoda of Yunnan City, 250 feet high	[174]
	The Viceroy of Two Provinces	[180]
	The Author's Chinese Name	[182]
	The Giant of Yunnan	[184]
	The "Eagle Nest Barrier," on the Road to Talifu	[192]
	Snow-clad Mountains behind Talifu	[204]
	Memorial in a Temple near Talifu	[220]
	The Descent to the River Mekong	[232]
	Inside View of a Suspension Bridge	[236]
	The River Salween	[240]
	The River Shweli and its Suspension Bridge	[242]
	The Suburb beyond the South Gate of Tengyueh	[250]
	Chinese Map of Chungking	[292]
	Rough Sketch-map of China and Burma	[at end].

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