CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
The Object of the Expedition
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The importance of the scientific exploration of Central Asia—The region which the Asiatic Zoölogical Expedition investigated—Personnel of the Expedition—Equipment—Applicants for positions upon the Expedition
CHAPTER II
China in Turmoil
Yuan Shi-kai—Plot to become emperor of China—The Rebellion—Our arrival in Peking—Passports for Fukien Province—Admiral von Hintze, the German Minister—En route to Shanghai—Death of Yuan Shi-kai
CHAPTER III
Up the Min River
Y. B. A.
Arrival at Foochow—Foochow—We leave for Yen-ping—The Min River—Our first night in a sampan—Miss Mabel Hartford—Brigands at Yuchi—Yen-ping—Trapping at Yen-ping
CHAPTER IV
A Bat Cave in the Big Ravine
The Temple in the Big Ravine—Hunting serow—A bat apartment house
CHAPTER V
The Yen-ping Rebellion
A message from Mr. Caldwell—Refugees from Yen-ping—Situation in the city—Fighting on Monday morning—Wounded men at the hospital—We do Red Cross work—More fighting—A Chinese puzzle—The missionaries save the city—The narrow escape of a young Chinese—The mission cook—Return to Foochow
CHAPTER VI
Hunting the Great Invisible
Tiger lairs—Mr. Caldwell's method of hunting—His first tiger—Habits of tigers—Experiences with the Great Invisible—Killing a man-eater—Chinese superstitions—Hunting in the lair
CHAPTER VII
The Blue Tiger
Arriving at Lung-tao—The blue tiger—Mr. Caldwell's first view of the beast—The lair in the Long Ravine—Bad luck with the tiger—A meeting in the dark—Ling-suik monastery—Life at the temple—Fukien Province as a collecting ground
CHAPTER VIII
The Women of China
Y. B. A.
Schools for girls—Position of women—The Confucian rules—Woman's life in the home—Foot binding—Early marriage—A Chinese wedding
CHAPTER IX
Voyaging to Yün-nan
Outfitting in Hongkong—Food—Guns—Cameras—En route to Tonking—The Island of Hainan—We engage a cook at Paik-hoi—Arrival in Haiphong—Loss of our Ammunition—Hanoi—The railroad to Yün-nan Fu—Yün-nan—The Chinese Foreign Office endorses our plans
CHAPTER X
On the Road to Ta-li Fu
Oar caravan—The Yün-nan pack saddle—Temple camps—Chinese mafus—Roads—Country—Ignorance of a Chinese scholar—New mammals—Village life—Opium growing—An opium scandal—Goitre—The Chinese "Mountain schooner"—Horses—Miss Morgan—Brigands—Our guard of soldiers
CHAPTER XI
Ta-li Fu
Hsia-kuan—Summer temperature—Lake—Graves—Pagodas—Mr. H. G. Evans—Foreigners of Ta-li Fu—Chinese mandarins—Mammals at Ta-li—Caravan horses and mules—The cook becomes ill
CHAPTER XII
Li-chiang, and the "Temple of the Flowers"
Traveling to Li-chiang—Our entrance into the city—The surprise of the foreigners—The temple—Excellent collecting—Small mammals—The Moso natives—Customs—The Snow Mountain—Baron Haendel-Mazzetti
CHAPTER XIII
Camping in the Clouds
Moso hunters—Primitive guns—Crossbows and poisoned arrows—Dogs—porcupine—New mammals—We find a new camp on the mountain
CHAPTER XIV
The First Goral
Killed near camp—A sacrifice to the God of the Hunt—Small mammals—The second goral
CHAPTER XV
More Gorals
Gorals almost invisible—Heller shoots a kid—Collecting material for a Museum group—A splendid hunt—Two gorals—A crested muntjac
CHAPTER XVI
The Snow Mountain Temple
The first illness in camp—Serow—Death of the leading dog—Rain—Two more serows—Lolos—Non-Chinese tribes of Yün-nan
CHAPTER XVII
Gorals and Serows
Relationship—Appearance of the serow—Habits—Gorals
CHAPTER XVIII
The "White Water"
Y. B. A.
Our new camp—serow—We go to Li-chiang—A burial ceremony—Ancestor worship
CHAPTER XIX
Across the Yangtze Gorge
Traveling to the river—Inaccuracy of the Chinese—First view of the gorge—The Taku ferry—Cares
CHAPTER XX
Through Unmapped Country
Along the rim of the gorge—A beautiful camp at Habala—New mammals—Photographic work—Phete village—Stupid inhabitants—Strange natives—The "Windy Camp"—Hotenfa
CHAPTER XXI
Traveling Toward Tibet
A hard climb—Our highest camp—A Lolo village—Thanksgiving with the Lolos
CHAPTER XXII
Stalking Tibetans with a Camera
Y. B. A.
Caravans—Tibetans—Dress—Appearance—Photographing frightened natives—Reason for suspicion
CHAPTER XXIII
Westward to the Mekong River
Snow—Photographing natives—The Snow Mountain again—The Shih-ku ferry—Cranes—"Brahminy ducks"—A well-deserved beating—Chinese soldiers
CHAPTER XXIV
Down the Mekong Valley
Arrival at Wei-hsi—The Mekong River—Lutzu natives—Difficulties in the valley—An unexpected goral—Christmas—The salt wells—A snow covered pass—Duck shooting—Return to Ta-li Fu
CHAPTER XXV
Missionaries We Have Known
Our observations on work of missionaries in Fukien and Yün-nan Provinces—Mode of living—Servants—Voluntary exile—Medical missionaries—A missionary's experience with the brigands at Yuchi
CHAPTER XXVI
Chinese New Year at Yung-chang
Y. B. A.
Traveling to Yung-chang—New Year's customs—Inhabitants of the city—Foot-binding—Caves—Water buffaloes—Chinese cow-caravans—Yung-chang mentioned by Marco Polo
CHAPTER XXVII
Traveling Toward the Tropics
Shih-tien plain—Curious inhabitants of the city—A tropical valley at Ma-po-lo—"A little more far"—A splendid camp—Many new mammals—Preparing specimens Sambur—Trapping
CHAPTER XXVIII
Meng-ting: a Village of Many Tongues
The first Shan Village—Priscilla and John Alden—Meng-ting—The Shan mandarin—Young priests—The market—Photographing under difficulties—Suppression of opium growing
CHAPTER XXIX
Camping on the Nam-ting River
A beautiful camp—The "Dying Rabbit"—Sambur hunting—Jungle fowl—Civets—Pole cats and other animals
CHAPTER XXX
Monkey Hunting
Strange calls in the jangle—Our first gibbons—Relationship and habits—Langurs and baboons—A night in the jungle
CHAPTER XXXI
The Shans of the Burma Border
An unfriendly chief—Honest natives—Houses at Nam-ka—Tattooing—Shan tribe—Dress
CHAPTER XXXII
Prisoners of War in Burma
Y. B. A.
The mythical Ma-li-ling—Across the frontier into Burma—The mafus rebel—Ma-li-pa—Captain Clive—Guarding the border—Life at Ma-li-pa
CHAPTER XXXIII
Hunting Peacocks on the Salween River
The Valley at Changlung—The ferry—Peacocks—The stalker stalked—Habits of peafowls
CHAPTER XXXIV
The Gibbons of Ho-mu-shu
Climbing out of the Salween Valley—A Shan Village—Ho-mu-shu—Camping on a mountain pass—Gibbons—An exciting hunt and a narrow escape—Habits of the "hoolock"
CHAPTER XXXV
Teng-yueh: a Link with Civilization
Tai-ping-pu—Flying squirrels—Lisos—A bat cave—Mail—Teng-yueh—Mr. Ralph Grierson—Tibetan bear cubs
CHAPTER XXXVI
A Big Game Paradise
Gorals at Hui-yao—Deer—Splendid hunts
CHAPTER XXXVII
Serow and Sambur
Monkeys at Hai-yao—Muntjacs—A new serow—We move camp to Wa-tien—A fine sambur
CHAPTER XXXVIII
Last Days in China
Return to Teng-yueh—Packing the specimens—Results of the Expedition—On the road to Bhamo—The chair coolies—Burma vs. China—In civilisation again—Farewell to the Orient