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SKETCH MAP
OF
SOUTH WESTERN CHINA
To illustrate the journeys of
ALEXANDER HOSIE, H.B.M. CONSULAR SERVICE, CHINA.

THREE YEARS
IN
Western China.

Ichang Gorge: Salt Junk, propelled by oars, Mast being unshipped for downward Voyage.

THREE YEARS
IN
Western China;
A NARRATIVE OF THREE JOURNEYS
IN
Ssŭ-ch’uan, Kuei-chow, and Yün-nan.

BY
ALEXANDER HOSIE, M.A., F.R.G.S.,
H.B.M. CONSULAR SERVICE, CHINA.

SECOND EDITION.

LONDON:
GEORGE PHILIP & SON, 32 FLEET STREET. E.C.
Liverpool: Philip, Son & Nephew, 45 to 51 South Castle Street
1897.