INDEX.

Abutilon avicennae, [22], [169]
Agencies at Ch’ung-k’ing, Mercantile, [213]
Agents at Ch’ung-king, British, [217]
Agriculture in Yün-nan, [205]
Alba cera, [189]
Aleurites cordata, [18]
Alien races, [123]
Alpenstocks, Buddhist, [176]
Amherst pheasants, [134]
Ammunition, Stone, [66];
Phö, [227]
Andrew, Mr. George, [134]
Anhui, [190]
Aniline dyes, [83]
Animals, Chinese cruelty to, [44], [64]
An-ning Chou, [56], [140], [143]
An-ning River, [110], [111], [114], [116], [191], [192], [195]
An-pien, [185]
An-p’ing Hsien, [37], [38]
An-shun Fu, [35], [38], [39], [40]
Aquatic plants, [17]
Arachis hypogæa, [83]
Arbre, Memoire sur la cire d’, [189]
Archways, Memorial, [39], [45], [71], [84]
Armadillo skins, [91]
Arum aquaticum, [163]
Asbestos cloth, [106]
Ash, [170], [197]
Atlas Sinensis, Novus, [189]
Baber, Mr., [70], [104], [105], [112], [113], [127], [133], [134], [140], [172], [190], [191], [192]
Bamboo, [22], [27], [73], [82], [84], [88], [89], [160], [163], [165], [167];
hats, [44];
paper, [19]
Bangles, [38]
Banyan, [22], [72], [82], [163], [171], [184]
Bark paper, [153]
Barley, [16], [36], [37], [40], [50], [59]
Barrow, Chinese, [89]
Batatas edulis, [169]
Beads, [124], [136]
Bean-curd, [68];
bean-sauce, [169]
Beans, [12], [22], [25], [37], [68], [71], [72], [82], [113], [115], [125], [126], [141], [149], [163], [165], [167], [172]
Bedroom, Description of a Chinese, [81]
Beech, [88]
Bees, [110]
Bees’ wax, [136]
Beetle, Wax insect, [193], [197]
Beggars, [40], [85], [91], [172], [175]
Bells of pack-animals, [67]
Bhamo, [55], [139], [204], [205]
Birthday, Queen’s, [51]
Blakiston, Captain, [8], [16]
Blue Books, [217]
Boehmeria nivea, [73]
Botanist’s paradise, A, [135]
Bracelets, [230]
Brachytarsus, [193], [194]
Bracken, [37], [72]
Bramble, [129]
Brick tea, [93], [95], [209];
its picking, value and carriage, [93-95];
carriers, [20], [94], [99];
preparation, [93];
Russian, [95];
standard of sale, [94];
three qualities of brick tea, [94];
transport, [94], [209]
Bridges, [48], [62], [67], [84], [90], [91], [93], [97], [143], [152], [153], [158], [166], [167], [177], [181];
floating, [93];
natural, [48], [62], [154];
plank, [9];
suspension, [67]
Bristles, Pigs’, [90]
Brius, [125]
Bronze pagodas, [174], [175];
temple, [174]
Brooches, [96], [230]
Broumton, Mr., [226]
Broussonetia papyrifera, [153]
Buckwheat, [45], [48], [59], [149], [169]
Buddha, [171], [175]
Buddha, Glory of, [162], [174-175], [177]
Buddha’s hand, [32];
tree, [100]
Buddhist alpenstocks, [176];
priests, [172], [175];
temples, [173], [175]
Buffalo, White wax, [193]
Buffaloes, [37], [124]
Bugs, [151]
Burmah, [34], [56], [138], [145], [157], [296];
Upper, [138], [203];
trade with China, [125], [139], [145]
Cactus, [43], [100], [128]
Caindu, [112], [122]
Cakes, Insect-wax, [191]
Cakes, Poppy-seed, [37]
Camel, [140]
Camellia thea, [56]
Canals, Irrigating, [88], [171]
Candles, Wax, [191]
Cane-brakes, [82]
Canton, [31], [86], [144], [204], [205];
Canton peddlers, [139];
Canton province, [142];
Canton River, [41]
Carajan, Western, [129], [130]
Caravan, [14], [67], [68], [70], [142], [148], [149], [162], [179], [183]
Carcases of pack-animals, [64]
Carp, [137]
Carthamus tinctorius, [83]
Carts, [32], [46], [55], [66], [121], [149]
Cash currency, [15]
Cassia, [113]
Catastrophe, A mining, [154]
Cave dwellings, [168], [170];
exploring, [47];
limestone, [40], [154];
Man-tzŭ caves, [168];
of the spirits, [42]
Cement, A natural, [165]
Central Provinces of China, [160], [222]
Cereals:—
Barley, [16], [36], [40], [50], [59]
Buckwheat, [45], [48], [59], [149], [169]
Indian corn, or maize, [68], [113], [149], [163], [172]
Millet, [163]
Oats, [45], [47], [48], [59], [149]
Rice, [15], [36], [68], [113], [163], [224]
Wheat, [12], [22], [25], [36], [37], [40], [46], [50], [59], [71], [82], [99], [113], [115], [128], [141], [147], [149]
Chair coolies, [14];
Hongs, [15]
Chambers of Commerce:—Bengal, [221];
Manchester, [202];
Shanghai, [190], [217]
Ch’ang—a Chinese measure of distance, [101]
Chan-i Chou, [40], [50], [51], [145], [147]
Chan-i-Chou Plain, [147], [148-149]
Chanseaume, Père, [189]
Chao-t’ung Fu, [65], [145], [155], [222];
Lake, [65];
Plain, [65], [66], [152], [222]
Ch’ao Chou, [140]
Chao-chou Fu, [142]
Charcoal, [78], [84]
Chefoo Agreement, [2], [8], [210], [211], [212], [216]
Chê-kiang, [73], [190], [287]
Chên-nan Chou, [140]
Chên-ning Chou, [40], [41]
Ch’êng Hai, [125]
Ch’êng-tu Fu, [70], [85-87], [89], [92], [144]
Ch’êng-tu Plain, [84], [88]
Ch’i-chiang Hsien, [19], [20], [21], [22]
Ch’i-chiang River, [20], [24], [208]
Ch’i-hsing River, [153];
Bridge, [153]
Chi-kan-shih, [186]
Chia-ling River, [12], [71], [162], [163], [164], [168], [208], [209]
Chiang-ti, [64], [65]
Chia-ting Fu, [21], [87], [101], [102], [162], [170], [177], [178], [193], [194], [195], [196], [197]
Chien-ch’ang, [70], [87], [99], [102], [111], [112], [192], [193], [195], [196];
Valley, [115], [140], [192], [194], [195], [197], [200], [209]
Chien Chou, [83];
Plain, [83], [84]
Chien-wei Hsien, [195]
“Chih Yün-nan K’u,” [46]
Chihli, [85], [190]
Ch’ih-shui Hsün, [156]
Ch’ih-shui River, [28], [155], [208]
Chimneyless houses, [51], [52]
Chin-chi Pass, [92]
Chin Chiang, [111], [124], [126], [184], [204]
Chin-chiang-kai, [126], [127]
Chin-sha Chiang, [69], [204]
Chin-yin-shan, [154]
China, Commercial Metropolis of, [13];
grass, [163];
Inland Mission, [55], [144], [226];
“Nouvelle Rélation de la Chine,” [189];
Old Commercial Highway in, [31];
root, [106];
South Western, [57], [203], [224];
trade, [203];
Western, [1], [2], [8], [57], [60], [76], [87], [95], [111], [114], [117], [139], [143], [145], [171], [190], [201], [203], [210], [212], [216], [217], [220], [221], [223], [224], [225], [287].
Ch’ing-chên Hsien, [36], [37]
Ch’ing-ch’i Hsien, [98-99]
Ching-liu River, [167]
Ch’ing-lung Hai, [141]
Ching-mu tree, [88]
Ching-shui River, [180]
Ch’ing T’an Rapid, Descent of the, [9-11]
Chiu-ya-p’ing, [124]
Chiung Chou, [90], [91], [92], [93]
Chou-pa-ch’ang, [180], [181]
Ch’u-hsiung Fu, [142]
Ch’ung-k’ing, [2], [8], [9], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [22], [31], [51], [69], [70], [71], [72], [134], [135], [142], [145], [156], [158], [160], [162], [168], [178], [185], [187], [188], [193], [195], [209], [212], [213], [214], [215], [216], [217],[218], [219], [220], [222], [226]
Ch’ung-shu (or “Insect Tree”), [192]
Ch’ung-tu-ch’ang, [183], [184]
Citrus sacrodactylus, [100]
Civility, Chinese, [48]
Civil War, Ravages of, [38], [127-128], [145], [205]
Clays, Coloured, [150]
Coal, [6], [16], [24], [28], [36], [42], [44], [48], [65], [72], [75], [83], [95], [97], [122], [150], [152], [157], [163], [166], [207], [220];
dust as fuel, [29]
Coccus pe-la, [193], [194], [199]
Cocoons, [21], [193]
Coir, [8], [175]
Colquhoun, Mr., [55], [203], [221]
Commerce, Bengal Chamber of, [221];
Manchester Chamber of, [202];
Shanghai Chamber of, [190], [217]
Commissioner, Financial, [154]
Competitive Examinations in China, [147-148]
“Comptes Rendus,” [189]
Confucius, [90]
Conservative character of the Chinese, [212]
Consular Officer at Ch’ung-k’ing, [2], [13]
Contempt for foreigners, Chinese official, [53]
Copper, [24], [49], [60], [96], [102], [113], [119], [120], [152], [154], [205], [207], [221]
Coptis teeta, [95]
Cormorant fishing, [110]
Cotton, [76], [89], [100], [102], [113], [126], [160], [164], [166], [169], [209], [222];
foreign cottons, [34], [160], [209];
native cottons, [64], [76], [160], [209]
“Country of the Golden Teeth,” [138]
Courtesy, [134];
marked Chinese, [142]
“Crackling-flea Tree,” [192]
Crampoons, [97]
Cucumbers, [167]
Cudrania triloba, [21], [169]
Customs, Chinese Imperial Maritime, [200]
Cypress, [22], [84]
Date tree, [100]
Davenport, Mr., [140]
Dawson, Lieutenant, [217]
Deers’ horns, [91]
Defences, Native, [66]
Degrees, Chinese, [148]
Deity, A roadside, [157]
Devotees, [42]
Dice, [72]
Diet, Chinese, [20]
Dinner, A sumptuous, [52]
Discomforts of travel, [15], [39], [61], [63], [64], [114], [118], [128], [141], [149], [163], [180], [182], [183], [184], [225]
Dog, Tribute to my, [52]
Dogs, Tibetan, [134]
“Dragon-Prince” temple, [41]
Duck, Wild, [53], [141], [144], [166]
Dyes, [83], [96], [113]
Dysentery, [188]
Ear-rings, [38], [39], [96], [124], [230]
Earthquake in the Plain of Chien-ch’ang, [112]
Eastern export, Chief articles of, [208]
Eldorado, A Chinese, [115]
Entomology, Chinese, [194]
Erh Hai, [129], [132]
Escorts, [33], [37], [41], [48], [53], [98], [107], [109], [143], [177], [179], [181], [183]
“Eternal Peace” Bridge, [65]
Ethnology of non-Chinese races, [225]
Europe, [208]
Evaporation (salt) sheds, [78]
“Evergreen Tree,” [192]
Examinations in China, Competitive, [147-148]
Exchange in China, [15]
Expedition (1861), Upper Yang-tsze, [184], [220]
Fair at Ta-li Fu, [134], [230]
Fan palm, [163], [167]
Fans, [73]
Father, A sporting French Missionary, [60-61]
Fatsia papyrifera, [22]
Feathers, Novel use of, [72]
Fêng-tu Hsien, [209]
Ferry-boats, [156]
Fever, [108], [128], [177], [179], [180]
Financial Commissioner of Yün-nan, [154]
Fir, [22], [44], [88], [128], [163], [166], [167], [180]
Fire-wells, [80]
Fish, [17], [53], [66], [137], [168]
Fishing in the Yang-tsze, Method of, [18]
Floating bridge, [93]
“Flying Dragon” Pass, [95]
Folklore, [139]
Food of the Chinese, Daily, [15]
Fording a torrent, [62]
Foreign Office, [161], [190], [191]
Fortune, R., [190]
Fossils, [43]
France, [208], [212]
Fraxinus Chinensis, [169], [197]
French Bishop, [55];
Commission, [130];
Consul, [50];
hospitality, [60-61], [124];
the French in Tonquin, [2]
Friar’s Balsam, [92]
Frogs, Bull, [166]
Fruit trees, [116];
Wild, [110]
Fruits:—date, [94], [100];
melons, [163], [167];
orange, [94];
orange groves, [84], [163];
pear, [94], [100], [116];
strawberry, [22];
walnut, [149]
Fu Chiang River, [164]
Fu Chou, [31], [209]
Fu-kuan-ts’un, [185]
Fu-lin, [100]
Fu-lu-ch’ang, [178]
Fu-shun Hsien, [76]
Fu t’ou-kuan, [12], [24], [163]
Fuel, Coal-dust, [29]
Fuhkien, [190], [201]
Gall-nuts, [31]
Geese, [144]
Gill, Captain, [8], [190]
Gingalls, [178]
Ginger, [163]
Ginseng, [176]
Glory of Buddha, [162], [174-175], [177]
Goats, [59], [123], [124]
Goître, [49], [52], [115], [116]
Gold, [154]
Gold-silver-Mountain, [154]
“Golden River” (Chin-Chiang), [111], [126], [184], [191], [192]
“Golden Summit,” [174], [175]
“Golden Teeth,” Country of the, [138]
Gorges of the Yang-tsze, [7], [8], [9], [30], [214], [215], [217]
Governor-Generals, or Viceroys, in China, [85]
Governor of Kuei-chow, [33]
Graduates, Chinese, [148]
“Granary” Gorge, [9]
Granite, [29];
granite foundations of houses, [126]
Grass, China, [163];
cloth, [73], [75], [164], [169];
plains, [37], [43]
Gravestones, [129]
Great Khan, The, [1]
Great River (Upper Yang-tsze), The, [16], [71], [207]
Great Wall, The, [44]
Greed, Chinese, [44]
Grooves, Trade, [212]
Grosvenor Mission, [57], [68], [134], [140]
Ground-nuts, [83], [169];
ground-nut oil, [83]
Guard-houses, [33], [107], [108], [109]
Guerilla warfare against the Lolos, [181]
Hailstorm, Terrific, [36], [116]
Hainan, [190]
Hai-t’ang, [104], [106]
Hallett, Mr., [203]
Han Dynasty, Minor, [81]
Hanbury, Daniel, [190]
Hang-chou, [118], [119], [120];
Valley, [119]
Hankow, [2], [3], [11], [34], [95], [173], [206], [211], [212], [218], [219]
Harpies, Official, [85]
Hats, Bamboo, [44];
Straw, [142]
Hawthorn, [155]
Heads, Exposed, [58]
“Heaven-born-bridge,” [154]
“Heaven’s Bridge,” [154]
Hei (or Black) Miao, [226]
Hei-wu Hai-tzŭ, [125]
Hemp, [22], [68], [163], [169];
hempen clothes, [152]
Hêng River, [67], [68], [158], [160], [185], [204]
Hides, [208]
Highwaymen’s punishment, [58]
Ho-chiang Hsien, [156]
Ho Chou, [162], [163], [164], [166];
Plain, [164]
Ho-hsi, [116]
Ho-pei Hsün, [156]
Ho-pien Hsün, [117]
Hodgson, Mr., [105]
Hogs’ tusks, [124]
Holkar, The Maharajah, [289]
Honeysuckle, [22]
Hooker, Sir Joseph, [191]
Horse-boy’s death, [188]
Horse-pistol, [139], [187]
Horses, [38]
Hosie, Dr., [288]
Hou-p’o, The drug, [95]
Hsi Chiang (or West River), [204]
Hsi-tsang, [130]
Hsia-kuan, [136], [138], [139]
Hsiao Hsiang Ling Pass, [108], [109]
Hsiao-kuan, [97]
Hsiao-shao, [108], [109]
Hsin-ching Hsien, [89], [90]
Hsin-p’ai-fang, [71]
Hsing-lung-ch’ang, [167]
Hsü-chou Fu (or Sui Fu), [9], [57], [67], [69], [155], [160], [162], [185], [187], [188], [220]
Hsü-yung T’ing, [155], [158]
Hsüan-wei Chou, [150], [151]
Hsüeh-shan range, [156], [157]
Hua (or Coloured) Miao, [228]
Hu-kwang, [189]
Huang-chia-p’ing, [128]
Huang-kuo-shu, [41]
Huang-lien, The drug, [95]
Huang-ni-p’u, [97], [98]
Huang-sha, [198]
Huang-shui-k’ou, [68]
Hui-li Chou, [114]
Hui-lung-ch’ang, [124]
Hunan, [28], [35], [40], [189], [190];
braves, [181]
Hŭng River, [67]
Hupeh, [28], [189], [209]
Ichang, [2], [3], [4], [5], [8], [9], [11], [18], [210], [211], [212], [213], [214], [215], [217], [218], [219]
I-li River, [60]
Immigrants, Chinese, [28], [145], [207]
Imperial Palace, Tea for the, [93]
Indian Corn, or maize, [68], [113], [149], [163], [172]
Indian Empire, [2], [140], [203], [204];
Opium cultivation in Western Malwa, India, [288-290]
Indigo, [163]
Indore, [289]
Inns, [85], [92], [97], [104], [106], [113], [139], [142], [149], [180], [184], [185];
poetical description of, [25]
Inquisitiveness, Chinese, [34], [52], [141], [150]
Insect White Wax:—[35], [102], [114], [120], [141], [161], [170], [195], [261];
tree, [169], [170], [171], [178], [191], [192];
culture, trees, insects, uses and value, [189-201]
Inventiveness, Chinese, [96]
Iron, [24], [31], [95], [97], [113], [121], [150], [166], [174], [207];
bridges, [30-31];
pans, [24], [89], [97]
Irrawaddy, River, [204]
Irrigation, Ingenious, [26], [121]
Jên-huai River, [208]
Julien, Stanislaus, [189]
Jumna, River, [288]
Juncus effusus, [92]
Jung-ch’ang Hsien, [72], [75], [167]
Jung-ching Hsien, [93], [97]
Jung-ching River, [97]
Ka-tou tribe, [228];
tongue, [229]
Kan-shui, [24]
Kao-ch’iao, [144]
Kao-shan-p’u, [156]
Keppel, Admiral, [217]
Kerosene oil, [200]
Kew, Royal Gardens at, [161], [192], [193]
Khan, The Great, [1]
Ki—a musical instrument of the Phö, [231]
Kilts, Miao-tzŭ, [24], [230]
K’o-tu River, [151], [152]
Ku-lu River, [27]
Ku-tsung tribe, [130], [134], [224]
Ku-yü tea, [93-94]
Kuan-ai Customs barrier, [31]
Kuan-tzŭ-yao, [45]
Kuang-t’ung Hsien, [140]
Kuei-chow, [2], [14], [16], [19], [20], [21], [22], [24], [28], [31], [32], [39], [40], [41], [45], [48], [59], [76], [94], [96], [115], [145], [150], [151], [152], [153], [155], [156], [160], [190], [203], [206], [207], [219], [220], [221], [222], [224], [226], [227], [228]
K’uei-chow Fu (K’uei Fu), [209], [214], [217], [220]
Kuei-yang Fu, [32], [33], [34], [36], [44], [145], [147], [207], [226]
K’un ming Hsien, [56], [155]
K’un-ming Lake, [56]
Kuang-t’an River, [31], [208]
Kuo-chin-ch’ang, [142]
Kwang-si, [43], [49], [189], [203]
La-kou, [198]
La-sha, [198]
Lai-yuan-p’u, [149], [150]
Lakes:—Chao-t’ung [65];
Ching-lung, [141];
Sung-ming, [53];
Yün-nan, [53], [56];
Lake of the Black Mist, [125]
Lan-ma-lu, [157]
Lan-tsang River, [139]
Lang-t’ai T’ing, [41], [42]
Lang-wang-shan, [42]
Lao-chün-tung, Temple of, [16]
Lao-wa-t’an or Lao-ya-t’an, [67], [68]
Lead, [50], [64], [152], [205]
Leguilcher, Père, [130], [142]
“Leather” paper, wrongly called, [153]
“Lettres Edificantes,” [189]
Li—a Chinese measure of distance, [156]
Li-chiang Fu, [130], [221]
Li-su—a Man-tzŭ tribe, [124]
Liang-shui-ching, [63]
Licentiates, Chinese, [148]
Lien-ch’ien-tzŭ, [160]
Life-boats, [10]
Ligustrum lucidum, [121], [192], [193], [194], [195], [199]
Likin, [213], [216], [219]
Limestone, [16], [28], [48], [151], [163], [166]
“Lion’s Bridge,” [75]
Lions, Stone, [45]
Little, Mr., [8]
Liu-sha River, [100]
Lolos, [55], [59], [66], [102], [103], [104], [105], [106], [108], [110], [123], [162], [179], [181], [182], [224], [225], [230];
a Chinese army destroyed by the, [107];
deputation of, [123];
dress of the, [106], [110];
frequent raids of the, [107];
ornaments of the, [107];
weapons of the, [104]
London, [148]
Looms, [89], [164]
Lu Chou, [20], [72], [154], [155], [158], [160]
Lu-fêng Hsien, [140], [143]
Lu-fêng Bridge, [143]
Lu-fêng Plain, [143]
Lu-ku, [110], [115]
Lumber, [164]
Lung-ch’ang Hsien, [75]
Lung-ch’ang, Mines near, [75]
Lung-tung, [99]
Ma, Imperialist Commander, [133]
Ma-kai, [50]
Ma-lung Chou, [51], [52]
Ma-pien River, [180], [181]
Ma-pien Ting, [177], [180], [181], [182]
Magalhaes, Gabriel de, [189]
Magnolia sp., [95]
Maize (or Indian corn), [68], [113], [149], [163], [172]
Malwa, Western, [288]
Man-i-ssŭ, [184]
Man-tzŭ, [122], [130], [179], [225], [226];
caves, [168];
ornaments, [124];
tribes, [123], [124];
turbans, [124];
women, [123-124]
Manchester Chamber of Commerce, [202]
Manuring, A new method of, [45]
Mao-chien tea, [94]
Mao-k’ou, [43];
River, [43]
Marble quarries, [134], [135], [148]
March, A forced, [182]
Margary, A. R., [34], [47], [57], [140]
Maritime Customs, Chinese Imperial, [200]
Market-towns, [21], [71]
Martini, [189]
Marvellous, Fact mixed with the, [161]
McLachlan, Mr., [193]
Medicines, [91], [92], [113], [117], [164], [176], [208];
Chinese distrust of foreign, [92]
Mekong, [139], [204]
Melons, [163], [167]
Memorial portals, [71]
“Memoire sur la cire d’arbre,” [189]
Mêng-shan Hills, [93]
Mêng-tzŭ Hsien, [50], [142]
Mesny, Mr., [144]
Metals:—copper, [24], [49], [60], [96], [102], [113], [119], [120], [152], [154], [205], [207], [221];
gold, [154];
iron, [24], [31], [95], [97], [113], [121], [150], [166], [174], [207];
lead, [50], [64], [152], [205];
quicksilver, [207];
silver, [15], [151], [152], [154];
tin, [66], [142], [205];
zinc, [113]
Metamorphosis, Wax insect, [190], [199]
Mhow, [288]
Mi-tsang (or “Granary”) Gorge, [9], [214]
Miao, Hei (or black), [226]
Miao, Hua (or coloured), [228]
Miao-tzŭ, [24], [28], [29], [32], [37], [38], [152], [206], [224], [227], [228], [229], [230];
dress, [152], [230];
ornaments, [230]
Mien-hua-ti, [124]
Mien-shan, [110]
Mien-tien, [51]
Millet, [163], [169], [172]
Mills, Water, [88]
Min River, [69], [76], [87], [89], [91], [101], [102], [162], [168], [169], [170], [174], [196], [208]
Min-chia tribe, [130];
maidens, [136]
Ming Dynasty, [112], [174]
Ming-shan District, [92]
Ming-shan Hsien, [91], [92], [93]
Mining in China, [75], [154], [205]
Missionaries and Mission Stations:—[55], [60], [113], [124], [130], [134], [142], [143], [144], [190], [226];
Les Missions Etrangères de Paris, [55];
China Inland Mission, [55], [144], [226]
Mo-ni-ch’ang, [157]
Mohammedan Rebellion, [54], [125], [127], [132], [205];
cemetery, [71], [130];
leader, Tu Wên-hsiu, [133]
Mohammedans, [55], [134]
Monkeys, [176]
Morphia, [290]
Mu-kua-shao, [151]
Mulberry, [21], [22], [71], [100], [113], [114], [163], [165], [181]
Mules, [49], [96], [117]
Musical Instruments of the Phö, [230-231]
Musk, [117], [208];
false, [136]
Na-ch’i-Hsien, [39], [160]
Nan-ching-kai, [104]
Nan Ho River, [91], [92]
Nan-k’ou Pass, [44]
Nan-kuang, [69];
River, [67], [68], [158], [160], [208]
Nationalities, Different, [55]
“Natural Bridge,” [62], [154]
Nature, A child of, [157]
Nei-chiang Hsien, [168], [169]
New Year, The Chinese, [72]
Ni-tien-ch’ang, [181]
Ning-yuan Fu, [87], [96], [108], [111], [112], [113], [114], [115], [116], [117], [118], [192];
Lake of, [112];
Plain, [110], [115]
Niu-êrh (or white wax beetle), [193]
Niu-lan River, [64], [65]
Non-Chinese Villages, [38]
Novel plan to prevent animal depredations, A, [72]
O-Mei Hsien, [170], [171], [177], [179]
O-mei, Mount, [162], [170], [172], [175], [196];
Excursion to, [171-177];
Plain, [178]
Oak, [28], [29], [30], [44], [125], [128], [140], [163], [167], [180]
Oats, [45], [47], [48], [59], [149]
Obstruction, Official, [177]
Octroi, [219]
Ohio, Petroleum used for street-lighting in, [79]
Open ports in China, [216]
Opium, [5], [6], [8], [11], [16], [17], [21], [29], [32], [39], [40], [41], [57], [83], [139], [148], [157], [169], [185], [208], [213], [287];
oil from opium capsules, [290];
Note on opium cultivation in Western Malwa, India, [288-290]
Orange groves, [84], [163]
Originality, Chinese, [96]
Ornaments, Silver, [99], [110]
Otter-fishing, [168]
Oxen, [38]
Pachyma cocos, [106]
Pack-animals, Ornaments of, [135]
Paddy-land, [40], [72], [84], [163], [165], [166], [167], [169];
planting, [58]
Pagodas, [84], [136], [164], [174], [175]
Pai-chang-ch’ang (or Pai-chang-yi), [91], [92]
Pai-chang valley, [91]
Pai-la-shu (or white wax tree), [197]
Pai-shui, [48], [49], [50];
River, [41]
Pai-yen-ching, [115], [122];
salt wells, [121-122]
Pai-yi (a Man-tzŭ tribe), [124]
Palace, Tea for the Imperial, [93]
Palm, [22], [163], [167];
palm-coir, [175]
Pan-pien-ch’ing, [61]
Panorama, A magnificent, [129], [136]
Pans, Iron, [24], [79]
Pao-kê-ts’ao-shu, [192]
Paper, bamboo, [19];
bark, [153];
straw, [25];
factories, [19]
Parasites, Soldier, [86]
Parliamentary Papers on China, [2];
on Insect White Wax, [191]
Passports, [18]
Pear, Prickly, [117]
Pear trees, [94], [100], [116]
Pearls, [112], [113]
Peas, [12], [71], [82]
Peculation, Official, [49]
Peking, [29], [86], [93], [148], [154]
Pe-sê T’ing, [49], [204]
Petroleum, [79]
Pharmaceutical Journal, [190]
Pharmacopœia, The Chinese, [91]
Pheasants, [44];
Amherst, [134], [141]
Phö:—[224], [226-231];
ammunition of the, [227];
annual religious gathering of the, [230];
dress of the, [230];
language, [228-229];
language and vocabularies, [231-285];
language dying out, [227];
music and dancing, [231];
musical instruments, [230-231];
ornaments of the, [230];
struggle between the Chinese and the, [227];
women, [231]
Pi-chi-kuan, [144]
Pi-chieh Hsien, [153], [154], [155]
Pictures on white marble, [135-136]
Pig, A familiar, [63]
Pigeons, [42]
Pilgrims, [170], [171], [175];
at their devotions, [175]
Pilot, A river, [186]
Pines, [59], [82], [91], [110], [116], [119], [124], [125], [136], [140], [172], [173];
boards, [102], [114];
forests, [122], [175];
sprouts, [114]
P’ing-i Hsien, [46], [47], [48]
P’ing-pa, [103]
P’ing-shan Hsien, [185], [220]
“Pinnacle Pagoda,” Blakiston’s, [16]
Pith paper, [22];
plant, [22]
Pits, Clay, [150]
Plague, Yün-nan, [128]
P’o-kung, [41]
Polo, Marco, [112], [122], [126], [129]
Ponies, [39], [44], [49], [50], [51], [59], [61], [66], [86], [89], [96], [109], [117], [124]
Pony, The Yün-nan, [50]
Poppy, [11], [12], [16], [25], [27], [28], [32], [36], [37], [40], [46], [48], [59], [71], [84], [99], [113], [115], [125], [126], [128], [129], [132], [141], [149], [155], [165], [287], [288];
extraction of the juice, [17]
Potatoes, [48], [51], [59], [149], [169], [175]
Poverty around Ch’ing-chên, [37]
Poverty and riches always hand in hand, [84]
Powder, Miao-tzŭ, [227]
Prayer, A dying patriot’s, [133]
Press, Native, [33]
Prince, The White, [138]
Prisoner, A distinguished, [89]
Privet, [116], [121], [192]
Proclamation, A Chinese, [154-155]
Provisions, Tinned, [16]
Public street-lighting in China, [200]
P’u-êrh Fu, [55], [56];
tea, [56], [64], [66]
Pumelo, [22], [82]
“Pure soluble scarlet,” [83]
Quarters, Strange, [149]
Queen’s Birthday, The, [51], [149]
Quicksilver, [207]
Races, Non-Chinese, [224], [225]
Railways, [65], [146], [157]
Rain-coat incident, [58]
Rainstorm, A tremendous, [149]
Ramie fibre, [73]
Rape, [16], [37], [71], [82], [99];
oil, [164]
Rapids, [8], [9], [11], [159], [180], [185], [187], [206], [214], [217], [218], [219], [220]
Rathouis, Père, [190]
Red River, The, [204]
Reed fences, [114]
Refuges, Stone, [38], [66]
Rest-houses, Official, [33]
Revenue, Board of, [155]
Review of Chinese troops, [134]
Revolver, Advantage of being armed with a, [119]
Rhamnus sp., [96]
Rhubarb, [208]
Rhus vernicifera, [164]
Rice, [15], [36], [68], [113], [123];
broth, [184];
fields, [17], [45], [58], [88], [163], [196], [224];
hulling, [27], [88];
mills, [88];
paper, [22];
paper manufacture, [23]
Richthofen, Baron von, [70], [90], [190]
Rings, [38], [230]
Riot at Hang-chou, [119]
Rivers, Underground, [48], [152]
Roads, [32], [140], [149], [183]
Rocks, Fortress-shaped, [82]
Romance in Chinese topographical names, [154]
Roofs, Chinese, [100]
Rose, Wild, [22]
Ruins in Kuei-chow, [29]
Rush wicks, [92]
Sacred Mountain of Western China, [95], [162], [170]
Safflower, [83], [113], [164]
Salt, [20], [39], [55], [64], [75], [76], [102], [115], [120], [121], [142], [144], [153], [160], [164], [207], [208];
brine, [80];
carriers, [20];
cones, [111], [122];
currency, [122];
evaporation, [121];
Government control of, [79];
granular, [79];
junks, [160];
pan, [79];
wells, [75], [80], [84], [87], [121], [142], [144], [168], [170]
Salutes, Chinese, [45]
Salwen, River, [204]
Samaritan, A good, [182]
Sandals, Straw, [39], [92], [104]
Sandalwood, [171]
Sandstone, [48], [125]
Sapium sebiferum, [169]
Scales, Wax insect, [192], [193], [195], [197], [200]
School, A Chinese, [59]
Sentries, Chinese, [109]
Sericulture, [21], [170];
Goddess of, [71]
Sha-shih, [3]
Shan States, [56], [157], [203];
the Shans, [55], [130], [224]
Shan-hu-shu, [63], [64]
Shan-tung, [189]
Shang-kuan, [130], [136];
Plain, [130]
Shanghai, [2], [24], [201], [205], [211], [212];
Chamber of Commerce, [190], [217];
native press, [33];
papers, [143]
Shao-shang, [123]
Shê-hung Hsien, [73]
Shê-tz’ŭ, [142]
Sheep, [59], [124]
Shells, Fresh-water, [137]
Shên-ching-kuan, [45]
Shifting sands in the Yang-tsze, [3]
Shih-ch’i-ch’ang, [186]
Shuan-ma-ts’ao, [103]
Shuang-liu Hsien, [89]
Shui-p’ang-p’u, [141]
Shui-t’ang-p’u, [151];
silver mine of, [151]
Shun-ching Fu, [83]
Shweli River, [204]
Sifans, [99], [101], [122], [222];
reputed immorality, [102];
language, [104-105];
modesty of the, [103];
ornaments, [99];
probably Tibetans, [124];
tribes, [102]
Signboards, Shop, [86]
Silk, [30], [68], [113], [165], [169], [208], [209], [220];
embroidery, [230];
weaving, [170]
Silkworm, [21];
diet, [21];
eggs, [21], [165]
Silver, [152], [154];
ingots, [15];
mine, [151], [152]
Sincerity, Chinese, [97]
Sinensis, Novus Atlas, [189]
Skiffs, [66]
Skins, Tiger and leopard, [134]
Snow, [48], [83], [84], [97], [104], [119], [129], [132], [137];
storm, [107]
Soda, [125]
Songkoi River, [50], [56], [143], [204]
Songs, Boat, [7], [166]
Sorghum vulgare, [163]
Soup-kitchens, [85]
Soy, [164]
Spring, A fine water, [65]
Spirits, [164]
Ssŭ-ch’uan:—[2], [3], [4], [11], [20], [28], [30], [31], [51], [61], [64], [67], [68], [70], [76], [81], [106], [107], [116], [121], [123], [125], [145], [155], [156], [157], [160], [161], [164], [167], [185], [190], [192], [193], [200], [203], [204], [206], [207], [208], [210], [211], [212], [213], [214], [215], [216], [219], [221], [222], [223], [224], [226];
fertility of, [167];
frontier, [9], [11];
hemp, [169];
import and export trade of, [213];
people, [165-166];
Plain, [84];
products of, [164], [208];
Viceroy of, [14];
waterways, [208]
Stalactites, [47]
Statements unreliable, Chinese, [97], [183]
Steatite (or soapstone) ornaments, [201]
Sterculia platanifolia, [169]
Stillingia sebifera, [169]
Stockades, [108]
Stone tablets, [71]
Straw hats, [142];
straw paper, [19];
straw sandals, [39]
Strawberry, [22]
Suburbs, Absence of, [30]
Sugar, [76];
factories, [75], [83];
cane, [126], [169], [208]
Sui-fang tea, [94]
Sui Fu, i.e., Hsü-chou Fu, [9], [57], [67], [69], [155], [160], [162], [185], [187], [188], [220]
Sultan at Ta-li-Fu, The so-called, [130], [133]
Summer drink, A Chinese, [137]
Sung-k’an, [25]
Sung-ming Lake, [53]
Superstition, [60], [98], [113]
Swallows, [166]
Sweet-briar, [129], [155]
Sweet oil, Poppy, [37]
Sweet potatoes, [169]
Sweet-tea, [172-173]
“Switzerland,” The Chinese, [206]
Ta-chien-lu, [94], [99], [100]
Ta-ch’ung River, [111], [191]
Ta-Hsiang-Ling Pass, [97], [99], [109];
ascent of the, [98]
Ta-kuan River, [204], [208]
Ta-kuan T’ing, [67]
Ta-li Fu, [55], [70], [87], [114], [125], [128], [129], [130], [131], [132], [137], [138], [139], [141], [142], [204], [205], [230];
annual fair at, [134];
Lake, [132], [134], [136], [137], [139], [140];
marble quarries of, [135];
Plain, [132], [136], [139];
ruins at, [138];
siege of, [133];
the so-called “Sultan” at, [130], [133]
Ta-ping River, [204];
Valley, [205]
Ta-shu-pao, [102]
Ta-tsu Hsien, [166], [167]
Ta-tu River, [100], [101], [103], [170], [171], [178], [196], [226]
Ta-wang-miao, [128], [129]
Taels, [4], [15]
Tallow tree, The, [169], [181]
“Tam O’ Shanters,” [110]
T’ang-t’ang, [151]
Tariff Import Duty, [210]
Taros, [163], [167]
Tartar garrisons, [86];
quarter at Ch’êng-tu, [84]
Taxation of foreign goods, Grinding. [213], [216]
Tea:—Brick tea, [93], [95], [209];
picking, value, and carriage of brick tea, [93-95];
brick tea carriers, [20], [94], [99];
preparation of brick tea, [93];
Russian brick tea, [95];
standard of sale of brick tea, [94];
three qualities of brick tea, [94];
tea for the Imperial palace, [93];
tea-growing districts and plantations, [68], [93], [97], [166];
tea hongs, [94], [95];
P’u-êrh tea, [56], [64], [66];
sweet tea, [172-173];
Tibetan way of eating tea, [95]
Teal, [144]
Tê-ch’ang, [195]
Tei-li-pao, [117]
Temples, [15], [40], [41], [42], [71], [120], [156], [171], [172], [173], [174], [175];
“Temple of a Myriad Ages,” [172];
temple of the Goddess of Sericulture, [71]
Têng-hsiang, [109]
Theatrical performances, [72]
Thunderstorm, A terrible, [43]
Tibet, [20], [87], [93], [94], [99], [209];
caravan, [117];
criminal, [89];
mountains, [126];
ornaments, [96];
pilgrims, [95];
travellers, [89], [134];
way of eating tea, [95]
T’ien-ch’iao, [154]
Tien Ch’ih Lake, [56]
T’ien-ch’üan Chou, [93]
T’ien-shêng-ch’iao, [154]
Tigers, [176];
bones of, [91]
Tin, [66], [142], [205]
Ting-nan-pa, [182]
T’o River, [72], [76], [82], [83], [167], [168], [169], [208]
Tobacco, [68], [92], [142], [163], [164], [208]
Tonquin, [2], [50], [142], [203]
Torrents, Mountain, [47], [62]
Town, A deserted, [127-128]
Trackers, Boat, [7-8]
Transit, certificates, [210], [212], [213];
duty, [210];
pass system, [210];
regulations, [212];
trade, [210]
Travelling:—boat, [4], [5], [7];
discomforts, [15], [39], [61], [63], [64], [114], [118], [128], [141], [149], [163], [180], [182], [183], [184], [225];
in China, [39]
Tree-planting, Ingenious plan for, [165]
Trees, Deeply embedded immense, [114]
Trial, A roadside, [143]
Tsang-shan range, [129], [132], [136], [137], [138];
Marble quarries of the, [134]
Tsun-i Fu, [28], [29], [30]
Tu-kê-t’ang, [64]
Tu Wên-hsiu, The Mohammedan leader, [133]
Tung-ching-shu (or “Evergreen Tree”), [192]
Tung-ch’uan Fu, [49], [59], [60], [64], [145], [155]
Tung-ch’uan Plain, [61], [222]
Tung-kai-ch’ang, [178]
T’ung-liang Hsien, [166]
T’ung-ma, [169]
T’ung River, [170]
Tung-t’ing Lake, [34], [206]
T’ung-tzŭ Hsien, [21], [26];
valley, [26], [28];
tunnelling on the T’ung-tzŭ River, [28];
inundations, [28]
Turbans, Man-tzŭ, [124];
Miao-tzŭ, [24], [230];
Sifan, [102]
Typhoid fever, [177]
Tzŭ Chou, [82], [83]
Tzŭ-chu-p’ing, [178], [179]
Tzŭ-liu-ching [75], [76];
salt wells, [76-81], [87], [160], [168]
Tz’ŭ-yang Hsien, [83]
Underground Rivers, [48], [152]
“Upper Fortress” (Shang-kuan), [130]
Upper Yang-tsze Expedition (1861), The, [184], [220]
Varnish tree, The, [164-165]
Vegetables, [164]
Viburnum phlebotrichum, [173]
Viceroys, or Governor-Generals, in China, [85]
Vinçot, Père, [143]
Vocabulary, English-Phö, [273-285]
Wa-wa, [100], [101]
Wade, Sir Thomas, [105], [227]
Wahab, Mr., [55]
Walnut trees, [149]
Wan Hsien, [11], [209]
Wan-nien-ssŭ, Temple of, [172], [173]
Wan-wan T’an, [187]
Wang-shan Temple, [42]
Watch-towers, [66], [180]
Water, Chinese abhorrence of cold, [137]
Watercress, [100]
Waterfall, Pai-shui, [41]
Waterproof coat, A bearer and his, [58]
Water-wheels, [26], [96]
Wax, Insect White, [35], [102], [114], [120], [141], [161], [170], [195], [261];
tree, [169], [170], [171], [178], [191], [192];
culture, trees, insects, uses, and value, [189-201]
Weapons of the Lolos, [104]
Wei-ning Chou, [152], [153], [154];
Lake, [152];
Plain, [152]
Weights in China, [15]
Wênchow, [287]
“West of the River” (Ho-hsi), [116]
West River (Canton River), [41], [43], [49], [50], [56], [144], [150], [204], [205]
Westwood, [193]
Wheat, [12], [22], [25], [36], [37], [40], [46], [47], [50], [59], [71], [82], [99], [113], [115], [128], [141], [147], [149];
mills, [88];
planting and tillering, [22]
Whirlpools, [257]
“White Prince,” The, [138]
White wax, Insect, [35], [102], [114], [120], [141], [161], [170], [195], [261];
tree, [169], [170], [171], [178], [191], [192];
culture, trees, insects, uses, and value, [189-201]
“Winding Rapid,” The, [187]
Wood-oil tree, [18], [21], [72], [163], [167], [169], [181], [197]
Woollen goods, [209]
Wu Chiang River, [30], [31], [32], [37], [153];
suspension bridge, [30], [31]
Wuhu, [2]
Ya-an Hsien, [93]
Ya-chou Fu, [87], [92], [93], [94], [95], [96]
Ya Ho (River), [91], [92], [93], [95], [101], [170], [171]
Ya-lung River, [111], [116], [117], [118], [191]
Ya-pien-yen (Opium), [11]
Yang-lin, [53], [57], [58], [59]
Yang-tsze River, [2], [3], [4], [8], [11], [12], [16], [18], [20], [31], [33], [39], [49], [56], [57], [59], [60], [64], [68], [69], [71], [73], [76], [102], [111], [140], [144], [145], [150], [153], [155], [156], [158], [160], [162], [163], [166], [169], [177], [178], [181], [182], [184], [185], [191], [201], [204], [205], [206], [207], [208], [209], [213], [214], [215], [216], [217], [218], [220], [221], [222];
Head waters of the, [124];
Upper Yang-tsze Expedition (1861), [184], [220];
Upper Yang-tsze Steam Navigation Co., [9]
Yarn, Cotton, [89]
Year, The China New, [72]
Yen-yuan Hsien, [114], [115], [120]
Yuan River, [34], [206];
rapids on, [206]
Yüeh-hsi Plain, [107]
Yüeh-hsi T’ing, [107]
Yün-nan, [2], [14], [15], [20], [28], [31], [33], [35], [40], [41], [44], [45], [46], [48], [49], [50], [53], [55], [56], [57], [59], [70], [76], [87], [91], [96], [97], [99], [106], [108], [114], [120], [122], [123], [125], [134], [135], [142], [145], [146], [147], [151], [152], [154], [156], [157], [160], [185], [191], [203], [204], [206], [207], [219], [220], [221], [224], [226];
population, [205]
Yün-nan Fu, [53], [54], [56], [57], [67], [114], [134], [139], [140], [142], [145], [153], [156], [205];
Lake, [53], [144];
Plain, [60]
Yün-nan-yi, [141]
Yün-yang Hsien, [12]
Yung-ch’uan Hsien, [72], [73]
Yung-ning Hsien, [153], [158], [160]
Yung-ning River, [39], [145], [153], [155], [158], [159], [160], [208];
descent of, [158-159];
its importance as a trade route, [160]
Yung-pei T’ing, [87], [124], [126], [205];
Plain, [125], [126]
Zinc, [113]

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