FOOTNOTES
[1] Yamen is the term used for official buildings in China.
[2] This is the first institution of the kind in China, and is much needed, considering the fact that there is a garrison of seven thousand soldiers. The Institute has a fine lecture hall, two classrooms, two reception rooms, reading and recreation rooms; but it lacks a man to devote himself to developing the work as it should be, and to give his whole energy to work among soldiers.
[3] See Dr. Harold Balme’s An Inquiry into the Scientific Efficiency of Mission Hospitals in China.
[4] See The Face of China, Chapter V.
[5] We were fortunate in finding an intelligent young English-trained Chinese in Peking to act as our interpreter.
[6] It may interest the reader to know that the coolie hire for nineteen men was $165 (about £50 at the rate of exchange at that date) for the journey from Yünnanfu to Anshun.
[7] Crackers are much used in Chinese worship.
[8] Up this river at a place called Chên-Chow are the richest tungsten mines in the world. The raw product is sold at two thousand dollars per ton.