ILLUSTRATIONS.

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

The Author in Western China[Frontispiece.]
The Author's Chinese Passportpage [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].

AN AUSTRALIAN IN CHINA.


CHAPTER I.

Introductory—Mainly about Missionaries and the City of Hankow.