Guests at a Chinese wedding—The dark side of life in China sought and found—Indescribable horrors of a native prison—New Year extravagantly celebrated—Mrs. McIlrath’s pen picture of a Chinese lady of fashion 43–47
Received in state by the Tao Tai of Su Chow—Invited to witness the execution of a woman by the “Seng Chee” method—Debut of the bicycle along the Grand Canal—“Foreign devils” pursued by maddened mobs of natives 48–53
The American people’s able representative at Ching Kiang—A reminiscence of his pluck and courage in settling claims for his country—Wheeling by night in a strange country with mud up to the bicycle hubs 53–57
Saved by a Mandarin from the clutches of an Asiatic Shylock—Cyclists stray into the dangerous province of Hunan—Taken into Shaze, the city of blood and crimes—The Yang-Tse Kiang gorges from a houseboat 57–62
The Yang-Tse-Kiang in its fiercest mood turned to advantage by a native undertaker—An appreciative Tai Foo pays the tourists for calling upon him—Severe punishment of a grasping boatman—A forced march to Chung King 62–66