Three Years in Western China / A Narrative of Three Journeys in Ssu-ch'uan, Kuei-chow, and Yün-nan - Sir Alexander Hosie

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]

GEORGE PHILIP AND SON, PRINTERS, LONDON AND LIVERPOOL.

Transcriber's Note

The map of China has been moved from the back to the front of the book. In the section EXERCISES IN THE PHÖ LANGUAGE, the lists of words and sentences were printed on facing pages. Duplicate headings have been removed from the text.

The following apparent errors have been corrected: