[208] Mr Amundsen states that he crossed by a raft made of two pieces of timber, with a plank in the middle to stand on.—(Geographical Journal, vol. xv. p. 621).
[209] In Captain Gill's The River of Golden Sand (John Murray), p. 121, where there is a good illustration of the single-rope bridges.
[210] See above, p. 128.
[211] Yule's Marco Polo, edited by Cordier. [London: John Murray.] See vol. ii. p. 67.
[212] See above, pp. 43-44.
[213] 流入岷江. Similarly we read of the Han River (which flows into the Yangtse at Hankow) joining the Min (合岷江).
[215] This is on Mr Amundsen's authority. See Geographical Journal, Nov. 1900, p. 534.
[216] See illustration, p. 152 (No. 2). The plaques may also be seen on the women's heads, p. 188.