Helungkiang, province of Manchuria, [56]
Hia dynasty, founded by Ta-Yü, [78]
together with the Shang and Chou dynasties, known as the San Tai or San Wang, [78]
Hien-feng, Emperor, escapes to Tartary and dies there, [168]
Himalayas, a bulwark to China, [4]
Hiao Lien, literary degree, now Chu-jin, equivalent to A. M., [122]
Hiunghu, supposed ancestors of the Huns, [111]
Honan province of, [41]-[44]
agricultural resources, [42]
bridge over the Hwang Ho,[41]
Hong Kong, "the Gibraltar of the Orient," ceded to Great Britain, [7]
British make it chief emporium of Eastern seas, [8]
rapid development of, [8]
Huc and Gabet, French missionaries, make their way to Lhasa, [63]
Hung Siu-tsuen, leader of the Tai-pings, [157]
his aid Yang, [158]
invites his first instructor, Rev. Issachar Roberts, to visit his court, [160]
new method of baptism [160]
raises the flag of rebellion in Kwangsi, [157]