AcrossChinaonFoot

ACROSS CHINA ON FOOT By EDWIN JOHN DINGLE Edwin John Dingle 1911 IN GRATEFUL ESTEEM DURING MY TRAVELS IN INTERIOR CHINA I ONCE LAY AT THE POINT OF DEATH. FOR THEIR UNREMITTING KINDNESS DURING A LONG ILLNESS, I NOW AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBE THIS VOLUME TO MY FRIENDS, MR. AND MRS. A. EVANS, OF TONG- CH'UAN-FU, YÜN-NAN, SOUTH-WEST CHINA, TO WHOSE DEVOTED NURSING AND UNTIRING CARE I OWE MY LIFE. CONTENTS BOOK I. FROM THE STRAITS TO SHANGHAI—INTRODUCTORY FIRST JOURNEY. CHAPTER I. FROM SHANGHAI UP THE LOWER YANGTZE TO ICHANG SECOND JOURNEY—ICHANG TO CHUNG-KING THROUGH THE YANGTZE GORGES. CHAPTER II. THE ICHANG GORGE CHAPTER III. THE YANGTZE RAPIDS CHAPTER IV. THE YEH T'AN RAPID. ARRIVAL AT KWEIEU THIRD JOURNEY—CHUNG-KING TO SUI-FU (VIA LUCHOW). CHAPTER V. BEGINNING OF THE OVERLAND JOURNEY CHAPTER VI. THE PEOPLE OF SZECH'WAN FOURTH JOURNEY—SUI-FU TO CHAO-T'ONG-FU (VIA LAO-WA- T'AN). CHAPTER VII. DESCRIPTION OF JOURNEY FROM SUI-FU CHAPTER VIII. SZECH'WAN AND YÜN-NAN THE CHAO-T'ONG REBELLION OF 1910. CHAPTER IX. THE TRIBES OF NORTH-EAST YÜN-NAN, AND MISSION WORK AMONG THEM. CHAPTER X. FIFTH JOURNEY—......