Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VIII. A LOOP-CAST TOWARDS THE NORTHERN ALPS. CH'fiNG-TU TO BUNG-p'AJf-T'lffG. Kindness of French Missionaries at Oh'Sng-Tu--Arrangements with Mr. Mesny--Endeavour to take a House--Mystifications on the Subject--Pleasures of French Society--Proposed Excursion to the North--The Man-Tzu, or Barbarian Tribes--Preliminaries of Departure--Leave Ch' ng-Tu-Fu--Pi-Hsien--Engaging Official there --The Escort -- Irrigated and Wooded Country--Halt at KuanHsien--Scope of Excursion Extended--Frantic Curiosity of People, but no Incivility--Irrigation Works--Rope Suspension Bridge-- Coal-beds--Yu-Chi Charming Inn--Yin-Hsiu-Wan, and WaterMills--Hsin-We'n-Fing--The 'Min River' -- Macaroni-making -- WSn-Ch'uan-Hsien -- First Man-Tzu Village--Pan-Ch'iao--Traces of War--Relentless Advance of Chinese--Miraculous Sand Ridge -- Hsin-Pu-Kuan -- Rapid Spread of the Potato -- Excursion to Li-Fan-Fu in the Man-Tzu Hills--Scenes that recall the Elburz-- Carefully-made Hill Road--The ' Sanga' of the Himalayas--Angling --Village of Ku-Oh'eng--Peat Streams--Musk Deer--Arrival at LiFan-Fu--The Margary Proclamation--Tales of Local Wonders--The Traveller fain would see--The Lions of Li-Fan-Fu--Search for a Man-Tzu Village--Man-Tzu here a term of Reproach--The I-Ran Tribes and their Language--Ku-Ch'eng--Local Wonders again-- Return to Hsin-Pu-Kuan--Resume Valley of Hsi-Ho (or ' Min River ) --We'n-Ch'eng--The Himalayan Haul-Bridge in Use--Polite Curiosity at Ma-Chou--
