ACROSS CHINA ON FOOT

By

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—CHAO-T'ONG-FU TO TONG-CH'UAN-FU.

CHAPTER  XI.  AUTHOR MEETS WITH ACCIDENT
CHAPTER  XII.  YÜN-NAN'S CHECKERED CAREER. ILLNESS OF AUTHOR

BOOK II.

FIRST JOURNEY—TONG-CH'UAN-FU TO THE CAPITAL.

CHAPTER XIII. DEPARTURE FOR BURMA.  DISCOMFORTS OF TRAVEL.
CHAPTER XIV.  YÜN-NAN-FU, THE CAPITAL

SECOND JOURNEY—YÜN-NAN-FU TO TALI-FU (VIA CH'U-HSIONG-FU).

CHAPTER  XV.  DOES CHINA WANT THE FOREIGNER?
CHAPTER  XVI. LU-FENG-HSIEN. MOUNTAINOUS COUNTRY. CHINESE UNTRUTHFULNESS.
CHAPTER  XVII. KWANG-TUNG-HSIEN TO SHACHIAO-KA
CHAPTER  XVIII. STORM IN THE MOUNTAINS. AT HUNGAY
CHAPTER  XIX. THE REFORM MOVEMENT IN YÜN-NAN. ARRIVAL AT TALI-FU

THIRD JOURNEY—TALI-FU TO THE MEKONG VALLEY.

CHAPTER  XX. HARDEST PART