This book, first published in 1921, provides an account of journeys through the North-Western Provinces of China, undertaken in connection with the Anglo-Chinese Opium Treaty.
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1. From railhead in Honan to Hsian Fu, the capital of Shensi; 2. From T'ungkuan on the yellow river across the eastern Ch'inling Shan to Hsingan on the Han river; 3. From Hsingan up the Han valley to Hanchung; 4. From Hanchung in the Han valley across the central Ch'inling Shan to Fengshiang in the Wei basin; 5. From Fengshiang through the loess of western Shensi to Yenan; 6. From Yenan and Yench'ang through the mountains of eastern Shensi back to Hsian Fu; 7. From Hsian Fu in Shensi to Chengtu Fu in Szechuan by the main road; 8. From Hsian Fu in Shensi to Lanchou Fu in Kansu by the great west road; 9. From Lanchou Fu south to Ch'inchou and thence west to T'aochou on the Kokonor border; 10. From T'aochou across the grass-lands to Labrang monastery, and thence via Hochou back to Lanchou Fu; 11. From Lanchou Fu north to Chenfan in the Alashan desert, and thence west to Êpo on the Kokonor border; 12. From Êpo south across the Kokonor grass country to Hsining, and thence overland to Kueihua Ch'eng and railhead; 14. Some observations regarding foreign missions in the interior of China; 15. Railways projects in Shensi and Kansu; Index.
