A Naturalist in Western China with Vasculum, Camera and Gun Being Some Account of Eleven Years' Travel
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAP. I WESTERN CHINA: MOUNTAIN RANGES AND RIVER SYSTEMS
- CHAP. II WESTERN HUPEH: GENERAL TOPOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY
- CHAP. III METHODS OF TRAVEL: ROADS AND ACCOMMODATION
- CHAP. IV IN QUEST OF FLOWERS: A JOURNEY IN NORTHWESTERN HUPEH
- CHAP. V FOREST AND CRAG: ACROSS THE HUPEH-SZECHUAN FRONTIER
- CHAP. VI THE RED BASIN OF SZECHUAN: ITS GEOLOGY, MINERAL, AND AGRICULTURAL WEALTH
- CHAP. VII EASTERN SZECHUAN: NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY FROM TANING HSIEN TO TUNGHSIANG HSIEN
- CHAP. VIII THE ANCIENT KINGDOM OF PA: NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY FROM TUNGHSIANG HSIEN TO PAONING FU
- CHAP. IX THE CHENGTU PLAIN: “THE GARDEN OF WESTERN CHINA”
- CHAP. X NORTH-WESTERN SZECHUAN: NARRATIVE OF A CROSS-MOUNTAIN JOURNEY TO SUNGPAN TING
- CHAP. XI SUNGPAN TING: THE LAND OF THE SIFAN
- CHAP. XII THE CHINO-THIBETAN BORDERLAND: “THE MARCHES OF THE MANTZU”
- CHAP. XIII THE CHIARUNG TRIBES: THEIR HISTORY, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS
- CHAP. XIV ACROSS THE CHINO-THIBETAN BORDERLAND: KUAN HSIEN TO ROMI CHANGO; THE FLORA OF THE PANLAN SHAN
- CHAP. XV ACROSS THE CHINO-THIBETAN BORDERLAND: ROMI CHANGO TO TACHIENLU; THE FORESTS OF THE TA-P'AO SHAN
- CHAP. XVI TACHIENLU, THE GATE OF THIBET: THE KINGDOM OF CHIALA, ITS PEOPLE, THEIR MANNERS AND CUSTOMS
- CHAP. XVII SACRED OMEI SHAN: ITS TEMPLES AND ITS FLORA
- CHAP. XVIII THROUGH THE LAOLIN (WILDERNESS): NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY FROM KIATING TO MALIE, VIA WA-WU SHAN
- CHAP. XIX WA SHAN AND ITS FLORA
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INTRODUCTION
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAP. I WESTERN CHINA: MOUNTAIN RANGES AND RIVER SYSTEMS
- CHAP. II WESTERN HUPEH: GENERAL TOPOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY
- CHAP. III METHODS OF TRAVEL: ROADS AND ACCOMMODATION
- CHAP. IV IN QUEST OF FLOWERS: A JOURNEY IN NORTHWESTERN HUPEH
- CHAP. V FOREST AND CRAG: ACROSS THE HUPEH-SZECHUAN FRONTIER
- CHAP. VI THE RED BASIN OF SZECHUAN: ITS GEOLOGY, MINERAL, AND AGRICULTURAL WEALTH
- CHAP. VII EASTERN SZECHUAN: NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY FROM TANING HSIEN TO TUNGHSIANG HSIEN
- CHAP. VIII THE ANCIENT KINGDOM OF PA: NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY FROM TUNGHSIANG HSIEN TO PAONING FU
- CHAP. IX THE CHENGTU PLAIN: “THE GARDEN OF WESTERN CHINA”
- CHAP. X NORTH-WESTERN SZECHUAN: NARRATIVE OF A CROSS-MOUNTAIN JOURNEY TO SUNGPAN TING
- CHAP. XI SUNGPAN TING: THE LAND OF THE SIFAN
- CHAP. XII THE CHINO-THIBETAN BORDERLAND: “THE MARCHES OF THE MANTZU”
- CHAP. XIII THE CHIARUNG TRIBES: THEIR HISTORY, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS
- CHAP. XIV ACROSS THE CHINO-THIBETAN BORDERLAND: KUAN HSIEN TO ROMI CHANGO; THE FLORA OF THE PANLAN SHAN
- CHAP. XV ACROSS THE CHINO-THIBETAN BORDERLAND: ROMI CHANGO TO TACHIENLU; THE FORESTS OF THE TA-P'AO SHAN
- CHAP. XVI TACHIENLU, THE GATE OF THIBET: THE KINGDOM OF CHIALA, ITS PEOPLE, THEIR MANNERS AND CUSTOMS
- CHAP. XVII SACRED OMEI SHAN: ITS TEMPLES AND ITS FLORA
- CHAP. XVIII THROUGH THE LAOLIN (WILDERNESS): NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY FROM KIATING TO MALIE, VIA WA-WU SHAN
- CHAP. XIX WA SHAN AND ITS FLORA
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- A Naturalist in Western China with Vasculum, Camera and GunBeing Some Account of Eleven Years' Travel, pp. xvii - xxxviiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1913