AN AUSTRALIAN IN CHINA
BEING THE NARRATIVE OF A QUIET JOURNEY ACROSS CHINA
TO BURMA
BY
GEORGE ERNEST MORRISON
M.D. Edin., F.R.G.S.
THIRD EDITION
LONDON: HORACE COX
WINDSOR HOUSE, BREAM'S BUILDINGS
E.C.
MDCCCCII
TO
JOHN CHIENE, M.D.,
F.R.C.S.E., F.R.S.E., ETC.,
PROFESSOR OF SURGERY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH,
WHO GAVE ME BACK THE POWER OF LOCOMOTION.
I GRATEFULLY
INSCRIBE THIS VOLUME.
CONTENTS.
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CHAPTER I.
PAGES
Introductory\u2014Mainly about Missionaries and the City of Hankow
1-11
CHAPTER II.
From Hankow to Wanhsien, with some Account of Chinese Women and the Rapids of the
Yangtse
12-23
CHAPTER III.
The City of Wanhsien, and the Journey from Wanhsien To Chungking
24-34
CHAPTER IV.
The City of Chungking\ue000The Chinese Customs\ue001The famous Monsieur Haas, and a few Words
on the Opium Fallacy
35-49
CHAPTER V.
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The Journey from Chungking to Suifu\ue002Chinese Inns
50-62
CHAPTER VI.
The City of Suifu\ue003The China Inland Mission, with some general Remarks about Missionaries
in China
63-75
CHAPTER VII.
Suifu to Chaotong, with some Remarks on the Province of Yunnan\ue004Chinese Porters, Postal
Arrangements, and Banks
76-96
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CHAPTER VIII.
The City of Chaotong, with some Remarks on its Poverty, Infanticide, Selling Female Children
into Slavery, Tortures, and the Chinese Insensibility to Pain
97-106
CHAPTER IX.
Mainly about Chinese Doctors
107-114
CHAPTER X.
The Journey from Chaotong to Tongchuan
115-124
CHAPTER XI.
The City of Tongchuan, with some Remarks upon Infanticide
125-134
CHAPTER XII.
Tongchuan to Yunnan City
135-147
CHAPTER XIII.
At Yunnan City
148-157
CHAPTER XIV.
Gold, Banks, and Telegraphs in Yunnan
158-170
CHAPTER XV.
The French Mission and the Arsenal in Yunnan City
171-182
CHAPTER XVI.
The Journey from Yunnan City to Talifu
183-201
CHAPTER XVII.
The City of Tali\ue005Prisons\ue006Poisoning\ue007Plagues and Missions
202-217
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Journey from Tali, with some Remarks on the Character of the Cantonese, Chinese
Emigrants, Cretins, and Wife-beating in China
218-232
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CHAPTER XIX.
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The Mekong and Salween Rivers\ue008How to Travel in China
233-243
CHAPTER XX.
The City of Tengyueh\ue009The Celebrated Wuntho Sawbwa\ue00aShan Soldiers
244-259
CHAPTER XXI.
The Shan Town of Santa, and Manyuen, the Scene of Consul Margary's Murder
260-269
CHAPTER XXII.
China as a Fighting Power\ue00bThe Kachins\ue00cAnd the Last Stage into Bhamo
270-281
CHAPTER XXIII.
Bhamo, Mandalay, Rangoon, and Calcutta
282-291
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ILLUSTRATIONS.
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Mostly from Photographs by Mr. C. Jensen of the Imperial Chinese Telegraphs.
The Author in Western China
Frontispiece.
The Author's Chinese Passport
page8
On a Balcony in Western China
14
The River Yangtse at Tung-lo-hsia
34
Memorial Archway at the Fort of Fu-to-kuan
34
Chungking, from the opposite Bank of the Yangtse
38
A Temple Theatre in Chungking
44
On the Main Road To Suifu
52
Cultivation in Terraces
58
Scene in Szechuen
58
Opium-smoking
72
A Temple in Szechuen
84
Laowatan
84
The Opium-smoker of Romance
93
Pagoda by the Wayside, Western China
118
The Big East Gate of Yunnan City
146
View in Yunnan City
156
Soldiers on the Wall of Yunnan City
168
The Pagoda of Yunnan City, 250 feet high
174
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