Chapter I: Appendix: B: Itinerary 399

NOTES 411

GENERAL INDEX 447

INDEX OF NAMES 453

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

CROSSING THE YALUNG RIVER _Frontispiece_

A FLEET OF JUNKS _To face page_ 10

SOUTH BANK OF YELLOW RIVER, WITH VIEW OF RAILWAY BRIDGE " 14

A CHINESE "BRAVE" " 32

A CHINESE WALLED CITY " 44

CHILDREN OF CHINA " 53

CHINESE BUDDHIST MONKS IN "UNDRESS" " 65

CHINESE PLAN WITH AMITABHA BUDDHA AS CENTRAL FIGURE " 74

"JIM" ON THE SUMMIT OF MOUNT OMEI " 102

CHINESE PLAN OF MOUNT OMEI, SURMOUNTED BY THE SEAL OF THE MONASTERY OF THE GOLDEN SUMMIT " 105

TEA-CARRIERS ON THE ROAD TO TACHIENLU " 118

APPROACH TO TACHIENLU " 118

VIEW FROM THE "SUMMER PALACE" NEAR TACHIENLU " 142

CHINESE HALF-RUPEE AND TIBETAN COINS " 152

REDUCED FACSIMILE OF SILVER PLAQUE WORN BY WOMEN IN THE YALUNG VALLEY " 152

CLAY VOTIVE TABLETS FROM MULI, WITH MINIATURE BUDDHAS " 152

EAR-RING WORN BY MO-SO WOMEN OF YUNG-NING " 152

"THE GATE OF TIBET" " 154

OCTAGONAL TOWER AT RI WA " 170

HOUSE OF T'U PAI HU " 172

THE AUTHOR'S CARAVAN " 172

A RUSTIC BRIDGE " 174

TIBETANS OF WESTERN SSUCH'UAN " 177

MOUNTAIN SCENERY NEAR SIN GO LA " 177

A HALT ON THE ROAD TO MULI " 188

MOUNTAIN AND VALLEY ON THE ROAD TO MULI " 202

THE AUTHOR'S CAMP, 2ND MAY " 208

RUSTIC BRIDGE CROSSING LITANG RIVER ON THE ROAD TO MULI " 210

LAMASERY OF MULI " 220

THE AUTHOR'S MULETEERS, NEAR YUNG-NING " 226

YUNG-NING " 229

THE YANGTSE RIVER, NEAR YUNG-NING, ABOVE THE FERRY " 236

THE YANGTSE RIVER AT THE FERRY " 238

TALI-FU " 260

VIEW AT PAGAN, IRRAWADDY RIVER, BURMA " 332

MONASTERY AT PAGAN, IRRAWADDY RIVER, BURMA " 349

RUINS AT ANURADHAPURA, CEYLON " 354

A VILLAGE FAIR IN CHINA, WITH OPEN-AIR THEATRE " 356

A TEMPLE-THEATRE IN NORTH CHINA " 371

THE GRAVE OF "JIM," WEIHAIWEI " 376

MAP--AUTHOR'S ITINERARY FROM HANKOW TO BHAMO _At the End_

FROM PEKING TO MANDALAY