Chapter VI: Natural History of China, 296-379

Foreign scientists and explorers in China, 296; Interesting
geological features, 297; Loess formation of Northern China,
_ibid._; Its wonderful usefulness and fertility, 300; Baron
Richthofen’s theory as to its origin, 303; Minerals of China
Proper: Coal, 304; Building stones, salts, jade, etc., 307;
The precious metals and their production, 310; Animals of the
Empire, 313; Monkeys, 314; Various carnivorous animals, 317;
Cattle, sheep, deer, etc., 320; Horses, pigs, camels, etc., 323;
Smaller animals and rodents, 326; Cetacea in Chinese waters,
329; Birds of prey, 331; Passerinæ, song-birds, pies, etc., 332;
Pigeons and grouse, 335; Varieties of pheasants, 336; Peacocks
and ducks, 338; An aviary in Canton, 340; Four fabulous animals:
The _kí-lin_, 342; The _fung-hwang_, or phœnix, 343; The
_lung_, or dragon, and _kwei_, or tortoise, 344; Alligators and
serpents, 345; Ichthyology of China, 347; Gold-fish and methods
of rearing them, 348; Shell-fish of the Southern coast, 350;
Insects: Silk-worms and beetles, 352; Wax-worm: Native notions
of insects, 353; Students of botany in China, 355; Flora of
Hongkong, coniferæ, grasses, 356; The bamboo, 358; Varieties of
palms, lilies, tubers, etc., 360; Forest and timber growth, 362;
Rhubarb, the Chinese ‘date’ and ‘olive,’ 364; Fruit-trees, 366;
Flowering and ornamental plants, 367; The _Pun tsao_, or Chinese
herbal, 370; Its medicine and botany, 371; Its zoölogy, 374; Its
observations on the horse, 375; State of the natural sciences in
China, 377.