En route to
Chung-king.]
[Illustration: MOTLEY GROUP OF HUA MIAO MENFOLK
Picture gives an idea of how the Hua Miao in certain sections are being
gradually absorbed by the Chinese; these men are typical tenant farmers
of the Nou-su.]
[Illustration: RATHER A RARE PICTURE OF TRIBES
Three tribes are shown: White Bones (left), attending her mistress, a
Nou-su aristocrat (Black Bones); the children at the right are Hua Miao.]
[Illustration: AUTHOR'S CARAVAN ON THE MARCH
On the main road west of Chung-king--the Author's four-man chair engaged
to "save his face," and his servant's two-man chair, followed by the
coolies.]
[Illustration: THE MEKONG BRIDGE
A drop occurs from 8,000 feet to 4,000 feet, and then a climb again over
precipitous mountains--very hard going--to 8,000 feet. Shrines are at each
end of the handsome suspension bridge.]
[Illustration: THE AUTHOR IN YUeN-NAN
This picture was taken after convalescence in Tong-chu'aniu, just before
the journey commenced from that city to British Burma, as seen in the
second part of "Across China On Foot."
[Illustration: THE UBIQUITOUS WATER CARRIER
Drawing the water and hewing the wood are daily chores in China, mostly
carried out by women--though this is a picture of a man, a half-wit.
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