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ACROSS CHINA ON FOOT
_By_
EDWIN JOHN DINGLE
1911

IN GRATEFUL ESTEEM
DURING MY TRAVELS IN INTERIOR CHINA I ONCE
LAY AT THE POINT OF DEATH. FOR THEIR UNREMITTING
KINDNESS DURING A LONG ILLNESS, I
NOW AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBE THIS VOLUME TO
MY FRIENDS, MR. AND MRS. A. EVANS, OF TONG-CH'UAN-FU,
YUeN-NAN, SOUTH-WEST CHINA, TO
WHOSE DEVOTED NURSING AND UNTIRING CARE
I OWE MY LIFE.

CONTENTS
BOOK I.
FROM THE STRAITS TO SHANGHAI--INTRODUCTORY
FIRST JOURNEY.
CHAPTER I. FROM SHANGHAI UP THE LOWER YANGTZE TO ICHANG
SECOND JOURNEY--ICHANG TO CHUNG-KING THROUGH THE YANGTZE GORGES.
CHAPTER II. THE ICHANG GORGE
CHAPTER III. THE YANGTZE RAPIDS
CHAPTER IV. THE YEH T'AN RAPID. ARRIVAL AT KWEIEU
THIRD JOURNEY--CHUNG-KING TO SUI-FU (VIA LUCHOW).
CHAPTER V. BEGINNING OF THE OVERLAND JOURNEY
CHAPTER VI. THE PEOPLE OF SZECH'WAN
FOURTH JOURNEY--SUI-FU TO CHAO-T'ONG-FU (VIA LAO-WA-T'AN).
CHAPTER VII. DESCRIPTION OF JOURNEY FROM SUI-FU
CHAPTER VIII. SZECH'WAN AND YUeN-NAN
THE CHAO-T'ONG REBELLION OF 1910.
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