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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
THE OBJECT OF THE EXPEDITION
The importance of the scientific exploration of Central Asia--The region
which the Asiatic Zoölogical Expedition investigated--Personnel of the
Expedition--Equipment--Applicants for positions upon the Expedition
CHAPTER II
CHINA IN TURMOIL
Yuan Shi-kai--Plot to become emperor of China--The Rebellion--Our arrival
in Peking--Passports for Fukien Province--Admiral von Hintze, the German
Minister--_En route_ to Shanghai--Death of Yuan Shi-kai
CHAPTER III
UP THE MIN RIVER
Y.B.A.
Arrival at Foochow--Foochow--We leave for Yen-ping--The Min River--Our
first night in a _sampan_--Miss Mabel Hartford--Brigands at
Yuchi--Yen-ping--Trapping at Yen-ping
CHAPTER IV
A BAT CAVE IN THE BIG RAVINE
The Temple in the Big Ravine--Hunting serow--A bat apartment house
CHAPTER V
THE YEN-PING REBELLION
A message from Mr. Caldwell--Refugees from Yen-ping--Situation in the
city--Fighting on Monday morning--Wounded men at the hospital--We do Red
Cross work--More fighting--A Chinese puzzle--The missionaries save the
city--The narrow escape of a young Chinese--The mission cook--Return to
Foochow
CHAPTER VI
HUNTING THE GREAT INVISIBLE
Tiger lairs--Mr. Caldwell's method of hunting--His first tiger--Habits of
tigers--Experiences with the Great Invisible--Killing a man eater--Chinese
superstitions--Hunting in the lair
CHAPTER VII
THE BLUE TIGER
Arriving at Lung-tao--The blue tiger--Mr. Caldwell's first view of the
beast--The lair in the Long Ravine--Bad luck with the tiger--A meeting in
the dark--Ling-suik monastery--Life at the temple--Fukien Province as a
collecting ground
CHAPTER VIII
THE WOMEN OF CHINA
Y.B.A.
Schools for girls--Position of women--The Confucian rules--Woman's life in
the home--Foot binding--Early marriage--A Chinese wedding
CHAPTER IX
VOYAGING TO YÜN-NAN
Outfitting in Hongkong--Food--Guns--Cameras--_En route_ to Tonking--The
Island of Hainan--We engage a cook at Paik-hoi--Arrival in Haiphong--Loss
of our Ammunition--Hanoi--The railroad to Yün-nan Fu--Yün-nan--The Chinese
Foreign Office endorses our plans
CHAPTER X
ON THE ROAD TO TA-LI FU
Our caravan--The Yün-nan pack saddle--Temple camps--Chinese
_mafus_--Roads--Country--Ignorance of a Chinese scholar--New
mammals--Village life--Opium growing--An opium scandal--Goitre--The
Chinese "Mountain schooner"--Horses--Miss Morgan--Brigands--Our guard
of soldiers
CHAPTER XI
TA-LI FU
Hsia-kuan--Summer temperature--Lake--Graves--Pagodas--Mr. H.G.
Evans--Foreigners of Ta-li Fu--Chinese mandarins--Mammals at Ta-li--Caravan
horses and mules--The cook becomes ill
CHAPTER XII
LI-CHIANG, AND THE "TEMPLE OF THE FLOWERS"
Traveling to Li-chiang--Our entrance into the city--The surprise of the
foreigners--The temple--Excellent collecting--Small mammals--The Moso
natives--Customs--The Snow Mountain--Baron Haendel-Mazzetti
CHAPTER XIII
CAMPING IN THE CLOUDS
Moso hunters--Primitive guns--Cross-bows and poisoned arrows--Dogs--A
porcupine--New mammals--We find a new camp on the mountain
CHAPTER XIV
THE FIRST GORAL
Killed near camp--A sacrifice to the God of the Hunt--Small mammals--The
second goral
CHAPTER XV
MORE GORALS
Gorals almost invisible--Heller shoots a kid--Collecting material for a
Museum group--A splendid hunt--Two gorals--A crested muntjac
CHAPTER XVI
THE SNOW MOUNTAIN TEMPLE
The first illness in camp--Serow--Death of the leading dog--Rain--Two more
serows--Lolos--Non-Chinese tribes of Yün-nan
CHAPTER XVII
GORALS AND SEROWS
Relationship--Appearance of the serow--Habits--Gorals
CHAPTER XVIII
THE "WHITE WATER"
Y.B.A.
Our new camp--A serow--We go to Li-chiang--A burial ceremony--Ancestor
worship
CHAPTER XIX
ACROSS THE YANGTZE GORGE
Traveling to the river--Inaccuracy of the Chinese--First view of the
gorge--The Taku ferry--Caves
CHAPTER XX
THROUGH UNMAPPED COUNTRY
Along the rim of the gorge--A beautiful camp at Habala--New
mammals--Photographic work--Phete village--Stupid inhabitants--Strange
natives--The "Windy Camp"--Hotenfa
CHAPTER XXI
TRAVELING TOWARD TIBET
A hard climb--Our highest camp--A Lolo village--Thanksgiving with the Lolos
CHAPTER XXII
STALKING TIBETANS WITH A CAMERA
Y.B.A.
CHAPTER I
THE OBJECT OF THE EXPEDITION
The importance of the scientific exploration of Central Asia--The region
which the Asiatic Zoölogical Expedition investigated--Personnel of the
Expedition--Equipment--Applicants for positions upon the Expedition
CHAPTER II
CHINA IN TURMOIL
Yuan Shi-kai--Plot to become emperor of China--The Rebellion--Our arrival
in Peking--Passports for Fukien Province--Admiral von Hintze, the German
Minister--_En route_ to Shanghai--Death of Yuan Shi-kai
CHAPTER III
UP THE MIN RIVER
Y.B.A.
Arrival at Foochow--Foochow--We leave for Yen-ping--The Min River--Our
first night in a _sampan_--Miss Mabel Hartford--Brigands at
Yuchi--Yen-ping--Trapping at Yen-ping
CHAPTER IV
A BAT CAVE IN THE BIG RAVINE
The Temple in the Big Ravine--Hunting serow--A bat apartment house
CHAPTER V
THE YEN-PING REBELLION
A message from Mr. Caldwell--Refugees from Yen-ping--Situation in the
city--Fighting on Monday morning--Wounded men at the hospital--We do Red
Cross work--More fighting--A Chinese puzzle--The missionaries save the
city--The narrow escape of a young Chinese--The mission cook--Return to
Foochow
CHAPTER VI
HUNTING THE GREAT INVISIBLE
Tiger lairs--Mr. Caldwell's method of hunting--His first tiger--Habits of
tigers--Experiences with the Great Invisible--Killing a man eater--Chinese
superstitions--Hunting in the lair
CHAPTER VII
THE BLUE TIGER
Arriving at Lung-tao--The blue tiger--Mr. Caldwell's first view of the
beast--The lair in the Long Ravine--Bad luck with the tiger--A meeting in
the dark--Ling-suik monastery--Life at the temple--Fukien Province as a
collecting ground
CHAPTER VIII
THE WOMEN OF CHINA
Y.B.A.
Schools for girls--Position of women--The Confucian rules--Woman's life in
the home--Foot binding--Early marriage--A Chinese wedding
CHAPTER IX
VOYAGING TO YÜN-NAN
Outfitting in Hongkong--Food--Guns--Cameras--_En route_ to Tonking--The
Island of Hainan--We engage a cook at Paik-hoi--Arrival in Haiphong--Loss
of our Ammunition--Hanoi--The railroad to Yün-nan Fu--Yün-nan--The Chinese
Foreign Office endorses our plans
CHAPTER X
ON THE ROAD TO TA-LI FU
Our caravan--The Yün-nan pack saddle--Temple camps--Chinese
_mafus_--Roads--Country--Ignorance of a Chinese scholar--New
mammals--Village life--Opium growing--An opium scandal--Goitre--The
Chinese "Mountain schooner"--Horses--Miss Morgan--Brigands--Our guard
of soldiers
CHAPTER XI
TA-LI FU
Hsia-kuan--Summer temperature--Lake--Graves--Pagodas--Mr. H.G.
Evans--Foreigners of Ta-li Fu--Chinese mandarins--Mammals at Ta-li--Caravan
horses and mules--The cook becomes ill
CHAPTER XII
LI-CHIANG, AND THE "TEMPLE OF THE FLOWERS"
Traveling to Li-chiang--Our entrance into the city--The surprise of the
foreigners--The temple--Excellent collecting--Small mammals--The Moso
natives--Customs--The Snow Mountain--Baron Haendel-Mazzetti
CHAPTER XIII
CAMPING IN THE CLOUDS
Moso hunters--Primitive guns--Cross-bows and poisoned arrows--Dogs--A
porcupine--New mammals--We find a new camp on the mountain
CHAPTER XIV
THE FIRST GORAL
Killed near camp--A sacrifice to the God of the Hunt--Small mammals--The
second goral
CHAPTER XV
MORE GORALS
Gorals almost invisible--Heller shoots a kid--Collecting material for a
Museum group--A splendid hunt--Two gorals--A crested muntjac
CHAPTER XVI
THE SNOW MOUNTAIN TEMPLE
The first illness in camp--Serow--Death of the leading dog--Rain--Two more
serows--Lolos--Non-Chinese tribes of Yün-nan
CHAPTER XVII
GORALS AND SEROWS
Relationship--Appearance of the serow--Habits--Gorals
CHAPTER XVIII
THE "WHITE WATER"
Y.B.A.
Our new camp--A serow--We go to Li-chiang--A burial ceremony--Ancestor
worship
CHAPTER XIX
ACROSS THE YANGTZE GORGE
Traveling to the river--Inaccuracy of the Chinese--First view of the
gorge--The Taku ferry--Caves
CHAPTER XX
THROUGH UNMAPPED COUNTRY
Along the rim of the gorge--A beautiful camp at Habala--New
mammals--Photographic work--Phete village--Stupid inhabitants--Strange
natives--The "Windy Camp"--Hotenfa
CHAPTER XXI
TRAVELING TOWARD TIBET
A hard climb--Our highest camp--A Lolo village--Thanksgiving with the Lolos
CHAPTER XXII
STALKING TIBETANS WITH A CAMERA
Y.B.A.
Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940013469204 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | SAP |
| Publication date: | 12/05/2011 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 251 KB |
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