A Naturalist in Western China with Vasculum, Camera and Gun : Being Some Account of Eleven Years' Travel (Paperback)

Preface; Introduction Charles S. Sargent; 1. Western China ? mountain ranges and river systems; 2. Western Hupeh ? general topography and geology; 3. Methods of travel ? roads and accommodation; 4. In quest of flowers ? a journey in North-Western Hupeh; 5. Forest and crag ? across the Hupeh-Szechuan frontier; 6. The red basin of Szechuan ? its geology, mineral, and agricultural wealth; 7. Eastern Szechuan ? narrative of a journey from Taning Hsien to Tunghsiang Hsien; 8. The ancient kingdom of Pa ? narrative of a journey from Tunghsiang Hsien to Paoning Fu; 9. The Chengtu Plain ? 'The Garden of Western China'; 10. North-Western Szechuan ? narrative of a cross-mountain journey to Sungpan Ting; 11. Sungpan Ting ? the land of the Sifan; 12. The Chino-Thibetan borderland ? 'The Marches of the Mantzu'; 13. The Chiarung tribes ? their history, manners, and customs; 14. Across the Chino-Tibetan borderland ? Kuan Hsien to Romi Chango; the flora of the Panlan Shan; 15. Across the Chino-Thibetan borderland ? Romi Chango to Tachienlu; the forests of the Ta-P'ao Shan; 16. Tachienlu, the gate of Thibet ? the Kingdom of Chiala, its people, their manners and customs; 17. Sacred Omei Shan ? its temples and its flora; 18. Through the Laolin (wilderness) ? narrative of a journey from Kiating to Malie, via Wawu Shan; 19. Wa Shan and its flora.