Travels on Horseback in Mantchu Tartary : Being a Summer's Ride Beyond the Great Wall of China (Paperback)

Preface; 1. Summer at Tien-tsin; 2. Fugitive Sinologues; 3. Story of the General Choo; 4. Long bills; 5. The hundred-spirited bird; 6. [No chapter with this number]; 7. Village of Tchung-sah-kow; 8. The town of Fung-tai; 9. Cultivation of indigo; 10. An uncivil and extortionate landlord; 11. The town of lanchow; 12. Superstitious fancies; 13. A miserable morning; 14. Old-fashioned town; 15. Early rising in Chinese inns; 16. Bird slaughtering; 17. The spy system; 18. History of the Great Wall of China; 19. Accommodation gratis; 20. Pastoral life; 21. Sunday morning; 22. Rabid curiosity; 23. Early hours; 24. Pastoral country; 25. A welcome halt; 26. Our new attendants; 27. Elevation of the land; 28. History of Moukden; 29. A brief narrative of a journey beyond Peking, to the coal-mines; Index.