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From Peking to Mandalay / A Journey from North China to Burma through Tibetan Ssuch'uan and Yunnan

Chapter 2: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
By Sir Reginald Fleming Johnston
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The narrative recounts an extensive overland and riverine journey across northern and southwestern China into Burma, following a route through major waypoints including the Yangtse gorges, Mount Omei, Tachienlu, the Yalung valley, Muli, Yung-ning, Li-chiang, Tali-fu, Bhamo, and onward to Mandalay. It combines travel description, vivid mountain and river scenery, and observations on local customs, religious sites, and material culture, with an ethnological chapter surveying the peoples of the Chinese far west. The author intersperses practical details—routes, itineraries, and vocabularies—with sketches of caravan life, monasteries, and markets. Appendices provide vocabularies and a day-by-day itinerary to support readers curious about logistics.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

CROSSING THE YALUNG RIVERFrontispiece
A FLEET OF JUNKSTo face page10
SOUTH BANK OF YELLOW RIVER, WITH VIEW OF RAILWAY BRIDGE14
A CHINESE "BRAVE"„32
A CHINESE WALLED CITY„44
CHILDREN OF CHINA„53
CHINESE BUDDHIST MONKS IN "UNDRESS"„65
CHINESE PLAN WITH AMITABHA BUDDHA AS CENTRAL FIGURE„74
"JIM" ON THE SUMMIT OF MOUNT OMEI„102
CHINESE PLAN OF MOUNT OMEI, SURMOUNTED BY THE SEAL OF THE MONASTERY OF THE GOLDEN SUMMIT„105
TEA-CARRIERS ON THE ROAD TO TACHIENLU„118
APPROACH TO TACHIENLU„118
VIEW FROM THE "SUMMER PALACE" NEAR TACHIENLU„142
CHINESE HALF-RUPEE AND TIBETAN COINS„152
REDUCED FACSIMILE OF SILVER PLAQUE WORN BY WOMEN IN THE YALUNG VALLEY„152
CLAY VOTIVE TABLETS FROM MULI, WITH MINIATURE BUDDHAS„152
EAR-RING WORN BY MO-SO WOMEN OF YUNG-NING„152
"THE GATE OF TIBET"„154
OCTAGONAL TOWER AT RI WA„170
HOUSE OF T'U PAI HU„172
THE AUTHOR'S CARAVAN„172
A RUSTIC BRIDGE„174
TIBETANS OF WESTERN SSUCH'UAN„177
MOUNTAIN SCENERY NEAR SIN GO LA„177
A HALT ON THE ROAD TO MULI„188
MOUNTAIN AND VALLEY ON THE ROAD TO MULI„202
THE AUTHOR'S CAMP, 2ND MAY„208
RUSTIC BRIDGE CROSSING LITANG RIVER ON THE ROAD TO MULI„210
LAMASERY OF MULI„220
THE AUTHOR'S MULETEERS, NEAR YUNG-NING„226
YUNG-NING„229
THE YANGTSE RIVER, NEAR YUNG-NING, ABOVE THE FERRY„236
THE YANGTSE RIVER AT THE FERRY„238
TALI-FU„260
VIEW AT PAGAN, IRRAWADDY RIVER, BURMA„332
MONASTERY AT PAGAN, IRRAWADDY RIVER, BURMA„349
RUINS AT ANURADHAPURA, CEYLON„354
A VILLAGE FAIR IN CHINA, WITH OPEN-AIR THEATRE„356
A TEMPLE-THEATRE IN NORTH CHINA„371
THE GRAVE OF "JIM", WEIHAIWEI„376
MAP—AUTHOR'S ITINERARY FROM HANKOW TO BHAMOAt the End