Excerpt from Travels in North and Central China
Journey northwards; Russian railway; Liao-yang - Scotch Mission; Journey continued - Monotony of region; Mukden; Mission Hospital; Russian encroachments; Visit to the Tombs; Journey southwards; Railway works; Ying-kau-Railway officials; Railway contract difficulties; Projected Peking-Kalgan line; Dispute between British and Chinese officials; A French Abbe; Travel-talk - Germany and Kiau-chau; Affairs at Shanghai - Sheng Taotai; On the Yangtsze - Fellow passengers; Ngan-king and the Taiping Rebellion; Kuling - Kiu-kiang - Ta-shan-pei; Back to Shanghai - Yokohama; Buddhist priests - Japanese politics; Homeward by Vancouver; Cowes to Vancouver; Vancouver to Wusung; At Shanghai; Nanking; Hankau - Bund - Railway - Curious scenes
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