Robert Fortune
Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664619556
Table of Contents
THREE YEARS' WANDERINGS IN CHINA.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
| 1. | The City of Foo-chow-foo and Long Bridge |
| 2. | Marriage Procession |
| 3. | Map |
| 4. | City of Ningpo—Bridge of Boats |
| 5. | Old Pagoda in Ningpo |
| 6. | Ice Houses |
| 7. | River at Shanghae |
| 8. | Mountain Chair |
| 9. | Pans for drying the Tea |
| 10. | Bamboo Table for rolling Tea |
| 11. | Opium Pipe |
| 12. | Water-wheel on the Island of Chusan |
| 13. | Chusan Tombs |
| 14. | Tomb of a Mandarin's Wife |
| 15. | Pagoda on the River Min |
| 16. | Anemone on the Tombs |
| 17. | Chinese Funeral and Family Tomb |
Map to illustrate Fortune's wanderings in China
THREE YEARS' WANDERINGS
IN
CHINA.
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTION.—ERRONEOUS NOTIONS REGARDING CHINA.—NO CORRECT SOURCES OF INFORMATION.—INFORMATION GLEANED FROM THE CHINESE NOT TO BE DEPENDED UPON.—IMAGINATIVE POWERS OF AUTHORS ON CHINA.—PECULIAR TRAITS IN THE CHARACTER OF THE CHINESE.—REMARKS ON AGRICULTURE AND SOIL.—ON GOVERNMENT AND LAWS.—CHINA HAS BEEN RETROGRADING FOR MANY YEARS.—MY OWN EXPERIENCE.
When the news of the peace with China first reached England, in the autumn of 1842, I obtained the appointment of Botanical Collector to the Horticultural Society of London, and proceeded to