The Yangtze valley and beyond : an account of journeys in China, chiefly in the province of Sze Chuan and among the Man-tze of the Somo territory (1899)
Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904 · London : J. Murray · leaf 111
ANCIENT GRANDEUR 87 bandied about freely ; the foreigner is conscious of a ferment which may or may not result in more active annoyance, and, after being nearly suffocated by the ill-mannered and malodorous crowd in a fruitless attempt to see the lions of the city, he retreats not reluctantly to… … CHINESE SOLDIERS. {From a Chinese Drawing.') the expectations formed of it as a treaty port, is one of the most important cities on the Yangtze; nor is its importance a thing of yesterday. Two miles above it lies the Fu , or prefecture, of Ching-chou, of which it may be regarded as the trading…
China -- Description and travel · Yangtze River Valley (China)
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