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 398
of a blue bugloss, and dwarf shubberies of a barberry in blossom. Things had changed. Thatched roofs had given place to thin slabs of stone, or rough boards held down by big stones. All ornament had disappeared. China seemed left behind at such a great distance, that every Chinese I saw looked as… … HUMAN PACK SADDLE FOR TIMBER. shoulder packs and dangle from rope bridges, and the children have an air of freedom. A short day’s journey ended at the hamlet of Shuo-chiao, where the gorge opens out, and for a brief period the Min is vulgarised into various branches clattering and boiling among…
China -- Description and travel · Yangtze River Valley (China)
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