Image: A Yankee on the Yangtze - being a narrative of a journey from Shanghai through the central kingdom to Burma (1904) (14762004656)

Description: Identifier: yankeeonyangtzeb00geil (find matches) Title: A Yankee on the Yangtze : being a narrative of a journey from Shanghai through the central kingdom to Burma Year: 1904 (1900s) Authors: Geil, William Edgar, 1865-1925 Subjects: China -- Description and travel Yangtze River (China) Publisher: London : Hodder and Stoughton Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: l&«>frriHrwi INTERIOR VIEW 01 MM CHURCH 01- WAX. whkki T.v Text Appearing After Image: AN AMIABLE CHAPERON 95 carrying the board, he said that he did it for the Lord,and that his heart had peace all the time. He was atrue believer, and kept his shop closed on Sunday, aday of which as a nation China knows little as yet. Second, on my right, sat Mr. Chang, who kept aninn in the busiest street of the city. I passed it whenhurrying up from my boat, and was dragged in, ac-cording to true Celestial fashion, to drink tea and eatdried fruits and sweetmeats, the like of which wouldhave done credit to any table in Philadelphia. Nointoxicants were sold at this Inn. Another guest at my table was Mr. Taylors assistant,or Shadow, as he is generally styled, who has beenwith him since leaving the mission school six years ago.He was a good amateur photographer, as some speci-mens of his work in my possession bear witness. Early one morning, after standing at the front of themission house watching the preparations for the depar-ture of Polhill and his caravan for Hsuting Fu, I decidedto Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: A Yankee on the Yangtze - being a narrative of a journey from Shanghai through the central kingdom to Burma (1904) (14762004656)
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