A Naturalist in Western China with Vasculum, Camera and Gun
Being Some Account of Eleven Years' Travel
2 Volume Set

Table of Contents

Volume 1: Preface
Introduction Charles S. Sargent
1. Western China – mountain ranges and river systems
2. Western Hupeh – general topography and geology
3. Methods of travel – roads and accommodation
4. In quest of flowers – a journey in North-Western Hupeh
5. Forest and crag – across the Hupeh-Szechuan frontier
6. The red basin of Szechuan – its geology, mineral, and agricultural wealth
7. Eastern Szechuan – narrative of a journey from Taning Hsien to Tunghsiang Hsien
8. The ancient kingdom of Pa – narrative of a journey from Tunghsiang Hsien to Paoning Fu
9. The Chengtu Plain – 'The Garden of Western China'
10. North-Western Szechuan – narrative of a cross-mountain journey to Sungpan Ting
11. Sungpan Ting – the land of the Sifan
12. The Chino-Thibetan borderland – 'The Marches of the Mantzu'
13. The Chiarung tribes – their history, manners, and customs
14. Across the Chino-Tibetan borderland – Kuan Hsien to Romi Chango
the flora of the Panlan Shan
15. Across the Chino-Thibetan borderland – Romi Chango to Tachienlu
the forests of the Ta-P'ao Shan
16. Tachienlu, the gate of Thibet – the Kingdom of Chiala, its people, their manners and customs
17. Sacred Omei Shan – its temples and its flora
18. Through the Laolin (wilderness) – narrative of a journey from Kiating to Malie, via Wawu Shan
19. Wa Shan and its flora. Volume 2:
1. The flora of Western China – a brief account of the richest temperate flora in the world
2. The principal timber trees
3. Fruits, wild and cultivated
4. Chinese materia medica
5. Gardens and gardening – favourite flowers cultivated by the Chinese
6. Agriculture – the principal food-stuff crops
7. The more important plant products – wild and cultivated trees of economic importance
8. The more important plant products – cultivated shrubs and herbs of economic value
9. Tea and 'tea-yielding' plants – the tea industry for the Thibetan markets
10. Insect white-wax
11. Sport in Western China – pheasants and other game birds
12. Sport in Western China – wild-fowl shooting on the Ya River
13. Sport in Western China – ruminant and other game animals
14. Sport in Western China – carnivorous and other animals, including monkeys
15. Western China – minerals and mineral wealth
16. Conclusion
Index.