CHAP.PAGEI.INTRODUCTION1II.PEKING TO ICHANG10III.ICHANG TO WAN-HSIEN THROUGH THE YANGTSE GORGES24IV.WAN-HSIEN TO CH'ÊNG-TU31V.CH'ÊNG-TU TO OMEI-HSIEN43VI.MOUNT OMEI AND CHINESE BUDDHISM54VII.MOUNT OMEI82VIII.OMEI-HSIEN TO TACHIENLU112IX.TACHIENLU131X.TACHIENLU TO PA-U-RONG, YALUNG RIVER153XI.PA-U-RONG TO MULI186XII.MULI TO YUNG-NING213XIII.YUNG-NING TO LI-CHIANG234XIV.LI-CHIANG TO TALI-FU248XV.ETHNOLOGY OF THE CHINESE FAR WEST265XVI.TALI-FU TO BHAMO293XVII.BHAMO TO MANDALAY322XVIII.CONCLUSION354APPENDIX A: VOCABULARIES391APPENDIX B: ITINERARY399NOTES411GENERAL INDEX447INDEX OF NAMES453