Administration of state of Muli,214seq.,xxxi.,xxxiii.,xxxiv.Alabaster, image of the Buddha,86Amban,133seq.American Baptist Mission,114-115Amitabhism,73-74,77Ancestral worship,80-81An fu shih ssŭ,xxii.,xxxiv.Animism,77,348seq.Anti-foreign feeling in China,12,18,34,355-356,358seq.Anti-opium regulations,25,385Antiquities of Mount Omei,86-87, vi.Arahat,69seq.,72,89-91,95,96,109Arahatship,69seq.Archæological work in the Far East,332,xlv.Architecture in western Yunnan,299;in Burma,325seq.Art, in China,42,378seq.;in Burma,326,332,335;decay of Burmese, under European influence,335Artillery, French, at Tali,257Ash-trees, Chinese dwarf,51Ass, wild,165Assyrian deities,96Âtman, Buddhist denial of,67-68,72Avalanche,93,249Awakening of China,12seq.,40-41,387seq.Baptist Mission in China, American,114-115"Basket" bridges,113Bears,165Bei-ze,216-217Bend in Yangtse,237-238Betel-nut,313"Black-bone" Lolos,187"Black Peril in Burma,"xlvi.Bo Tree,354Bodhisattvas,57seq.,72,89-90,91seq.,105seq.BonorBon-pa religion,281Bridge, Kamsa,317----, Mekong,296-297;Salwen,305-308;Ta Tu,125-126,xix.;Yellow River,14-15----, Single-rope, over Yalung,191,seq.Bridges,14-15,110,113,114,125-126,128,230,243,295,296-297,305-308,310,317----, "Basket,"113----, Suspension,125-126,128,294,305,306,307,308,310,xix.British designs on Tibet, alleged,135---- frontier, arrival at,315-319Bronze elephant,85-86,vi.---- temple,104,xii.Bubonic plague,seePlagueBuddha, the,68seq.,76,88,330,353,and chaps.vi.andvii.passimBuddha's death, date of,xlii."Buddha's Glory,"59,101-103,111,x.Buddhism, in Burma,77,329-330,348-353;in China,45-46,54-81,82-111,ii.-xii.;in India,xliii.;in Japan,81, iv.;in Siam,77Bungalows, travellers', in Burma,318-319,320,321Burial customs,seeDead, disposal of theBurmese people, the,8,161,275,281,302,326seq.,333seq.;artistic sense of,326,332,335;characteristics of,332-353;as labourers,335,xlvi.;laziness of,336seq.;prosperity of,335;religion of,348-353;truthfulness of,336Burmese villages,325-326"Burning of the Books,"289Butter, Tibetan,156,158,159Cairns, stone,166Canton-Kowloon Railway,16Cantonese,199,356-357,365Cat, wild,165Cave-temples,35-36,46Caves,174,238----, "Man-tzŭ,"45-50,286Certificates of pilgrims,104-105Ch'an dzö,217Charcoal-fires,101,123Charms,91,190,198-199China,seeIndex of NamesChinese, art of,378-379;Buddhism,seeBuddhism;characteristics of,3,12,355seq.;civilisation,366seq.,371seq.;corruption of,372seq.;court, arrogance of,357,365;courtesy of,355-356;currency,153-154;dislike of foreigners,355,358-359,371,383-384;emigrants,357-358;emperor and empress-dowager,13;hospitality of,355seq.;in Hongkong,358;inns,32-33,34,51-53,121;literature,380-383;litigiousness of,377;manners of,355seq.;merchants, integrity of,357;music,379-380;not cowards,384;oak,seeOak;patriotism,387-388;poetry,381-382;pride of,384;progress of,12,13,16seq.,40-41,371;regiment, the1st,xlvii.;Shan States,seeShan States, etc.;sobriety of,376-377;Tibet,1,126,153seq.,and passimCh'ing-k'o,173Ch'orten (Lamaist pyramid or pagoda),208-209Chou, meaning of,35Christianity, in China,78-81,and seeMissionariesChün Liang Fu,131,132-133Civilisation, western,5;limitations of,338seq.,365seq.Climate of Ssuch'uan,34,124,198-199,315---- of Yunnan,252-253,314-315---- of Burma,324Coal in Ssuch'uan,34,123Colossal image,45-46Commerce,seeTradeConfucianism,66,67,80-81Cotton,129Couvade,301Cremation,174,224,232Crocodiles,259Crossoptilon Tibetanum,156Cuckoo,203Dacoits,322Dagobas,209Dalai Lama, the,139,215,216Dead, disposal of the,174,189,224,232-233,238Decay of Oriental art,335Deer,165Dhyâni Buddhas,72,73Dogs, Tibetan,162-163Donations, religious, in China,84,85Drowning accident on Yangtse,21Drung,170Duck, wild,113Dyeing industry,35Earthquakes,132,254Eastern Heaven,96-97Eclecticism of Buddhism,67Education in China,40-41,119,223-224,371;in Burma,350Elephant in Buddhist mythology,63seq.,85-86,94,96,97,98----, bronze, on Mount Omei,85-86, vi.Ethnology of western China,1,126,265-292Europeans in China,17seq.,78seq.,355seq.Extra-territorial jurisdiction in China,78-79"Fairies' Scarf,"178-179Fauna of Tibetan Ssuch'uan,164-165Fei tzŭ,84Felis fontanieri,165Female rulers in Tibet and Shan States,232,xxxvii.Flora of western China and Chinese Tibet,87,163,164,180-181,201,204-205,244,248Foot-binding in China,371Footprints of Buddha,62Foreign enterprise in China,seeEuropeans in ChinaForest fires,178-179Forests,156,163,165,171,172seq.,178seq.,199,202,220,226,244French artillery at Tali-fu,257;railways in Yunnan,25-26,311-312;travellers in Yunnan,227Frontier of Ssuch'uan and Yunnan,227;of Yunnan and Burma,315-316,317-318Fu,35,229Game, big,164seq."Gate of Tibet,"154Gélupa,seeYellow Sect of LamaismGeographical interest of western China,1-2Gipsies,166Girls' school,119Glaciers,155,176,202,237,244"Glory of Buddha, The,"59,101-103,111,x.Glow-worms,245Goat, wild,165"God of War,"seeKuan Ti (Index of Names)"God of Wealth,"seeT'sai Shên (Index of Names)"God of Wisdom,"seeManjusri (Index of Names)"Gods" in Buddhism,70, iii."Goddess of Mercy,"73,75,and seeKuan Yin (Index of Names)Goitre,168"Gold" as name of rivers,195Gold-dust,130Gold-mining,238-239Gold-washing,128,195-196,218"Golden Summit" of Mount Omei,100,105"Golden-Teeth" country,300Gorges of the Yangtse,28-29Gossip at Tachienlu,139seq.Graves,seeDisposal of the deadHan-hua,273Hand-stoves in Ssuch'uan,34Heights of Passes,xxiii.Highest habitation on the globe,xxxvi.Highwaymen,37-38,146-147,181,225,235,242Holy water in Tibet,143Hospitality of Orientals,8,187,333,355seq.Hot springs,142,254,312Hotels in China,seeInnsHsien,35Hsüan fu shih ssŭ,xxii.Hsüan wei shih ssŭ,xxii.Huan-t'ieh,139Idolatry in Europe and America,342Indian origin of tribes in West China, supposed,268-269,282seq.,285seq.,xli.-xliv.Indo Chinese peoples,282seq.,286-287,and see chap.xv.passim.Inns in China,32-33,34,51-53,121Insect-wax industry,seeWhite-wax industryIrrigation of the Ch'êng-tu Plain,39,42,43Itinerary,Appendix BJapanese Buddhism,81,90, iv.---- landscape-painting,378-379---- navigation on the Yangtse,20-23---- poetry,383K'an-po(Tibetan bishop or abbot),215seq.Karma (Kamma) in Buddhism,68seq.Kiang element in Tibetan population,286Kyaungs of Burma,82La(mountain pass),173Lab-ch'a(stone cairns),166Labour question in Burma,336,xlvi.Lamaism,74,90,94,130,134,138,140seq.,189,190,213seq.,215,219seq.,228,267,281Lamaseries,130,134,168,180,202seq.,219seq.Landscape-painting in China,378-379Landslips,124-125,180,207,211,249,316Language as a test of race,xxxv.Laos Upper, or French,6,187,314,329,331,344-345,349,and seeShansLapis-lazuli, sacred,96Legends of Mount Omei,54seq.Lien Hua Shih,91-92"Living Buddhas,"215Lo-han,seeArahatLotus allegory,59,92-93Lu-Han Railway,10,14-20Machi (game-fowl),156,173Mahayana,63seq.,76, v.Man-hua,273Mani-dong,seeObo"Manners makyth man,"385"Man-tzŭ" caves,47seq.Massacre in Tali,262-263Matins, Buddhist,105-107Mig-ra(Tibetan eye-shade),157Military qualities of Orientals,xlvii.Ming Chêng Ssŭ,149Missionaries, Christian, in China,31,33,78-79,110,150Mohammedan rebellion in Yunnan,250,257-264,xxxix.Mohammedans in China,xxxix.Monasteries and temples,62seq.,82seq.,326,332,vi.-xii.Monastic life in China,82seq.,and seeLamaseries.Monasticism, Chinese contempt for,66-67Money,seeCurrencyMongol conquests in Yunnan,277-278---- dynasty,271-272Monks, Chinese, ignorance of,65seq.Monolith in Ch'êng-tu,41-42Morrison, Dr G. E.,294,307,323Mosquitoes,242Mountain-sickness,165Mules, death of,155,179-180Mummies on Mount Omei,98Music in China,379-380Musk,130,247Musk-deer,165Names of monasteries on Mount Omei,chap.vii.Names of rivers in China,44,205-206Nat-worship,349seq.Navigation on Irrawaddy,325-328,332---- on Min,43-45---- on Yangtse,20-30Neo-Confucianism,80-81Nirvana,69seq., iv.Noble Eightfold Path,70Nyer-ba,217O-mi-to-Fo,73,94Oak (Quercus sinensis),164,220Obo,144-145,174,201,211Octagonal towers,168seq.,171,175,177Official obstruction to travelling,146-152Officials of Muli,216seq.Om mane padme hom,93-94,130,144-145Opium,24-25,244-245,254,255,258,385Ornaments, personal,197-198,228,242Pagodas,44-45,113,254,255,258,326,330,332,and seeCh'ortenandShwe Dagon pagoda.Palace of Mandalay,329Panthers,165,241Parrots,181Passes (mountain),1,116,117,119,120,121-122,155,156seq.,165seq.,173,175,176,179,180,225-256,235,241,243,304,309,xxiii.Peaches,125Pên-ti-jên,239,290Perpetual snow,seeSnow-linePewter staff of Buddhists,99-100Pheasants,142,156,220,241,309Photographs, destruction of, by water,314Pictorial art in China,378-379Pigeons,157Pigs,171Pilgrims in China,53,59,83,85,86,94,100,104,122,127Pine-forests,seeForestsPlague,198-199,xxxix.Poetry of China,381-382Police, absence of, in China,375Polyandry,230-232Polygamy,231Ponies,171,321Poplars,164Poppy,seeOpiumPorcelain, Chinese,378Prayer-flags,130,142-143,174,211Prayer-wheels,94,142-144,211Prejudices, national,359seq.Prickly pear,255Primroses,164,180,248Proverbs, Chinese,36,101,104Railways in China,10,14seq.,39-40,310-312,369Rain,240-241,297-298,308-309,316,324,331Rainbow in Salwen valley,308-309Rainy season in Yunnan,293,297-298---- —— in Shan States,331Rape-flower,38,112Rapids on the Yangtse,25seq.Rebellion in Yunnan,seeMohammedan RebellionRecluses and hermits,55seq.Red sandstone basin of Ssuch'uan,46,250Red-boats on the Yangtse,27-28"Refuges, The Three,"73Religion,seeBuddhism, Christianity,etc.Revenue of Muli,218Rhododendrons,163,175Rice,230,254Rivers, names of,44,205-206Road, a good Chinese,244-245;British-made, in Chinese Shan States,315Roads in Upper Burma,316-317,320Robbers,37-38,146-147,181,225,235,242Rope-bridge,191seq.Roses, wild,244,248,254-255Rupee, Chinese,153-154Saddle, Tibetan,320San Kuei("Three Refuges"),73Sao-p'a,seeSawbwaSawbwa (Shan chief),315,331Scenery of China, Chinese Tibet, Burma, etc.,2-3,15,44,123-124,133,156,163,172,174,177,182seq.,206-207,209-211,255,317,318,325-326,327-328Scholarship, lack of, among Chinese Buddhists,65seq.Schools,seeEducationSchrader's theory of Nirvana, iv.Science, triumphs of, in Europe,368-369Second defile,327,328Sericulture,35,41,45Shanghai-Wusung railway,17Shans,seeIndex of NamesSiege of Tali,257,258-264,xxxix.Silk-weaving,41,and seeSericultureSmoking prohibited at Muli,221Snow-line,163-164,175Soul, Buddhist denial of,67-68,72Sport,113,142,164-165,220,241,309Squirrels,181Stags,165Steam navigation on Irrawaddy,325-328,332---- on Yangtse,20seq.,25-26Sulphur springs,142Sung dynasty,271,272;artists of,378-379Sunshine in Ssuch'uan rare,101Suspension-bridges,seeBridgesTaoism,67,78,99Tatooing,302Taxation in Muli,218,xxxiv.---- in China,374Tea,114,129,156,158-159Tea-carriers,114,117Teeth of Buddha, alleged,62,86, vii.Temples and monasteries,42,45-46,62seq.,82seq.,122,128,299,308"Three Refuges, The,"73Thunder-dragon,61Tibetan charms,91,190,198-199---- coinage,153-154---- dogs,162-163---- frontier,39,116,125-126---- houses,157seq.,170---- inns,130,131---- saddle,320---- tea,158-159---- women,160seq.,205Tibetans,seeIndex of NamesTobacco,129Tolerance of Chinese, religious,79-80Tombs, "Royal," near Tachienlu,142Tooth-relics of the Buddha,62,86, vii.Towers, octagonal,168seq.,171,175,177Trade between China and Burma,254,300,310-312,315,317,322---- between China and Tibet,129-130,xxi.Tra-pa(Lamaist novices),217,221,225Trackers on the Yangtse,28-30Transliteration of Chinese names,44Trees, famous, of Mount Omei,61seq.Tribal chiefs subject to China,128,132seq.,213seq.,229,xxii.,xxviii.,xxxiv.,xxxvii.,and seeTachienlu, Muli, Yung-ning, Li-chiang,etc., in Index of NamesTsamba,83,156,158,159,172,173T'u Ch'ien Hu,xix.,xxii.T'u Pai Hu,172,176,190,xix.,xxii.,xxviii.Typhus fever,132Ula,136-137,139,152,160,173,174,186,225Umbrellas, European, in Burma,327Unhealthiness of valleys in western China,198-199,236,248,304-309,314Usnea barbata,178-179"Valley of the Shadow of Death,"304-309Vegetarian diet,83,100,221,337Vespers, Buddhist,107-108Village communities of China,376seq.Vocabularies,Appendix AVulgarity, absence of, in Burma,345seq.Warfare on Tibetan border,119-120,133seq.,150-152,154Water-buffalo,201,230Waterfall,317Wats of Siam,82Western civilisation, limitations of,338seq.,347seq.White wax industry,45,51,112Wild duck,113---- flowers,seeFlora"Will to live" in Buddhism,68Women of western China,160seq.,205,228,251,258Wood-carving in Burma,326Yellow Lamas, Land of the,seeMuli"Yellow Peril, The,"xlvi.,xlviii.Yellow robe of Burmese Buddhist,349,350Yellow Sect of Lamaism,214,219Yuan dynasty,271-272Yunnan,227-317;climate of,252-253,297-298,307;foreign trade in,254,310-312;frontiers of,227,317;language of,290-291,302;Mohammedan rebellion in,250,257-264,xxxix.;railways in,25-26,310-312;tribes of,265-292