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Author: Alexander Hosie
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Pages : 253
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Reproduction of the original: Three Years in Western China by Alexander Hosie
Author: Alexander Hosie
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ISBN: 3752393785
Category : Fiction
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Pages : 253
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Reproduction of the original: Three Years in Western China by Alexander Hosie
Author: Sir Alexander Hosie
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Category : Black Hmong dialect
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Author: ALEXANDER. HOSIE
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Author: Alexander Hosie
Publisher: E-Kitap Projesi & Cheapest Books
ISBN: 6155565260
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 393
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The most interesting part of China, from a geographical and ethnological point of view, is the Westgeographically, because its recesses have not yet been thoroughly explored, and ethnologically, because a great part of it is peopled by races which are non-Chinese, and one at least of which, though nominally owing allegiance to the Great Khan, is in reality independent. It was my fortune to be stationed in Western China from 1882 to 1884, and, during these three years, I was enabled, in the performance of my duties, to collect information regarding the country and its people; and it is in the hope that this information may not be unacceptable that I venture to lay the following pages before the public.Reports of the journeys which I made in Western China during the above years have already appeared in the shape of Parliamentary Papers; but, written as they were without any idea of publication and intended as mere trade notes, strung together from day to day on the march, they are not sufficiently connected to present a fair picture of this remote region.That part of Western China, with which I am personally acquainted and with which I propose to deal, lies to the south, and embraces the provinces of Ssu-chuan, Kuei-chow and Yun-nan, which, interesting in themselves, have become of considerable importance since the extension of the Indian Empire to the frontier of China and the absorption of Tonquin by the French.THE WAY THITHER.The great highway to the West is the River Yang-tsze. By the Agreement of Chefoo of September, 1876, the port of Ichang, situated on the north bank of the Yang-tsze about a thousand miles from the sea, was opened to foreign trade and foreign steam navigation; and, by the same Agreement, the residence of a Consular Officer at the city of Chung-king, in Ssu-chuan, to watch the conditions of British trade, was provided for. It was to take up this post that I left Wuhu towards the end of October, 1881.On arrival at Hankow, I discovered that the steamer, which had for some years been employed to run to Ichang, was undergoing extensive repairs at Shanghai, to better fit her for the navigation of the Upper Yang-tsze, and that another and larger steamer belonging to the same Company had just returned from Ichang with little hope, owing to the sudden fall of the river, of being then able to make another trip. A large quantity of cargo, however, which had accumulated at Hankow, induced the Company, much against the captains will, to send the steamer forward again; but, drawing only nine feet, she was unable, after a days journey, to push her way through six feet of sand and water, and had to return. After about a months delay, the smaller steamer arrived at Hankow, and, laden to six feet, reached Ichang with considerable difficulty on the 17th of December, the trip having occupied eight days.On this section of the river, navigation commences at daybreak, and, unless there is good moonlight, ceases at dark. Owing to the shifting sands, which constitute the bed of the river, the channel is constantly changing, and it is not uncommon to find the passage, which the steamer took on the up passage, completely barred on the down trip. The consequence is that soundings have constantly to be taken, and delay is the result. This refers to the winter months only, when the river is low, as, during high water, little difficulty exists, and the distance has been covered in fifty hours.The selection of Ichang as an open port has frequently been called in question, and it has been pointed out that Sha-shih, a town farther down the river and one of the six calling stations for steamers, would have been a preferable choice. Much may be said for Sha-shih, which is the principal terminus of the junk traffic between Ssu-chuan and the eastern provinces of China, but statistics clearly prove that Ichang has after all been a success.
Author: Alexander Sir Hosie
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Category : Travel
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Pages : 203
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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Three Years in Western China" (A Narrative of Three Journeys in Ssu-ch'uan, Kuei-chow, and Yün-nan) by Alexander Sir Hosie. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Author: Hosie
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Author: Alexander Hosie
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ISBN: 9781330649404
Category : History
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Pages : 382
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Excerpt from Three Years in Western China: A Narrative of Three Journeys in Ss -Ch'uan, Kuei-Chow, and Yun-Nan The following pages are intended to present a picture of Western China as the writer saw it in 1882, 1883, and 1884.Chapter VII., in a somewhat modified form, was read at a meeting of the Royal Geographical Society on the 22nd of February, and published in the Proceedings for June, 1886; Chapter XL. was read at the Aberdeen meeting of the British Association in September, 1885; and Chapter XII. was addressed to a special meeting of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce on the 12th of May, 1886. The remaining Chapters are now published for the first time, and, if they meet with half the favour bestowed upon the Parliamentary Papers in which the journeys were first, and somewhat roughly, described, the writer will consider himself amply rewarded for the work which want of leisure has compelled him to neglect so long. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
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Author: Sir Alexander Hosie
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Category : History
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Three Years in Western China A Narrative of Three Journeys in Ssu-ch'uan, Kuei-chow, and Yün-nan, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
