Download or read book The River of Golden Sand Vol 1 of 2 The Narrative of a Journey Through China and Eastern Tibet to Burmah Classic Reprint written by William Gill and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2019-01-14 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The River of Golden Sand, Vol. 1 of 2: The Narrative of a Journey Through China and Eastern Tibet to Burmah Cradle of the Chinese Nation - Their Settlement in shan-si Characteristics of Chinese History - Manifold Invasions of China, but Chinese Individuality always predominates - Imagination essential to Advancement, but the Chinese have it not - Inven tions ascribed to them - Stoppage of Development - China for the Chinese - Foreign Help inevitable - The woo-sung Rail way - Defects of Chinese Character - Shanghai in vvinter pigeon-english - Perverse Employment of it - The word 'pa goda - Preparations again for Travel - Detail of Packages - The Shanghai Theatre - Chinese Treatment of Chinese - The Chi nese Performers - Sport at Shanghai - A Shooting Excursion on the yang-tzii - Names of the Great River - The so-called Grand Canal, ' and its Humours - Shooting Scenes - The Mixt. 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.
Download or read book River of Golden Sand Vol 2 of 2 The Narrative of a Journey Through China and Eastern Tibet to Burmah with Illustration and Ten Maps from Original written by William Gill and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-04-23 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from River of Golden Sand, Vol. 2 of 2: The Narrative of a Journey Through China and Eastern Tibet to Burmah, With Illustration and Ten Maps From Original Surveys In this there are eight bastions, four being pierced by gates. It is now three and a half miles long by about two and a half miles broad, the longest side lying about east-south-east, and west-north-west, so that its compass in the present day is about twelve miles. A stream, about thirty feet wide, runs through the city from west to east parts of this are embanked with perpendicular revetments on either side. At one point it is spanned by three bridges close together, each of stone with a single arch. The one in the centre has at one time evidently been larger and of more importance, for on the other side of the road that lies between the water and the houses, almost buried in the buildings, there is a stone lion with his back to the brook. This has clearly been the former end of the bridge, so that the houses must have advanced some yards since this was built. This bridge, which is near the southern gate of the im perial city, probably led in former days to the broad street spoken of by Martini. The city is well laid out, the streets, straight and at right angles to one another, well and carefully paved. 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.
Download or read book The River of Golden Sand written by William Gill and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The River of Golden Sand: Being Narrative of a Journey Through China and Eastern Tibet to Burmah Meeting of the Royal Geographical Society Gill's diameter. And England's duty. [61 Interment of the relics in St. Paul's. Testimonies to Gill's virtues and services. [63 Conclusion. 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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Download or read book The River of Golden Sand Being the Narrative of a Journey Through China and Eastern Tibet to Burmah written by William John Gill and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 edition. Excerpt: ... GEOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION. (Originally written 1879; Recast 1883.) i. 'The River of Golden Sand' was printed during the absence of its author at Constantinople in 1879 (see p. [31]), and we had been so much in communication on the subject of his intended book that the business of seeing it through the press in his absence seemed naturally to devolve on me. On Gill's return he and my friend Mr. Murray asked me to write a preface to the book; and out of this request arose the somewhat lengthy essay which is now reproduced, with a few modifications, including some passages intended to bring it up to the date of the present republication. 2. The 'general reader, ' whose eye may be caught by the title of this work, will not, we trust, be misled by the familiar melody of Bishop Heber to suppose that the traveller will conduct him to 'Afric's sunny fountains.' The 'River of Golden Sand ' is a translation of the name KinSha-Kiang, or (in the new orthography, in which I find it hard to follow my author) Chin-Sha-Chiang (Gold-SandRiver), by which the Chinese, or at least Chinese geographers, style the great Tibetan branch of the Yang-tzii, down to its junction, at Su-chau (or Swi-Fu, as it is now called), with the Wen or Min River, descending from Ssu-Ch'uan. Of other names we shall speak a little below. It is proposed now to indicate some of the points of geographical interest in the little-known region of which the River of Golden Sand is as it were the axis--that region of Eastern Tibet which intervenes between the two great [68] GEOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION. historic continents of India and China--and to sketch the history of explorations in this tract previous to that of Captain Gill. If in this task I sometimes use words that I...
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Download or read book The River of Golden Sand Being the Narrative of a Journey Through China and Eastern Tibet to Burmah written by William John Gill and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-02-25 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
Download or read book The River of Golden Sand the Narrative of a Journey Through China and Eastern Tibet to Burmah Volume 1 written by William John Gill and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VIII. A LOOP-CAST TOWARDS THE NORTHERN ALPS. CH'fiNG-TU TO BUNG-p'AJf-T'lffG. Kindness of French Missionaries at Oh'Sng-Tu--Arrangements with Mr. Mesny--Endeavour to take a House--Mystifications on the Subject--Pleasures of French Society--Proposed Excursion to the North--The Man-Tzu, or Barbarian Tribes--Preliminaries of Departure--Leave Ch' ng-Tu-Fu--Pi-Hsien--Engaging Official there --The Escort -- Irrigated and Wooded Country--Halt at KuanHsien--Scope of Excursion Extended--Frantic Curiosity of People, but no Incivility--Irrigation Works--Rope Suspension Bridge-- Coal-beds--Yu-Chi Charming Inn--Yin-Hsiu-Wan, and WaterMills--Hsin-We'n-Fing--The 'Min River' -- Macaroni-making -- WSn-Ch'uan-Hsien -- First Man-Tzu Village--Pan-Ch'iao--Traces of War--Relentless Advance of Chinese--Miraculous Sand Ridge -- Hsin-Pu-Kuan -- Rapid Spread of the Potato -- Excursion to Li-Fan-Fu in the Man-Tzu Hills--Scenes that recall the Elburz-- Carefully-made Hill Road--The ' Sanga' of the Himalayas--Angling --Village of Ku-Oh'eng--Peat Streams--Musk Deer--Arrival at LiFan-Fu--The Margary Proclamation--Tales of Local Wonders--The Traveller fain would see--The Lions of Li-Fan-Fu--Search for a Man-Tzu Village--Man-Tzu here a term of Reproach--The I-Ran Tribes and their Language--Ku-Ch'eng--Local Wonders again-- Return to Hsin-Pu-Kuan--Resume Valley of Hsi-Ho (or ' Min River ) --We'n-Ch'eng--The Himalayan Haul-Bridge in Use--Polite Curiosity at Ma-Chou--
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