{"product_id":"2940013469204","title":"CAMPS AND TRAILS IN CHINA","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE OBJECT OF THE EXPEDITION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe importance of the scientific exploration of Central Asia--The region\u003cbr\u003ewhich the Asiatic Zoölogical Expedition investigated--Personnel of the\u003cbr\u003eExpedition--Equipment--Applicants for positions upon the Expedition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHINA IN TURMOIL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYuan Shi-kai--Plot to become emperor of China--The Rebellion--Our arrival\u003cbr\u003ein Peking--Passports for Fukien Province--Admiral von Hintze, the German\u003cbr\u003eMinister--_En route_ to Shanghai--Death of Yuan Shi-kai\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUP THE MIN RIVER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eY.B.A.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArrival at Foochow--Foochow--We leave for Yen-ping--The Min River--Our\u003cbr\u003efirst night in a _sampan_--Miss Mabel Hartford--Brigands at\u003cbr\u003eYuchi--Yen-ping--Trapping at Yen-ping\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA BAT CAVE IN THE BIG RAVINE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Temple in the Big Ravine--Hunting serow--A bat apartment house\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE YEN-PING REBELLION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA message from Mr. Caldwell--Refugees from Yen-ping--Situation in the\u003cbr\u003ecity--Fighting on Monday morning--Wounded men at the hospital--We do Red\u003cbr\u003eCross work--More fighting--A Chinese puzzle--The missionaries save the\u003cbr\u003ecity--The narrow escape of a young Chinese--The mission cook--Return to\u003cbr\u003eFoochow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHUNTING THE GREAT INVISIBLE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTiger lairs--Mr. Caldwell's method of hunting--His first tiger--Habits of\u003cbr\u003etigers--Experiences with the Great Invisible--Killing a man eater--Chinese\u003cbr\u003esuperstitions--Hunting in the lair\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE BLUE TIGER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArriving at Lung-tao--The blue tiger--Mr. Caldwell's first view of the\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ebeast--The lair in the Long Ravine--Bad luck with the tiger--A meeting in\u003cbr\u003ethe dark--Ling-suik monastery--Life at the temple--Fukien Province as a\u003cbr\u003ecollecting ground\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VIII\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE WOMEN OF CHINA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eY.B.A.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSchools for girls--Position of women--The Confucian rules--Woman's life in\u003cbr\u003ethe home--Foot binding--Early marriage--A Chinese wedding\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVOYAGING TO YÜN-NAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOutfitting in Hongkong--Food--Guns--Cameras--_En route_ to Tonking--The\u003cbr\u003eIsland of Hainan--We engage a cook at Paik-hoi--Arrival in Haiphong--Loss\u003cbr\u003eof our Ammunition--Hanoi--The railroad to Yün-nan Fu--Yün-nan--The Chinese\u003cbr\u003eForeign Office endorses our plans\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eON THE ROAD TO TA-LI FU\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur caravan--The Yün-nan pack saddle--Temple camps--Chinese\u003cbr\u003e_mafus_--Roads--Country--Ignorance of a Chinese scholar--New\u003cbr\u003emammals--Village life--Opium growing--An opium scandal--Goitre--The\u003cbr\u003eChinese \"Mountain schooner\"--Horses--Miss Morgan--Brigands--Our guard\u003cbr\u003eof soldiers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTA-LI FU\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHsia-kuan--Summer temperature--Lake--Graves--Pagodas--Mr. H.G.\u003cbr\u003eEvans--Foreigners of Ta-li Fu--Chinese mandarins--Mammals at Ta-li--Caravan\u003cbr\u003ehorses and mules--The cook becomes ill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XII\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLI-CHIANG, AND THE \"TEMPLE OF THE FLOWERS\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTraveling to Li-chiang--Our entrance into the city--The surprise of the\u003cbr\u003eforeigners--The temple--Excellent collecting--Small mammals--The Moso\u003cbr\u003enatives--Customs--The Snow Mountain--Baron Haendel-Mazzetti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIII\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCAMPING IN THE CLOUDS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoso hunters--Primitive guns--Cross-bows and poisoned arrows--Dogs--A\u003cbr\u003eporcupine--New mammals--We find a new camp on the mountain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIV\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE FIRST GORAL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKilled near camp--A sacrifice to the God of the Hunt--Small mammals--The\u003cbr\u003esecond goral\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XV\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMORE GORALS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGorals almost invisible--Heller shoots a kid--Collecting material for a\u003cbr\u003eMuseum group--A splendid hunt--Two gorals--A crested muntjac\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE SNOW MOUNTAIN TEMPLE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first illness in camp--Serow--Death of the leading dog--Rain--Two more\u003cbr\u003eserows--Lolos--Non-Chinese tribes of Yün-nan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVII\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGORALS AND SEROWS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRelationship--Appearance of the serow--Habits--Gorals\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVIII\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE \"WHITE WATER\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eY.B.A.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur new camp--A serow--We go to Li-chiang--A burial ceremony--Ancestor\u003cbr\u003eworship\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eACROSS THE YANGTZE GORGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTraveling to the river--Inaccuracy of the Chinese--First view of the\u003cbr\u003egorge--The Taku ferry--Caves\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHROUGH UNMAPPED COUNTRY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlong the rim of the gorge--A beautiful camp at Habala--New\u003cbr\u003emammals--Photographic work--Phete village--Stupid inhabitants--Strange\u003cbr\u003enatives--The \"Windy Camp\"--Hotenfa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTRAVELING TOWARD TIBET\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA hard climb--Our highest camp--A Lolo village--Thanksgiving with the Lolos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXII\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSTALKING TIBETANS WITH A CAMERA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eY.B.A.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145648685296,"sku":"2940013469204","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013469204_p0.jpg?v=1763581300","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013469204","provider":"Barnes 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