CHAPTER X

On the Road to Ta-li Fu

Oar caravan--The Yün-nan pack saddle--Temple camps--Chinese _mafus_--Roads--Country--Ignorance of a Chinese scholar--New mammals--Village life--Opium growing--An opium scandal--Goitre--The Chinese "Mountain schooner"--Horses--Miss Morgan--Brigands--Our guard of soldiers

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