[2] This is the first institution of the kind in China, and is much needed, considering the fact that there is a garrison of seven thousand soldiers. The Institute has a fine lecture hall, two classrooms, two reception rooms, reading and recreation rooms; but it lacks a man to devote himself to developing the work as it should be, and to give his whole energy to work among soldiers. [3] See Dr. Harold Balme’s _An Inquiry into the Scientific Efficiency of Mission Hospitals in China_. [4] See _The Face of China_, Chapter V. [5] We were fortunate in finding an intelligent young English-trained Chinese in Peking to act as our interpreter. [6] It may interest the reader to know that the coolie hire for nineteen men was $165 (about £50 at the rate of exchange at that date) for the journey from Yünnanfu to Anshun. [7] Crackers are much used in Chinese worship. [8] Up this river at a place called Chên-Chow are the richest tungsten mines in the world. The raw product is sold at two thousand dollars per ton. [9] In one American school the boys are fined if heard speaking Chinese, and are not taught to read Chinese; in many there is no teaching of Chinese classics. [10] There is an excellent handbook called _An Official Guide to Eastern Asia_, Vol. IV. published by the Imperial Japanese Government Railways in 1915, which is beautifully illustrated, and which gives all the necessary information for making such a trip. It is to be bought at Sifton Praed’s, St. James’s Street, and elsewhere, price 20s. [11] Chapters II, VII and VIII have appeared by agreement with the publishers in _Outward Bound_. [12] He was entertained in a large guest-house which we visited. The Governor has recently built it for such occasions. [13] The first edition of _What the People Ought to Know_ was 2,750,000, and was distributed gratis throughout the province. One section is headed “The Three Fears”—these being (i) God, (ii) the Law, (iii) Public Opinion. [14] See Chapter VII, the account of General Feng’s influence on town of Changteh. [15] He intends to add a medical faculty to those already established in the Shansi university. [16] C.M.S. = Church Missionary Society. [17] Chinese students studying abroad frequently adopt English names for the sake of convenience. A student called Ng, for instance, experienced much difficulty till he did this. [18] See illustrations, p. 49. [19] This description is drawn from an official report of opium culture. No doubt it varies somewhat in different places, but the fact of the great labour required is true of it everywhere. [20] _China’s only Hope_—written by Chang Chih-Tung, China’s greatest Viceroy after China’s defeat by Japan. More than one million copies of it were sold, so great was its popularity. [21] _On the Trail of the Opium Poppy_, Vol. II, p. 3. For the names of many trees and plants given in this volume I am indebted to this writer.