[22] The high priest of Taoism in Kiangsi is called “High Priest of the Dragon and Tiger Mountains” (Hackmann’s _Der Buddhismus_, p. 186), and I have seen tiger shrines on Mount Omi. [23] The Keh-lao are a group of tribes quite distinct from the Miao and I-chia, with a language of their own. The Ya-Ya Keh-lao are so called because every bride has a front tooth (= ya) broken. [24] The character “ching” is different from the above. [25] S. R. Clarke’s _Among the Tribes in South-West China_, pp. 41, 42. [26] _See_ M. E. Burton’s admirable book, _Notable Women of Modern China_ (published by Fleming Revell). [27] I am indebted for much information on this point to T. Tingfang Lew, M.A., B.D. (Yale), Lecturer on Psychology, National University, Peking, etc. etc. [28] I am greatly indebted to a series of articles by Mr. T. Bowen Partington in the _Financier_ for these and other trade details in different parts of the book. [29] The blind boys have been wonderfully trained by Mrs. Wilkinson in music. Their singing had the touching pathos so often heard in the singing of the blind, and their orchestra is known for its skill in places remote from Foochow. _Index_ Aboriginal tribes, Ch. V, 12, 13, 97, 99, 102-4 Aerial Service, 217-8 Afforestation, 25 Agricultural Colleges, 52, 53, 108 American Missions (see under heading “Missions”) Influence, 20 Amichow, 38 Amoy, 36, 73, 210-2 Ancestor Worship, 124-5, 213, 219 Anglo-Chinese Friendship Society, 20 Animals, domestic, 93, 94 wild, 94 Animism, 129 Anshunfu, 40, 96, 97 Art, Chinese, 89, 90, 96, 102, 215, 219 Baber, Colborne, 131 Bacon, F., 1 Balme, Dr. H., 25 Bamboo, 205 Bannan, Mr. and Mrs., 149 Baptist (see Missions) Cantonese Church, 30, 31 Barnes, Miss, 179, 181 Becker, Mr. and Mrs., 143 Beggars, 53, 54 Bible School, 152 Birds, 88, 90, 99 Blind, 208 Bradley, Dr., 70 Brigands, 68-70, 77, 107, 111, 144, 151 Browning, R., 140, 158 Buddhism, 43, 107, 211, 215, 219 Butterfield & Swire, 42 Canadian, 24 Canton, 20, 197, 206, 218-20 “Central Chinese Post,” 182-3 Chambers of Commerce, 23, 211 Chang Chih Tung, 16, 43, 81, 192-3 Changsha, 41, 42, 149-55, 178, 180-4 Changteh, 42, 149, 159-71 Chao Chowfu, 213-4 Chekiang, 31, 45, 53 Chen Chow, 42 Chen Kiang, 18 Chen Lun, 95 Chen Yüen, 41, 111-3 Chen Yu Ling, Miss, 71, 73 Child Labour, 197 “China Continuation Committee,” 34 China Inland Mission (C.I.M.), 97, 105, 143, 146, 149, 206 Chinese Classics, 43, 176, 194 Church, 70, 71, 211 Home Mission, 70-3, 169 Christian Endeavour Society, 149, 207 Cinema, 27, 214 City of the Dead, 219 Clarke, S. R., 124, 133-4 C.M.S. (Church Missionary Society), 34, 70, 179, 208 Coal, 62, 89, 150 Colleges—Foochow, Trinity, 208-9 N.C.U. (North China Union) for Women, 71 St. John’s, Shanghai, 147 Yale, 151-2, 184