THREE GENERATIONS--AT THE VILLAGE GRINDSTONE 206 VILLAGE OF KU-SHAN-HOU, SHOWING HONORARY POLES IN FRONT OF THE ANCESTRAL TEMPLE 224 MONUMENT TO FAITHFUL WIDOW, KU-SHAN-HOU 224 AN AFTERNOON SIESTA 252 WASHING CLOTHES 252 THE ANCESTRAL GRAVEYARD OF THE CHOU FAMILY 256 A PEDIGREE-SCROLL (CHIA P'U) 264 SPIRIT-TABLETS 278 A PEDIGREE SCROLL (CHIA P'U) 280 A WRECKED JUNK 288 A JUNK ASHORE 288 WEIHAIWEI VILLAGERS 314 SHEN-TZŬ (MULE-LITTER) FORDING A STREAM 314 HILLS NEAR AI-SHAN 330 HILL, WOOD AND STREAM 330 IMAGE OF KUAN TI, WEIHAIWEI 362 THE BUDDHA OF KU SHAN TEMPLE 368 THE CITY-GOD OF WEIHAIWEI 368 SHRINE TO THE GOD OF LITERATURE 372 A T'U TI SHRINE 372 YÜAN DYNASTY GRAVES 376 A T'U TI SHRINE, SHOWING RAG-POLES AND TREE 376 THE HAUNTED TREE OF LIN-CHIA-YÜAN 380 A VILLAGE 382 AT CHANG-CHIA-SHAN 382 AI-SHAN PASS AND TEMPLE 386 SHRINES TO THE MOUNTAIN-SPIRIT AND LUNG WANG 396 WORSHIP AT THE ANCESTRAL TOMBS 396 AT THE VILLAGE OF YÜ-CHIA-K'UANG 398 A MOUNTAIN STREAM AND HAMLET 398 WÊN-CH'ÜAN-T'ANG 400 SHRINE ON SUMMIT OF KU SHAN 414 VILLAGERS AT A TEMPLE DOORWAY 414 TWO BRITISH RULERS ON THE MARCH, WITH MULE-LITTER AND HORSE 434 A ROADSIDE SCENE 434 THE COMMISSIONER OF WEIHAIWEI (SIR J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, K.C.M.G.), WITH PRIEST AND ATTENDANTS AT THE TEMPLE OF CH'ÊNG SHAN 440 MAP WEIHAIWEI _at the end_ LION AND DRAGON IN NORTHERN CHINA CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION