The Land of the Boxers; or, China under the AlliesCasserly, Gordon
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The Land of the Boxers; or, China under the Allies
Casserly, Gordon
China -- Description and travel
Chong Wong Foo, 83
City Hall, Hong Kong, 176
Clocks in Emperor’s palace, 91
Club, Hong Kong, 176;
Tientsin, 20;
German at Tientsin, 22;
English Tennis at Macao, 244;
Portuguese Naval Tennis Club, Macao, 251;
Military Club, Macao, 241
_Cloisonné_ in Pekin, its manufacture, 111
Coal Hill, Pekin, 74
Cockroaches as an article of diet, 224
Concessions, European, in Tientsin, 17;
in Canton, 259, 274
Confucius, Temple of, 111
Consulate, British, at Tientsin, 20;
foreign, at Canton, 274
Coolie Corps, 10
Cossacks at play, 163
Customs, Imperial Chinese, station on Mah Wan, 209;
at Samchun, 212;
officers of, 217
Curzon, Lord, _Problems of the Far East_, 69
Dagoes, 53
Daibutsu at Kamakura and Hiogo, 109
Death of a thousand cuts, 271
De Boulay, Major, R.A., 121
Deep Bay, 196, 210
Development of Japan, 293
Dobell, Major, D.S.O., Royal Welch Fusiliers, 85
Docks, Kowloon, 187
Dockyard, Royal Naval, at Wei‐hai‐wei, 4;
at Hong Kong, 178
Dorward, General, his eulogy of American troops, 52
Dowager‐Empress, her pavilion in the Forbidden City, 92;
palace in Pekin, 74;
Summer Palace, 115;
seizure of the Emperor, 115;
supposed plan to entrap the Allies, 206
Dragon Gate in Canton, 274
Drummond, Mr. Ivor, C.I.C., 31
Dutch Expeditionary Force, 54;
their envy of the Portuguese colonies in the past—attempt on
Macao, 232
East India Company in Canton, 258
Efficiency of British officers of the Indian Army, 57;
of the Japanese Intelligence Department, 49
Egyptian _fellah_ compared to the Chinaman, 297
Elderton, Commander, D.S.O., good work at Taku, 8
Embroidery in Canton, 268
Emperor, his powerlessness, 64;
his palace, 89;
throne room, 89;
harem, 90;
private apartments, 91
English Concession at Tientsin, 17
English Legation at Pekin, 78
English officers, friendship with the Americans, 21;
linguists in China, 19;
supposed ungraciousness of manners, 81;
plain campaigning dress, 27
Examinations, Chinese system of, 273
Examination Hall in Canton, 273
Examiners, Chinese, at Canton, 274
Executions at Tientsin, 28;
in Canton, 271
Extortion of mandarins, 291
Fair, Lieut., R.N., Flag‐Lieutenant to Admiral Seymour, 24
Family love of the Chinese, 281
Fans, 106
Fan‐tan in Samchun, 225;
in Macao, 253
Fares from Hong Kong to Canton and Macao, 235
Favrier, Archbishop, defends the Peitan gallantly, 95;
captures a Chinese gun, 96;
introduction to him, 99
Ferreira Amaral, Governor of Macao, refuses to pay tribute to the
Chinese, 232
Fighting races of India, 56
Fireworks, Chinese, 219
Flags of Chinese troops in Samchun, 215, 227
Floating population of Canton, 260;
of Hong Kong, 185
Flora, Governor’s summer residence, 240
Flowery Forest Monastery, 269
Forbidden City, 73, 86
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