In a Mule Litter to the Tomb of Confucius (Classic Reprint)

OlIAP'fER I
BgFonE setting ont on a journey, the intending
traveller is often loadod with warnings and advico
by those who have, or are supposed to have, some
experience. Let me warn my readers, before they
set out, that they mu~t not expect anything thrilling.
I had no hair-breadth escapes, nor was I privileged
to snatch anyone from immillent death. Still, those
who accompany me with eyes and ears open in this
strange land may see and heal' things that will go
far to repay them for their trou hIe.
Let me say first of aU, then, that foreigners who
have been accu5tOlned with anything li,k e macad(unised
roads can have little or no idea of t.he meaning
of the word "roa.d" as applied to the high ways of
Shantung-the Province in China in which this
journey was nlMe. Perhaps the most import.ant
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Table of Contents

CHAPTER I; 'VarDing6-Road~ (1)-Means of tra,el-Preparation-The; start-llogs-Sbent!Zti travelling-Our first olght-; PAOE; A Chinese itm 1-9; CHAPTER II; Grumbles-The man with the cleaver-Many visitotsShent; ·~tl and tllcorief break down - Lai-yang - An; amazing structure-Tbree courses at dinner-Carts; and cowhinations-Pateo cutfef-A bright companion; -Swine bcrds-Holywatcr Pool-The tcmplc of a; thousaDd idols 1(>-19; CHAPTER III; A stranger and pilgrim-GoJd mines-Pe:-nut~An nfiabJe; lan