1. | Portrait of J. Hudson Taylor | Frontispiece |
2. | The "Lammermuir" party | Facing "Contents" |
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3. | Honorary banner presented to a missionary | 1 |
4. | A heavy road in North China | 7 |
5. | Salt junk on the Yang-tsi | 13 |
6. | Travelling by mule cart on "the great plain" | 19 |
7. | Ch'ung-k'ing, the Yang-tsi, and mountains beyond | 24 |
8. | Water gate and Custom house, Soo-chow | 29 |
9. | View on the Kwang-sin River | 30 |
10. | Temple and memorial portal | 34 |
11. | "Compassionate heart, benevolent methods" | 35 |
12. | Outside the wall of Gan-k'ing | 38 |
13. | The new girls school at Chefoo | 39 |
14. | Entrance to the Po-yang lake | 44 |
15. | A fair wind, at sunset, on the lake | 45 |
16. | A view on the grand canal | 49 |
17. | Down the Yang-tsi on a cargo boat | 57 |
18. | East gate and sentry box, BhamÔ, Burmah | 69 |
19. | Farmhouse, with buffalo shed attached | 70 |
20. | A fishing village on the lake near YÜnnan Fu | 77 |
21. | Teng-yueh, the westernmost walled city in China | 91 |
22. | A small temple near Wun-chau | 92 |
23. | Group of Christians at Lan-k'i, Cheh-kiang | 97 |
24. | A boat on the Red River, Tonquin | 98 |
25. | Students' quarters, Gan-k'ing Training Home | 104 |
26. | A Mandarin's sedan chair | 105 |
27. | A presentation banner (a mark of high respect) | 110 |
28. | View on the Po-yang lake | 116 |
29. | A village on the grand canal | 121 |
30. | The battlements of Pekin | 126 |
31. | Native woodcut of a landscape | 131 |
32. | Elder Liu and wife, Kwei-k'i | 136 |