From Western China to the Golden Gate

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Excerpt from From Western China to the Golden Gate: The Experiences of an American University Graduate in the Orient In making the following journey, the writer returned to America from a region in full view of the immense snowy peaks of Thibet. He first travelled by sedan chair, carried on men's shoulders, next, by bamboo raft, shooting tem pestuous rapids where the water roared and dashed over cruel black rocks ranged on either hand, then, by native junks both large and small, next, by a small Japanese river steamer, next, by a large Japanese river steamer, and finally, by an immense Japanese ocean liner of tons displacement, twenty-two knots speed. Many and varied were the experiences by the way, of which the following rapid sum mary will give some slight idea. In telling the story, the writer has been impelled by the notion that, since in these days American schoolmen are frequently called to China to teach in thegovernment scho'ols, °tiié experiences of such a man while returning from his post at a point far in the interior of that country, would be of interest to the general public. I wish to transport you to a remote point in the west of China, the great city of Chentu, a city so far removed from the United States that when it is noon in New York, it is within eight minutes of midnight there. For while New York is seventy-four degrees west from Green wich, Chentu is one hundred and four degrees east, so that one hundred and seventy-eight de grees of longitude intervene, nearly one-half the circuit of the globe. When New York is booming with the rush and clangor of noonday, in Chentu the great iron gates which afford en trance and exit have long been closed, for they are locked at sunset, the wooden barriers which separate one section of the city from another have been shut for two hours, and the only signs of life are the night-watchmen making their rounds with ¿ickering Chinese lantern and vi brating gong. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.