Excerpt from The Back Blocks of China: A Narrative of Experiences Among the Chinese, Sifans, Lolos, Tibetans, Shans and Kachins, Between Shanghai and the Irrawadi The majority of the photographs were taken by Mr. R. Lockhart Jack. Unfortunately, his films had been exhausted before we commenced the flight to Burma, and I am indebted for photographs which supply the illustrations of some of the most interest ing portions of the journey to the Chairman of the Yiinnan Company (plates XIV. To XVI.) and Mr. J. Davidson, of the Friends' Mission, Chung King (plates VII VIII., ix.a, and X.a). For permission to reproduce Plate V. A, which has already appeared in the Graphic, I am indebted to the proprietors. 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.