Chinese City in a State of Siege-Nautical Sports on the Blue River— Quarrel between Victors and Vanquished-Civil War at Kin-tcheou -Glance at the military Strength of the Chinese Empire-Discovery of two Soldiers in the Residence of the Missionary-Description of an extraordinary Review of Troops-Policy of the Mantchou Dynasty with respect to Soldiers-Chinese Navy-Cause of the Want of Bravery in the Chinese during the last War with the EnglishResources of the Empire for the Formation of a good Army and a powerful Navy-A Great Reformer needed-Departure from Kintcheou-Route by Land-Great Heat-Journey during the Night by Torch and Lantern.
[It will be observed that in the Map a system of writing Chinese names has been followed different from that of the text. In the latter the French orthography of M. Huc has been retained; in the former that adopted by Mr. Williams has been followed; both aim to express in our characters the sound of the Chinese names. The terminations fou, tcheou, and tsien found in the text are not inserted in the Map. These terminations indicate the size of the town, fou signifying a town of the first order, tcheou one of the second, tsien one of the third.]