CHAPTER V.

FROM CH’UNG-K’ING TO THE CAPITAL OF SSŬ-CH’UAN.

Fu-t’ou-kuan--The country and its products--Chinese New

Year--Charcoal from bracken--Ramie fibre and grass-cloth--Down a

tributary of the T’o--The T’o and its commercial importance--The

salt wells of Tzu-liu-ching--Sugar and safflower--The Ch’êng-tu

plain--Beggars--The capital of Ssŭ-ch’uan 70

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