Suifu

Three days after leaving Chia-ting, we came in sight of Suifu, most picturesquely set on a rocky slope at the junction of the Min and the

A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia Elizabeth Kimball Kendall

At this point, and indeed from Tibet to Suifu, the Yangtse is, I believe, generally known as the Kinsha

A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia Elizabeth Kimball Kendall

Suifu, and sometimes they speak of it as the Ta-kiang, regarding it as the upper waters of the Yangtse.

A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia Elizabeth Kimball Kendall

Yangtse River, crossing, 63; its swift current, 63, 64; the "River of Golden Sand," 64; at Suifu, 206; travelling on, 206 _ff.

A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia Elizabeth Kimball Kendall

Ning-yüan I learned that two French travellers had just sought in vain for leave to attempt the crossing of the mountains to Suifu.

A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia Elizabeth Kimball Kendall

We covered the distance of nearly two hundred miles between Suifu and

A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia Elizabeth Kimball Kendall

I left the boat at Chungking and started on my land journey, going west 230 miles to Suifu.

AN AUSTRALIAN IN CHINA Morrison, George Ernest, 1862-1920 1895

Yet this was not a ferry boat, but a passenger boat engaged especially for me to carry me to Suifu before nightfall.

AN AUSTRALIAN IN CHINA Morrison, George Ernest, 1862-1920 1895

An immensely rich city is Suifu with every advantage of position, on a great waterway in the heart of a district rich in coal and minerals and inexhaustible subterranean reservoirs of brine.

AN AUSTRALIAN IN CHINA Morrison, George Ernest, 1862-1920 1895

In Chaotong I engaged three new men to go with me to Tongchuan, a distance of no miles, and I rewarded liberally the three excellent fellows who had accompanied me from Suifu.

AN AUSTRALIAN IN CHINA Morrison, George Ernest, 1862-1920 1895