CHAPTER IV.

THROUGH NORTH-EASTERN YÜN-NAN TO THE YANG-TSZE.

The city of Yün-nan Fu--P’u-êrh tea--Opium-smoking, chair-bearers, and personal care--Exposure of robbers’ heads--Chinese school--Rainbow superstition--Entertainment at Tung-ch’uan Fu--A successful ruse--Stopped by a mountain torrent--Lodged in a byre--On the banks of the Niu-lan River--The Chao-t’ung plain and its lakes--Stories of Lolo bloodshed--Down from the plain--Narrow escape of a porter--Back to Ssŭ-ch’uan--Descent of the Nan-kuang River--Down the Yang-tsze to Ch’ung-k’ing 54