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Mary Gaunt. A Broken Journey
A Broken Journey
Table of Contents
FOREWORD
A BROKEN JOURNEY
CHAPTER I—THE LURE OF THE UNKNOWN
CHAPTER II—TRUCULENT T'AI YUAN FU
CHAPTER III—THE FIRST SIGN OF UNREST
CHAPTER IV—A CITY UNDER THE HILLS
CHAPTER V—“MISERERE DOMINE!”
CHAPTER VI—BY MOUNTAIN AND RIVER
CHAPTER VII—CHINA'S SORROW
CHAPTER VIII—LAST DAYS IN CHINA
CHAPTER IX—KHARBIN AND VLADIVOSTOK
CHAPTER X—ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREAT RIVERS
CHAPTER XI—THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
CHAPTER XII—FACING WEST
CHAPTER XIII—THE UPPER REACHES OF THE AMUR
CHAPTER XIV—MOBILISING IN EASTERN SIBERIA
CHAPTER XV—ON A RUSSIAN MILITARY TRAIN
CHAPTER XVI—THE WAYS OF THE FINNS
CHAPTER XVII—CAPTURED BY GERMANS
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Mary Gaunt
Wanderings from the Hoang-Ho to the Island of Saghalien and the Upper Reaches of the Amur River
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“The case is hopeless. Hsi An Fu threatened. Advise you go by T'ai Yuan Fu.”
Now the road from Honan Fu to Hsi An Fu is always dangerous. It is through the loess, sunken many feet below the level of the surrounding country, and at the best of times is infested with stray robbers who, from the cliffs above, roll down missiles on the carts beneath, kill the mules and hold the travellers at their mercy. The carters go in large bodies and are always careful to find themselves safe in the inn-yards before the dusk has fallen.
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