CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE

PREFACE iv

INTRODUCTION 1

1. FIRST GLIMPSES OF JAPAN 14
2. GRAVE LANDS OF CHINA 48
3. TO HONGKONG AND CANTON 60
4. UP THE SI-KIANG, WEST RIVER 81
5. EXTENT OF CANALIZATION AND SURFACE FITTING OF FIELDS 97
6. SOME CUSTOMS OF THE COMMON PEOPLE 118
7. THE FUEL PROBLEM, BUILDING AND TEXTILE MATERIALS 137
8. TRAMPS AFIELD 167
9. THE UTILIZATION OF WASTE 193
10. IN THE SHANTUNG PROVINCE 216
11. ORIENTALS CROWD BOTH TIME AND SPACE 261
12. RICE CULTURE IN THE ORIENT 271
13. SILK CULTURE 311
14. THE TEA INDUSTRY 323
15. ABOUT TIENTSIN 330
16. MANCHURIA AND KOREA 345
17. RETURN TO JAPAN 376

MESSAGE OF CHINA AND JAPAN TO THE WORLD.

Farmers of Forty Centuries (contents)