Identifier: yankeeonyangtzeb00geil (find matches)
Title: A Yankee on the Yangtze : being a narrative of a journey from Shanghai through the central kingdom to Burma
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Geil, William Edgar, 1865-1925
Subjects: China -- Description and travel Yangtze River (China)
Publisher: London : Hodder and Stoughton
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ht fall off. The plague was then thoughtto come from the earth. Dogs, cats and smallanimals died first ; then the pigs and larger animalswent the same way. All persons who remainedafter the animal died were liable to become victims.If a large spot appeared on the human body neara vital organ, the disease would prove fatal; other-wise there was hope of recovery. Houses weredeserted, and no one used an infected article.There is good reason for believing that the plaguereaches Hong Kong from this point. One of the menwho carried Mr. McCarthys baggage died on the wayback, and when he visited the place most of the peoplehad deserted the valley and were camping on thehillsides; many of the small hills were covered withcoffins. The Shans now cultivate the plain, and livethere all the year. Those who are born on the plainare not affected by the disease. When ascending the mountain, for many miles onecan look back and see the iron suspension bridge.The view from Homoshu is one of the best. The
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