Excerpt from Across Chryse, Vol. 1 of 2: Being the Narrative of a Journey of Exploration Through the South China Border Lands, From Canton to Mandalay A paved causeway gives approach to Lin-an across the fields, which were under water, excepting those for poppy cultivation, which were well forward. On the left we passed a large tank, the water of which was being lashed over the causeway by _a high wind. On account of the wind I had to leave the chair, as the men could hardly make their way against it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.