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Page ix: Teng-yueh replaced with Tengyueh
Page 8: "My Chinese Passport" replaced with "The
Author's Chinese Passport"
Page 9: Kweichou replaced with Kweichow
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with missionary
Page 30: Kueichou replaced with Kweichou
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Page 34: Tung-to-hsia replaced with Tung-lo-hsia
Page 44: Chung-king replaced with Chungking
Page 47: Fuh-kien replaced with Fuhkien
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Page 58: mainroad replaced with main road
Page 61: Comma after "Chinese, who," removed
Page 62: tow-rope replaced with towrope
Page 63: Tali-fu replaced with Talifu
Page 64: trôp matèrialistes italicised
Page 69: ling-chi replaced with Ling chi
Page 76: Semi-colon following Chaotong replaced with comma
Page 77: Takwan-hsien replaced with Tak-wan-hsien, twice
Page 78: Comma after "yellow rape-seed" removed;
half-penny replaced with halfpenny
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Page 96: ill paved replaced with ill-paved
Page 97: Semi-colon following Chaotong replaced with comma
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Page 118: main-road replaced with main road
Page 125: Semi-colon after Tongchuan replaced with comma
Page 139: Comma after "other heathen country" replaced
with full stop
Page 142: Kongshan replaced with Kong-shan
Page 149: Chung-king corrected to Chungking
Page 150: Yesutang replaced with Yesu-tang
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single quotes (single quotes used for the last reported speech in the story)
Page 155: Single quote after "pretty safe" added;
thick-neck replaced with thickneck
Page 156: Momein replaced with Momien
Page 161: uncivilized and civilization replaced with
uncivilised and civilisation
Page 162: Mexican Dollar replaced with Mexican dollar
Page 164: Chung-king replaced with Chungking
Page 172: Muntze replaced with Mungtze
Page 184: Tong-chuan replaced with Tongchuan
Page 186: Tai-ping replaced with Taiping
Page 190: Full stop added after "in rags and barefoot"
Page 192: Tali replaced with Talifu
Page 193: a'accord replaced with d'accord
Page 197: Question mark after "...that of a doctor?"
replaced with full stop
Page 199: mid-day replaced with midday
Page 200: Yunnen replaced with Yunnan
Page 204: Hsia-kwan replaced with Hsiakwan, twice
Page 206: Commas added after "we replied" and "(you to go
on)"
Page 208: Mahommedan replaced with Mohammedan
Page 219: Yung-chang replaced with Yungchang
Page 220: Tali-fu replaced with Talifu
Page 230: splended replaced with splendid
Page 233: Full stop removed after Rivers; tea house
replaced with teahouse
Page 236: inn-keeper replaced with innkeeper
Page 238: Laotsêng replaced with Laotseng
Page 246: Yung-chang replaced with Yungchang; "and other"
replaced with "and another"
Page 249: Yunnaness replaced with Yunnanese
Page 259: Liliputians replaced with Lilliputians
Page 270: Full stops after Power and Kachins removed
Page 294: Chunking replaced with Chungking
Page 295: Fenghsiang replaced with Feng-hsiang
Page 296: Lingchi replaced with Ling chi
Page 298: Subtopics under entry "Soldiers" separated with
semi-colons
Inconsistent capitalisations between the Table of Contents and individual chapter titles have been retained.
Discrepancies between illustration captions and those in the list of illustrations retained, unless noted above. As the illustrations were not included with the original scans but were located during processing of this book, where there have been small differences the List of Illustrations has generally been preferred.
One instance of Taouen with an unclear mark above the /u/, one instance of Taoūen. This has been left as is.
Punctuation of standard abbreviations (Mr., Mrs., per cent., s. ) has been standardised.
Pounds, shillings and pence have all been italicised.