As the season is approaching for globe-trotters and others to visit the gorges of the Upper Yangtze, the following hints are published for general information. It is enough to say that they come from an unimpeachable authority, and much convenience and disappointment will be averted if intending visitors are careful to read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, before starting on their trip.
1,—Passports should be applied for either in Shanghai or Hankow. in Ichang. All kinds of provisions and wines should be procured in Hankow, where an arrangement can be made to return what is not used.
3.—Camp beds and bedding should be taken for the boat journey.
4.—Cutlery, glass and crockery.
5,—Cooking stave and charcoal.
6.—Lamps and candle 7.—A cook and boy 8.—A telegram should be sent from Hankow, requesting that a junk be procured.
9.—Cost of Journey—For junk, coolies and extra trackers, about six dollars ($6.00) aday. Mexican dollars are only take: at a discount. Bank notes are refused—it is, therefore, advisable to obtain a Letter of Credit in Hankow on either Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Ca., or Messrs, Butterfield and Swire, ut Ichang.
10.—Junks are perfectly bare, and, nothing being procurable in Ichang, travellers should provide themselves at Hankow with everything they consider necessary for their comfort.
'To visit Patung, or the end of the Gorges, about ten days are required. To the Yeht'an Rapids, seven days, the Hsin-tan Rapids, five da; 'The best' season for this excursion is from October to end of March,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.