'King of the Beggars' the chief of a beggar guild—vain of his excessive raggedness, Loon Wah, China. Photographer: James Ricalton for Underwood and Underwood
A chain gang in China—in the throroughfare wearing 'cangues,' which record their crimes, Soo-chow. Photographer: James Ricalton for Underwood and Underwood
View along the Bund from Municipal Council Building—Hankow, interior China's greatest tea port. Photographer: James Ricalton for Underwood and Underwood
Paddy fields and group of jeering natives at Matin, 700 miles inland, Kiangsi Province, China. Photographer: James Ricalton for Underwood and Underwood