a.--Typhoon Bay.--Manners
and Customs.--In and about Hong Kong.--Public Buildings.--Voyage
up the Pearl River.--City of Canton.--Strangest
of Strange Cities.--Opium Dens.--Temple of
Honan.--The Worship of Swine.--Praying with a Fan.--Local
Peculiarities.--Half Round the World.--Singapore.--A
Tiger Hunt.--Burial at Sea.--Penang.--The Wonderful Palm 81

CHAPTER V.

Sailing Due West.--The Indian Ocean.--Strange Sights at
Sea.--Island of Ceylon.--Singhalese Canoes.--Colombo.--A
Land of Slaves.--Native Town.--Singhalese Women.--Fantastic
Nurses.--Local Pictures.--Cinnamon Gardens.--Wild
Elephants.--Lavishness of Tropical Nature.--Curious
Birds and their Nests.--Ancient Kandy.--Temple of Maligawan.--Religious
Ceremonies.--Life of the Natives.--Inland
Scenery.--Fruits.--Precious Stones.--Coffee Plantations.--Great
Antiquity of Ceylon 125

CHAPTER VI.

Arrival in India.--Tuticorin.--Madura.--Bungalows.--Reptiles
and Insects.--Wonderful Pagoda.--Sacred Elephants.--Trichinopoly
and its Temples.--Bishop Heber.--Native
Silversmiths.--Tanjore.--The Rajah's Palace.--Pagoda and
an Immense Stone Idol.--Southern India.--City of Madras.--Want
of a Harbor.--In and about the Capital.--Voyage
through the Bay of Bengal.--The Hoogly River.--Political
Capital of India.--A Crazy King.--The Himalayas.--Sunset
and Sunrise at Darjeeling 150

CHAPTER VII.

From Calcutta to Benares.--Miles of Poppy Fields.--Ruined
Temples.--The Mecca of Hindostan.--Banks of the Sacred
Ganges.--Idolatry at its Height.--Monkey Temple.--The
Famous River Front of the Holy City.--Fanaticism.--Cremating
the Dead.--A Pestilential City.--Visit to a Native
Palace.--From Benares to Cawnpore.--A Beautiful Statue.--English
Rule in India.--Delhi.--The Mogul Dynasty.--Lahore.--Umritsar.--Agra.--
The Taj Mahal.--Royal Palace and Fort.--The Famous Pearl Mosque 187

CHAPTER VIII.

From Agra to Jeypore.--An Independent Province.--A Unique
Indian City.--Wild Animals.--Elephant Traveling.--Trapping
Tigers.--A Royal Palace.--The Harem.--Native Rule.--Wild
Monkeys and Peacocks.--Long Journey across Country.--Bombay.--The
Rival of Calcutta.--The Parsees.--Towers
of Silence.--Feeding the Vultures.--A Remarkable
Institution.--Island of Elephanta.--Street Jugglers.--Crossing
the Sea of Arabia.--The Southern Cross.--Aden.--Passage
up the Red Sea.--Landing at Suez.-