and. The other "live boys," though
not so much inclined as the Milesian to battle with the cobra-de-capello,
have some experience in shooting tigers, leopards, deer, pythons,
crocodiles, and other game, though not enough to wholly satisfy their
natural enterprise.

The tour of the party is made by railroad in India, from Bombay, taking in
Lahore, Delhi, Agra, Cawnpoor, Lucknow, Benares, Calcutta, and by the
Guardian-Mother to Madras and Ceylon. On the way and in the cities the
titled conductors continue their "talks" and lectures about the places
visited, with as much of history as time would permit, including an epitome
of those great events in India, the Mutiny of the Sepoys, the "Black Hole,"
and other events of the past. The speakers were assisted by elaborate maps,
which the reader can find in his atlas. Statistics are given to some extent
for purposes of comparison. Brief notices of the lives of such men as
Bishop Heber, Sir Colin Campbell, Henry Havelock, and others are
introduced.

The party did not claim to have seen all there was of India; simply to have
obtained "specimen bricks" of the principal cities, with a fair idea of the
manners and customs of the people.

WILLIAM. T. ADAMS.

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CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I.

ABOUT FINDING THE LONGITUDE. 1

CHAPTER II.

THE WRECK IN THE ARABIAN SEA. 10

CHAPTER III.

A REVIEW OF THE PAST FOURTEEN MONTHS. 19

CHAPTER IV.

FIRST AND SECOND CUTTERS TO THE RESCUE. 30

CHAPTER V.

THE TITLED GENTLEMEN OF THE TRAVANCORE 40

CHAPTER VI.

THE GENERAL INTRODUCTION IN THE CABIN. 50

CHAPTER VII.

DR. FERROLAN'S EXPLANATION OF THE WRECK 60

CHAPTER VIII.

AN INTERVIEW IN THE CAPTAIN'S CABIN. 70

CHAPTER IX.

CONCERNING THE GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA. 80

CHAPTER X.

THE FLORA AND THE SNAKES OF INDIA 90

CHAPTER XI.

A PLEASANT DINNER-PARTY AT SEA 100

CHAPTER XII.

THE POPULATION AND PEOPLE OF INDIA 109

CHAPTER XIII.

LORD TREMLYN DISCOURSES MORE ABOUT INDIA 118

CHAPTER XIV.

SIR HENRY HAVELOCK AND THE MUTINY 128

CHAPTER XV.

ARRIVAL OF THE GUARDIAN-MOTHER AT BOMBAY 138

CHAPTER XVI.

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