, 148;
obelisks erected by Queen Hatasu, 148;
colossal statues and columns, 148;
cost in human life, 149
Kobe, greatest commercial seaport of Japan, 28-29;
its many foreign schools, colleges and missions, 28
Kyoto, ancient Japanese capital, 22-27;
richly decorated temples, 24;
satsuma, cloissone and damascene work, 24-25;
attractive shops, 26;
great bronze Daibutsa, 26;
oldest Buddhist temple in Japan, 27
Lawrence, Sir Henry, to whose wise precautions the British in Lucknow
owed their lives during the mutiny; he was killed in the early
days of the siege, 107.
Lucknow, scene of the most famous siege in the Indian mutiny, 106-109;
ruins of the Residency, 106;
story of the siege, 107-108;
memorial tablets to British heroes, 108
Luxor, with ruins of the finest temple in Egypt, 143-146;
built by Amenophis III; restored and enlarged by
Rameses II, 143-144;
plan of the temple, 144-145;
Rameses exposed by Egyptologists, 146;
temple of Karnak, 147-149
Manila, capital of Philippines and American naval base in
Far East, 51-62;
hospitality of Americans, 52;
reenforced concrete favorite building material, 52;
its splendid docks, 52;
the Escolta, 52;
the Bridge of Spain, 53;
the carabao or water buffalo, 53;
old walled city, 54;
historical gates, 54;
famous churches, 55;
doors open to the ambitious Filipino youths, 56;
influence of American schools, 56-57;
Dr. George W. Wright on religious work in Philippines, 56-57;
sanitary reforms which have made Manila healthy port, 57;
work of the Constabulary Guard, 58;
scenes on the Luneta, 60;
nipa huts of natives, 61-62;
fondness of people for music, 62;
American gramophones in native huts, 62
Nana Sahib, the evil genius of the Indian mutiny, who broke faith
with prisoners at Cawnpore, shot the men, and ordered
125 women and children butchered and cast into a well, 109
Nara, seat of oldest temples in Japan, 26-27;
tame deer in park, 26
Nicholson, John, Brigadier-General, the ablest man the Indian mutiny
produced, 121;
he led the British march on Delhi and fell at the storming of
the Lahore gate, 122
Nagasaki, great Japanese seaport, 30-33;
girls coaling steamers, 31-32;
trip to Mogi, 33
Nikko, the Japanese city of temples, 16-21;
eighth century Buddhist temple, 17;
Sacred Red Bridge, 17;
imperial tombs, 17-19;
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