es, 19;
famous cryptomeria avenue to Imaichi, 20-21

Nile, sailing down the, 156-160;
importance of river to Egypt, 156;
ancient method of irrigation by shadouf, 157-158;
poor pay for hard work, 158;
prevalence of eye diseases, 159;
squalid homes of the natives, 160;
beauty of views along the Nile, 160

Osaka, Japan's chief manufacturing city, 29;
Hideyoshi's castle, 29

Parsees, importance in municipal life of Bombay, 129;
religion that of Zoroaster, 129-130;
gifts by rich Parsee merchants, 131;
quaint marriage customs, 132;
towers of silence where dead are exposed, 133-135

Pyramids, among the oldest human work on earth, 161-163;
size and cost of construction, 162-163;
ascent of Gizeh, 163;
features of the Sphinx, 164;
rock tombs of Sakkara, 164

Raffles, Sir Stamford, the maker of Singapore and founder of great
Malayan museum, 81

Rangoon, Burma's largest city, 89-92;
elephants piling teak, 89-90;
Shwe Dagon Pagoda, center of the Buddhist faith in Orient, 90-91;
splendid decoration of shrines, 91-92

Shah Jehan, the greatest builder among the Mogul Emperors of India,
who immortalized his name by erecting the Taj Mahal, 112

Singapore, gateway to the Far East, 80-88;
humidity of atmosphere, 80;
world's largest dry dock, 81;
Sir Stamford Raffles, 81;
great mixture of races, 81-82;
traits of the Malay, 83;
importance of Chinese, 84-85;
night scenes in Malay and Chinese quarters, 85-87;
large opium dens, 87;
fine botanical gardens, 88

Taj Mahal, the world's most beautiful building at Agra, India, 111-116;
built by Shah Jehan as memorial to favorite wife, 112;
cost in money and human life, 112;
its perfect architecture, 114;
lavish decoration, 115;
restoration by Lord Curzon, 116

Thebes, tomb city of the ancient Egyptian kings, 150-155;
desolate site across the Nile from Luxor, 150-151;
electric-lighted tombs, 151;
rock-hewn tomb of Rameses IV, 152;
tombs of other monarchs, 152-153;
only one contains royal mummy, 154;
fine temple of Queen Hatasu, 153;
the Ramessium, with largest statue found in Egypt, 154;
Colossi of Memnon, 154;
why one of the statues was musical, 155

Tokio, the Japanese capital, 10-15;
its splendid parks, 11-13-14;
imperial palace, 13;
tombs of six shoguns, 14;
night work in shops, 15

Wheeler, General, whose confidence in his native troops,
cost the