ders of the Palace of Boondi 158

XVIII

Of the Uncivilised Night and the Departure to Things
Civilised. Showing how a Friend may keep an Appointment
too well 171

XIX

Comes back to the Railway, after Reflections on the
Management of the Empire; and so Home again, with Apology
to All who have read thus far 180

FROM SEA TO SEA

I

Of Freedom and the Necessity of using her. The Motive and
the Scheme that will come to Nothing. A Disquisition upon
the Otherness of Things and the Torments of the Damned 193

II

The River of the Lost Footsteps and the Golden Mystery
upon its Banks. The Iniquity of Jordan. Shows how a Man
may go to the Shway Dagon Pagoda and see it not and to
the Pegu Club and hear too much. A Dissertation on Mixed
Drinks 202

III

The City of Elephants which is governed by the Great God
of Idleness, who lives on the Top of a Hill. The History
of Three Great Discoveries and the Naughty Children of
Iquique 214

IV

Showing how I came to Palmiste Island and the Place of
Paul and Virginia, and fell Asleep in a Garden. A
Disquisition on the Folly of Sight-seeing 223

V

Of the Threshold of the Far East and the Dwellers thereon.
A Dissertation upon the Use of the British Lion 233

VI

Of the Well-dressed Islanders of Singapur and their
Diversions; proving that All Stations are exactly Alike.
Shows how One Chicago Jew and an American Child can poison
the Purest Mind 240

VII

Shows how I arrived in China and saw entirely through the
Great Wall and out upon the Other Side 247

VIII

Of Jenny and her Friends. Showing how a Man may go to see
Life and meet Death there. Of the Felicity of Life and the
Happiness of Corinthian Kate. The Woman and the Cholera 259

IX

Some Talk with a Taipan and a General: proves in what
Manner a Sea Picnic may be a Success 268

X

Shows how I came to Goblin Market and took a Scunner at it
and cursed the Chinese People. Shows further how I
initiated all Hong-Kong into our Fraternity