LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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GULF OF MANAR PEARLING BOAT, AND DIVERS RESTING IN THE WATER[Frontispiece]
From drawing by Corwin K. Linson.
PORT SAID ENTRANCE TO SUEZ CANAL, SHOWING DE LESSEPS'S STATUE[8]
From photograph by Georgilada Kip.
ITALIAN WARSHIP STEAMING THROUGH CANAL[13]
CARGO STEAMER IN THE CANAL AT KILOMETER 133[25]
From photograph by Georgilada Kip.
THE JETTY AT COLOMBO[32]
HINDU SILVERSMITHS, COLOMBO[38]
From photograph by Skeen & Co.
A HIGH PRIEST OF BUDDHA[42]
From photograph by Colombo Apothecaries Co., Ltd.
REPRESENTATION OF BUDDHA'S TOOTH, COLOMBO MUSEUM[46]
MAP OF THE GULF OF MANAR, "THE SEA ABOUNDING IN PEARLS"[53]
COOLIES CARRYING PEARL OYSTERS FROM THE BOATS TO THE GOVERNMENT "KOTTU"[60]
From drawing by Corwin K. Linson.
THE LATE RANA OF DHOLPUR IN HIS PEARL REGALIA[67]
From photograph by Johnston & Hoffmann.
INDIAN PEARL MERCHANTS READY FOR BUSINESS, MARICHCHIKKADDI[74]
From drawing by Corwin K. Linson.
THE LATE MAHARAJAH OF PATIALA IN HIS PEARL REGALIA[83]
From photograph by Johnston & Hoffmann.
A LADY OF KANDY[94]
From photograph by Skeen & Co.
TEMPLE OF THE TOOTH, KANDY[99]
From photograph by Colombo Apothecaries Co., Ltd.
CREMATION OF A BUDDHIST PRIEST[105]
From photograph by Platé & Co.
TREES IN PERADENIYA GARDEN, KANDY[111]
From photographs by Frederic C. Penfield.
TAMIL COOLIE SETTING OUT TEA PLANTS[115]
TAMIL GIRL PLUCKING TEA[119]
A KANDYAN CHIEFTAIN[124]
PARSEE TOWER OF SILENCE, BOMBAY[129]
A BOMBAY RAILWAY STATION[136]
A BOMBAY POLICEMAN[141]
HIS HIGHNESS THE MAHARAJAH OF JEYPORE[148]
A MATCHED PAIR OF BULLOCKS, JEYPORE[153]
STREET SCENE, JEYPORE, SHOWING PALACE OF THE WINDS[157]
COURT DANCERS AND MUSICIANS, JEYPORE[162]
THE TAJ MAHAL, AGRA[169]
ALABASTER SCREEN ENCLOSING ARJAMAND'S TOMB, TAJ MAHAL[175]
INLAID WORK IN MAUSOLEUM OP ITIMAD-UD-DAULAH, AGRA[182]
SCENE ON THE GANGES, BENARES[188]
BENARES BURNING GHAT, WITH CORPSES BEING PURIFIED IN THE GANGES[191]
BENARES HOLY' MEN[198]
A BRAHMIN PRIEST[203]
A CALCUTTA NAUTCH DANCER[207]
GENERAL POST-OFFICE, CALCUTTA[212]
SHIPPING ON THE HOOGHLY, CALCUTTA[215]
CALCUTTA COOLIES[222]
HONG KONG HARBOR[229]
HONG KONG'S MOUNTAINSIDE[233]
A FORMER "HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR" OF HONG KONG[240]
TEMPLE OF THE FIVE HUNDRED GENII, CANTON[247]
From photograph by A-Chan.
CITY OF BOATS, CANTON, WHERE GENERATIONS ARE BORN AND DIE[254]
EXAMINATION BOOTHS, CANTON[261]
From photograph by A-Chan.
PRINCIPAL SECTION OF MACAO[270]
FRONTIER GATE BETWEEN CHINA PROPER AND THE PORTUGUESE COLONY[275]
MONUMENT AND BUST OF CAMOENS, MACAO[279]
IN A FAN-TAN GAMBLING HOUSE, MACAO[288]
TYPICAL BUSINESS STREET IN A CHINESE CITY[293]
From photograph by A-Chan.
EXHIBITION OF BODIES OF CHINESE MALEFACTORS WHO HAVE BEEN STRANGLED[300]
SIMPLE PUNISHMENT OF A CHINESE MENDICANT[305]
CHINESE BUDDHIST PRIESTS[311]
BRONZE DAIBUTSU AT KAMAKURA, JAPAN[319]
From photograph by Frederic C. Penfield.
A GARDEN VIEW OF THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, TOKYO[328]
From photograph by Frederic C. Penfield.
JAPANESE JUNK, OR CARGO BOAT[337]