LIST OF PLATES

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Portrait of the Author[Frontispiece]
Cooking the Breakfast Fish round the Camp Fire[17]
My Policeman in his Private Dress[18]
The Shallows of the River, showing the Rounded Nodules which contain the Fossils I was seeking [21]
The Pine Tree tied up for the Winter[83]
A Large and Interested Audience of School Children watched our Proceedings at Mera [122]
The Coast Road along which we walked round Boshu [128]
The Curious Bent Cycad in the Temple Grounds [170]
The Quaintest Bow-Legged Dwarf Carried My Luggagg, and Trotted on Ahead Like a Bear [196]
The Botanical Gardens in Winter Dress. A Group of Cycads protected against the Snow [255]