CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. PAGE THE START FROM TEHERAN, …….. 1
CHAPTER II. PERSIA AND THE MESHED PILGRIM ROAD, …… 34
CHAPTER III. PERSIA AND THE MESHED PILGRIM ROAD,…… 43
CHAPTER IV. THROUGH KHORASSAN,………. 65
CHAPTER V. MESHED THE HOLY,………. 84
CHAPTER VI. THE UNBEATEN TRACKS Of KHORASSAN,…… 109
CHAPTER VII. BEERJAND AND THE FRONTIER OF AFGHANISTAN, .. .. 135
CHAPTER VIII ACROSS THE "DESERT OF DESPAIR,"……. 160
CHAPTER IX. AFGHANISTAN,………… 181
CHAPTER X. ARRESTED AT FURRAH,……… 197
CHAPTER XI. UNDER ESCORT TO HERAT,……… 209
CHAPTER XII. TAKEN BACK TO PERSIA,……… 230
CHAPTER XIII. ROUNDABOUT TO INDIA,…… 255
CHAPTER XIV. THROUGH INDIA,……….. 284
CHAPTER XV. DELHI AND AGRA,………. 809
CHAPTER XVI. FROM AGRA TO SINGAPORE,…….. 833
CHAPTER XVII. THROUGH CHINA,……….. 365
CHAPTER XVIII. DOWN THE KAN-KIANG VALLEY,…….. 400
CHAPTER XIX. THROUGH JAPAN,………… 432
CHAPTER XX. THE HOME STRETCH,………. 451

CAMBRIDGE, MASS., April 10, 1887.