CONTENTS.

[CHAPTER I.]Departure from Java.—Voyage to Borneo.
[CHAPTER II.]An Excursion in Borneo.—Story of Rajah Brooke.
[CHAPTER III.]Arrival at Manilla.—First Day on Shore.
[CHAPTER IV.]An Evening Promenade.—Village Life near Manilla.
[CHAPTER V.]An Excursion to the Interior.—Buffaloes and Agriculture.
[CHAPTER VI.]Hunting in Luzon.—Crocodiles and Great Snakes.
[CHAPTER VII.]Hunting the Deer and Wild Boar.—Results of the Chase.
[CHAPTER VIII.]Shooting Bats and Iguanas.—Visiting the Hot Springs.
[CHAPTER IX.]An Excursion among the Mountains.—Return to Manilla.—An Earthquake.
[CHAPTER X.]From Manilla to Singapore, and up the Straits of Malacca.—A Day at Pulo Penang.
[CHAPTER XI.]Shooting-Stars and their Character.—A Remarkable Voyage.
[CHAPTER XII.]First Day in Burmah.—The Golden Pagoda.
[CHAPTER XIII.]A Voyage up the Irrawaddy.—Scenes on the Great River.
[CHAPTER XIV.]Up the Irrawaddy.—Mandalay.—Audience with the King of Burmah.
[CHAPTER XV.]Leaving Burmah.—Capturing a Sea-Snake.—Stories of the Sea-Serpent.
[CHAPTER XVI.]Arrival in Ceylon.—Cingalese Boats.—Precious Stones of the East.
[CHAPTER XVII.]Sights in Point de Galle.—Overland to Colombo.
[CHAPTER XVIII.]Sights in Colombo.—Railway Journey to Kandy.
[CHAPTER XIX.]Around Kandy.—Botanical Gardens and Coffee Plantations.—Adventures with Snakes.
[CHAPTER XX.]Travelling in Ceylon.—Encounter with a Buffalo.—From Kandy to Newera-Ellia.
[CHAPTER XXI.]Scenery at Newera-Ellia.—Ascent of Adam's Peak.
[CHAPTER XXII.]From Ceylon to India.—A Marine Entertainment.—The Story of Robinson Crusoe.
[CHAPTER XXIII.]Sights in Pondicherry.—The French East Indies.—Voyage to Madras.
[CHAPTER XXIV.]Sights and Scenes in Madras.—The Indian Famine.
[CHAPTER XXV.]From Madras to Calcutta.—The Temple and Car of Juggernaut.
[CHAPTER XXVI.]Sights and Scenes in Calcutta.
[CHAPTER XXVII.]Calcutta, Continued.—Departure for Benares.
[CHAPTER XXVIII.]Northward by Rail.—Opium Culture.—Arrival at Benares.
[CHAPTER XXIX.]Sights in Benares.—The Monkey Temple.—Sarnath.—Buddhism.
[CHAPTER XXX.]Benares to Lucknow.—Sights in the Capital of Oude.—The Relief of Lucknow.
[CHAPTER XXXI.]Lucknow to Cawnpore and Agra.—Taj Mahal and Futtehpoor Sikra.
[CHAPTER XXXII.]In and Around Delhi.—Departure for Simla and the Himalayas.
[CHAPTER XXXIII.]From Umballah to Simla.—Excursion among the Himalayas.
[CHAPTER XXXIV.]Hunting-Scenes in India.—Pursuit of the Tiger on Foot and with Elephants.
[CHAPTER XXXV.]From Simla to Allahabad and Bombay.—A Great Hindoo Festival.—Castes.
[CHAPTER XXXVI.]A Short History of India.—The Sepoy Mutiny.—Present Condition of the Army in India.
[CHAPTER XXXVII.]Bombay.—The Towers of Silence.—Caves of Elephanta.—Farewell to India.