CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I.[Farewell to Old England]1
II.[Madeira, Teneriffe, and Cape de Verde Islands]13
III.[Palma to Rio de Janeiro]33
IV.[Rio de Janeiro]46
V.[The River Plate]67
VI.[Life on the Pampas]81
VII.[More about the Argentine Republic]97
VIII.[River Plate to Sandy Point, Straits of Magellan]111
IX.[Sandy Point to Lota Bay]134
X. [Chili]155
XI.[Santiago and Valparaiso]177
XII. [Valparaiso to Tahiti]194
XIII.[The South Sea Islands]211
XIV.[At Tahiti]227
XV.[Tahiti to Sandwich Islands—Kilauea by Day and by Night]265
XVI.[Hawaiian Sports]275
XVII. [Honolulu—Departure for Japan]291
XVIII. [Honolulu to Yokohama]303
XIX. [Yokohama]316
XX.[Kioto, late Miaco]333
XXI.[The Inland Sea]353
XXII.[To Canton up the Pearl River]376
XXIII.[From Macao to Singapore]392
XXIV. [Singapore]408
XXV. [Ceylon]426
XXVI.[To Aden]443
XXVII.[Via Suez Canal]456
XXVIII. ['Home']473
[APPENDIX]489

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

WOODCUTS IN TEXT.

[Cape Brassey: Smyth's Sound]Title-page
[Portrait of the Author]v
[Sunset on Southampton Water]1
[Nearly Overboard]5
[The Derelict 'Carolina' laden with Port Wine]9
[Our First View of Madeira]13
[Madeira Fish-carrier]17
[A Cozy Corner]22
[A Palm-tree in a Garden, Orotava, Teneriffe]31
[Tarafal Bay, St. Antonio]37
[Father Neptune]39
[His Doctor (Crossing the Line)]40
[Lulu and her Puppies]41
[Vespers]42
[Botafogo Bay]46
[The Slave Village, Fazenda, Santa Anna]56
[The Three Navigators]67
[Prairie Dogs and Owls]77
[Devil's Horns]84
[La Calera]87
[Indians at Azul]104
[Lassoing Horses]106
['Monkshaven' on Fire]112
[Shipwrecked Crew coming on Board]115
[Fuegian Weapons]127
[Fuegian Bow and Arrows]129
[Pin for fastening Cloak, Made from a Dollar beaten out]131
[Fuegian Boat and Oars]132
[Bartering with Fuegians]135
[Thornton Peaks]137
[Glaciers, Snowy Sound]139
[Unfit Bay]144
[Two-peaked Mountain]145
[Indian Reach]147
[Catching Cape-Pigeons in the Gulf of Peñas]153
[Chilians waiting for the Train]164
[A Fellow Passenger]167
[Baths of Cauquenes]171
[Up the Valley towards the Andes]173
[Cacti of the Cordillera]174
[Huasso Huts]175
[Huasso of Chili]176
[Morning Mass at Santiago]177
[What makes Horses go in Chili]181
[Juvenile Scrubbers]195
[Conversation at Sea]197
[Inscription from Easter Island]204
[Tatakotoroa or Clarke Island]208
[Going up the Mast in a Chair]209
[Children looking up]209
[Our First Landing in the South Pacific, Hao or Bow Island]214
[Maitea]220
[Maitea]220
[Maitean Boatman]221
[Quarantine Island, Papeete]226
[Under the Trees, Papeete]227
[Chætodon Tricolor]229
[Chætodon Plagmance]232
[Waterfall at Faataua]235
[A Tahitian Lady]247
[Tropic Feathers]251
[Chætodon Besantii]253
[Tattoo in the Tropics]256
[Feather Necklace]279
[War Necklace]283
[Ancient War Masks and Costumes from the Museum at Honolulu]284
[Chalcedon Imperator]287
[Feathered Cloak and Helmets]294
[The Pali-Oahu]295
[Zeus Ciliaris]301
[Amateur Navigation]308
[Little Redcap]313
[Japanese Boats]315
[Fujiyama, Japan]316
[A Drag across the Sand in a Jinrikisha]327
[Inoshima by a Japanese Artist]328
[Japanese Boatman]329
[Facsimile of our Luncheon Bill]330
[A Family Group]338
[Wayside Travellers]349
[Arrima. The Village of Bamboo Basket Work]357
[The Yacht on Fire]360
[Yoken San or Sacred Mountain, Inland Sea]363
[Hurusima, Inland Sea]364
[How we were boarded by Chinese and dispersed them]371
[Chinese Visiting Cards]377
[Pearl River]379
[Bogue Forts]381
[Chinese Pagoda and Boats]382
[The French Consulate, Canton]389
[Chinese Foot and Boot]398
[Maharajah of Johore's House]414
[The Pet Manis]417
[Malacca]419
[How the Journal was written]423
[Peacock Mountain, Ceylon]439
[Soumali Indian, Aden]451
[Straits of Bab-el-Mandeb]457
[Beating up the Red Sea]462
[Homeward Bound]473
[Faldetta, Malta]475
[Armoury in the Governor's Palace, Valetta]477
[Tangier]482
[Vasco da Gama]484
[Belem Cloister Gardens]485
[Our Welcome back off Hastings]487
[Home at Last]488

NOTE.

I have to thank Mr. W. Simpson, author of 'Meeting the Sun,' for the passages given on pages 341 to 343 referring to the Japanese temples and their priesthood.