Several of the Burmese photographs have been collected for me in Burmah, and sent me by William Miller, Esq., of Rangoon. I am peculiarly obliged to Mr. Miller, because he found time in the press of grave official duties to take so much trouble for one who had not then the pleasure of his acquaintance.

L. J. M.

London, 31st May 1894.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I
My First Glimpse of the Orient[1]
CHAPTER II
Andrew[12]
CHAPTER III
Our Day Out[19]
CHAPTER IV
My First ’Rickshaw Ride[26]
CHAPTER V
In the Burra Bazaar[35]
CHAPTER VI
A Christmas Dinner on a Roof[55]
CHAPTER VII
Oriental Obsequies—A Hindoo Burning Ghât[62]
CHAPTER VIII
Oriental Nuptials—A Hindoo Marriage[70]
CHAPTER IX
King Theebaw’s State Barge[80]
CHAPTER X
Oriental Obsequies—Burmese Burials[87]
CHAPTER XI
Oriental Nuptials—Burmese Bridals[93]
CHAPTER XII
A Jaunt in a House-boat through the Home of the Wild White Rose[100]
CHAPTER XIII
An Opium Den in Shanghai[112]
CHAPTER XIV
Memories of Hong-Kong[120]
CHAPTER XV
A Glimpse of Canton[131]
CHAPTER XVI
Chinese Prisoners[151]
CHAPTER XVII
The Chinese New Year[157]
CHAPTER XVIII
Oriental Obsequies—Chinese Coffins[164]
CHAPTER XIX
Oriental Nuptials—Chinese Espousals[173]
CHAPTER XX
Chinese Shoes[180]
CHAPTER XXI
Japanese Touch[188]
CHAPTER XXII
Four Women that I knew in Tokio—Mrs. Keutako[196]
CHAPTER XXIII
Four Women that I knew in Tokio—The Countess Oyama and Mrs. Uriu[206]
CHAPTER XXIV
Four Women that I knew in Tokio—Madame Sannomiya[214]
CHAPTER XXV
Tom Street[223]
CHAPTER XXVI
Oriental Obsequies—A Japanese Funeral[235]
CHAPTER XXVII
Oriental Nuptials—Japanese Wedlock[241]
CHAPTER XXVIII
Bamboo[249]
CHAPTER XXIX
On the Himalayas[255]
CHAPTER XXX
My Ayah[265]
CHAPTER XXXI
Sambo[275]
CHAPTER XXXII
How we kept House on the Hills[288]
CHAPTER XXXIII
Oriental Obsequies—The Parsi Towers of Silence[298]
CHAPTER XXXIV
Oriental Nuptials—A Parsi Wedding[306]
CHAPTER XXXV
At Subathu where the Bagpipes play and the Lepers hide[315]
CHAPTER XXXVI
In the Officers’ Mess[322]
CHAPTER XXXVII
At the Mouth of the Khyber Pass[328]
CHAPTER XXXVIII
An Impromptu Dinner Party in the Punjab[335]
CHAPTER XXXIX
Salaam![341]
Glossary[349]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[Louise Jordan Miln]Frontispiece
[Street Scene in Colombo]To face page9
[Natives Weaving Mats in Ceylon]"25
[Delhi Nautch Girl]"56
[King Theebaw’s State Barge]"80
[Burmese Posture Girls]"85
[Pagoda near Mandalay]"88
[Band at a Burmese Theatrical Performance]"90
[Burmese Mother and Child]"94
[Burmese Musicians]"97
[Bhâmo Women]"99
[City Wall, Old Shanghai]"112
[Chinese Actors]"136
[Foochow Singing Girls]"169
[Chinese Musicians]"184
[Mrs. Keutako’s Daughter]"200
Danjero in his Favourite Rôle
[Danjero in European Costume]}209
Danjero as I knew Him
[Mrs. Keutako’s Baby]"224
[Hindoo Coolie Women with Loads of Bamboo]"249
[Fan Palm at Singapore]"255
[Natives Reading at Penang]"256
[Hill People—Bhooteas and Nepaulese]"264
[A Thornless Black Blossom]"273
[H.H. The Maharajah of Patiala on his Favourite Racer]"320
[Afredeeds at the Khyber Pass]"329
[Idols in a Siamese Pagoda]"341