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ОглавлениеTHE FAR EAST.
VOYAGE TO SAIGON.—ARRIVAL IN COCHIN CHINA.
HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE.—FIRST SIGHTS AND SCENES IN ANAM.
A WONDERFUL TEMPLE.—RUINS OF NAGKON WAT AND ANGKOR.
CAMBODIA.—ITS CAPITAL AND KING.
DEPARTURE FROM SAIGON.—VISITING A CHINESE JUNK.
THE WONDERFUL STORY OF MARCO POLO.
ARRIVAL IN SIAM.—FIRST DAY IN BANGKOK.
TEMPLES AT BANGKOK.—THE FOUNDER OF BUDDHISM.
ASCENDING THE MENAM, FROM BANGKOK TO AYUTHIA.
VISITING THE PRINCE OF THE ELEPHANTS.—AYUTHIA.—SOMETHING ABOUT CROCODILES.
STORIES OF ELEPHANT-HUNTING.—SCENES OF THE CHASE.
BANG-PA-IN TO BANGKOK.—STUDIES IN NATURAL HISTORY AND BOTANY.
THE KING IN HIS STATE BARGE.—BETEL AND TOBACCO.
WOMEN, HAIR-CUTTING, AND SLAVERY.
CREMATION IN SIAM.—TRADE, TAXES, AND BIRDS.
PRESENTATION TO THE KING.—DINNER AT THE PALACE.
THE WHITE ELEPHANT.—VISIT TO THE SECOND KING OF SIAM.
LEAVING SIAM.—LIFE UNDER THE OCEAN WAVE.
LIGHT UNDER WATER.—PEARL-FISHING AND TURTLE-HUNTING.
INCIDENTS OF A SEA-VOYAGE.—SINGAPORE.
SIGHTS AND SCENES IN SINGAPORE.
CROSSING THE EQUATOR.—ADVENTURE WITH MALAY PIRATES.
SUMATRA AND ITS PECULIARITIES.—SNAKES AND ORANG-OUTANGS.
ARRIVAL IN JAVA.—SIGHTS AND SCENES IN BATAVIA.
BATAVIA TO BUITENZORG.—TROPICAL SCENES.—BIRDS OF PARADISE.
A CHAPTER ON POLITICAL ECONOMY.—THE DUTCH CULTURE SYSTEM IN JAVA.
RICE CULTURE IN JAVA.—MILITARY AND SOCIAL MATTERS.
A POST RIDE IN JAVA.—FROM BUITENZORG TO BANDONG.
VISITING A TEA PLANTATION.—PREPARATION OF TEA.
EASTERN JAVA, LOMBOCK, TIMOR, AND THE ARU ISLANDS.
