The Boy Travellers in the Far East, Part Third

The Boy Travellers in the Far East, Part Third
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Thomas Wallace Knox. The Boy Travellers in the Far East, Part Third

The Boy Travellers in the Far East, Part Third

Table of Contents

PREFACE

ILLUSTRATIONS

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, AND WHAT CAME OF IT

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

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.—WILD ELEPHANTS AND THEIR HABITS.—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.—KAVANAGH'S STORY

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.—THUGS AND THE CAVES OF ELLORA

CHAPTER XXXVI

A SHORT HISTORY OF INDIA.—THE SEPOY MUTINY.—PRESENT CONDITION OF THE ARMY IN INDIA

A SHORT HISTORY OF INDIA. By FRANK BASSETT

CHAPTER XXXVII

BOMBAY.—THE TOWERS OF SILENCE.—A PARSEE SCHOOL.—CAVES OF ELEPHANTA.—SNAKE-CHARMERS.—FAREWELL TO INDIA

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Thomas Wallace Knox

Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to Ceylon and India; With Descriptions of Borneo, the Philippine Islands and Burmah

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BENARES TO LUCKNOW.—SIGHTS IN THE CAPITAL OF OUDE.—THE RELIEF OF LUCKNOW.—KAVANAGH'S STORY.

CHAPTER XXXI.

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