Arrival in India.--Tuticorin.--Madura.--Bungalows.--Reptiles and Insects.--Wonderful Pagoda.--Sacred Elephants.--Trichinopoly and its Temples.--Bishop Heber.--Native Silversmiths.--Tanjore.--The Rajah's Palace.--Pagoda and an Immense Stone Idol.--Southern India.--City of Madras.--Want of a Harbor.--In and about the Capital.--Voyage through the Bay of Bengal.--The Hoogly River.--Political Capital of India.--A Crazy King.--The Himalayas.--Sunset and Sunrise at Darjeeling 150
From Calcutta to Benares.--Miles of Poppy Fields.--Ruined Temples.--The Mecca of Hindostan.--Banks of the Sacred Ganges.--Idolatry at its Height.--Monkey Temple.--The Famous River Front of the Holy City.--Fanaticism.--Cremating the Dead.--A Pestilential City.--Visit to a Native Palace.--From Benares to Cawnpore.--A Beautiful Statue.--English Rule in India.--Delhi.--The Mogul Dynasty.--Lahore.--Umritsar.--Agra.-- The Taj Mahal.--Royal Palace and Fort.--The Famous Pearl Mosque 187
From Agra to Jeypore.--An Independent Province.--A Unique Indian City.--Wild Animals.--Elephant Traveling.--Trapping Tigers.--A Royal Palace.--The Harem.--Native Rule.--Wild Monkeys and Peacocks.--Long Journey across Country.--Bombay.--The Rival of Calcutta.--The Parsees.--Towers of Silence.--Feeding the Vultures.--A Remarkable Institution.--Island of Elephanta.--Street Jugglers.--Crossing the Sea of Arabia.--The Southern Cross.--Aden.--Passage up the Red Sea.--Landing at Suez.--Traveling in Egypt 223
Cairo and the Arabian Nights.--Street Scenes and Cries.--Camels and Donkeys.--Turkish Bazars in Old Cairo.--Water-Carriers.--The Pyramids of Gizeh.--The Sphinx.--Interesting Visit to a Native House.--Mosque of Mehemet Ali.--The Rotten Row of Cairo.--The Khedive's Palace.--Egyptian Museum.--Mosque of Amer.--Whirling and Howling Dervishes.--Suez Canal.--Ismailia and Port Said.--Island of Malta.--City of Valetta.--Palace of the Knights.--Bird's-eye View 259
Voyage through the Mediterranean.--Gibraltar on Sunday.--Beautiful Alameda.--Visit to the Famous Fortress.--Wild Monkeys.--Cannon and Flowers.--Tangier.--Morocco.--Straits of Gibraltar.--A Moorish City of To-day.--Local Scenes.--A Private Museum.--The Governor's Palace.--Rusty Keys.--The Typical Moor.--The Slave Market.--Oriental Tableaux.--Visit to Washington Mount.--A Cup of Moorish Coffee.--From Gibraltar to Malaga.--Spain.--The City of Raisins and Sweet Wine 288