CHAPTER I. PAGE Synopsis of the Journey.--Crossing the Continent.--A Great Midland City.--Utah and the Mormons.--The Sierra Nevada.--San Francisco.--A Herd of Sea-Lions.--Possibilities of California.--The Love of Flowers.--Public School System.--Excursion to the Yosemite.--An Indian Stronghold.--Description of the Valley.--Passage of the Mountains.--Caught in a Snow-Storm.--A Forest of Feathers.--The Mammoth Trees of California.--Passing the Golden Gate.--Voyage across the Pacific.--A Lost Day 1
Landing in Japan.--Characteristic Street Scenes.--Native Bazars.--Women of Yokohama.--Excursion into the Country.--Visit to Kamakura.--Peculiar Scenes on the Road.--A Wonderful Bronze Statue.--Popular Religions of the Country.--The Hakone Pass.--A Youthful Mother.--Native Jugglers.--Temple of Shiba.--Review of the Soldiery.--Ludicrous Sights.--A Native Fair at Tokio.--A Poor Japanese Woman's Prayer 30
Foreign Influence in Japan.--Progress of the People.--Traveling Inland.--Fertility of the Soil.--Grand Temples and Shrines at Nikko.--The Left-Handed Artist.--Japanese Art.--City of Kobé.--Kioto and its Temples.--Idol Worship.--Native Amusements.--Morals in Japan.--Lake Biwa.--Osaka on a Gala Day.--The Inland Sea.--Island of Pappenburg.--The Tarpeian Rock of Japan.--Nagasaki.--Girls Coaling a Ship.--National Products 55
Sail for Hong Kong.--Ocean Storms.--Sunset at Sea.--A Water-Spout.--Arrival in China.--Typhoon Bay.--Manners and Customs.--In and about Hong Kong.--Public Buildings.--Voyage up the Pearl River.--City of Canton.--Strangest of Strange Cities.--Opium Dens.--Temple of Honan.--The Worship of Swine.--Praying with a Fan.--Local Peculiarities.--Half Round the World.--Singapore.--A Tiger Hunt.--Burial at Sea.--Penang.--The Wonderful Palm 81
Sailing Due West.--The Indian Ocean.--Strange Sights at Sea.--Island of Ceylon.--Singhalese Canoes.--Colombo.--A Land of Slaves.--Native Town.--Singhalese Women.--Fantastic Nurses.--Local Pictures.--Cinnamon Gardens.--Wild Elephants.--Lavishness of Tropical Nature.--Curious Birds and their Nests.--Ancient Kandy.--Temple of Maligawan.--Religious Ceremonies.--Life of the Natives.--Inland Scenery.--Fruits.--Precious Stones.--Coffee Plantations.--Great Antiquity of Ceylon 125