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The boy travellers in the Far East, part third : adventures of two youths in a journey to Ceylon and India with descriptions of Borneo, the Philippines Islands and Burmah

Author:
Knox, Thomas Wallace
Print Source:
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1882
Publication Info:
Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Library
Publication Date:
1882
Table of Contents:
Front Matter
Title Page
Preface.
Contents.
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.-Bufaloes 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 Manila 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 on 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 Mahla 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 of India.
A Short History of India.
Chapter XXXVII. : Bombay.-The Towers of Silence.-A Parsee School.-Caves of Elephanta.-Snake Charmers.-Farwell to India.
End Matter