Agra, East Indian city of interesting features, [111];

the Taj Mahal, [112-116]

Arjmand, favorite wife of Shah Jehan, for whom the Taj was built, [112]

Benares, sacred city of the Hindoos, [100-105];

bathing ghats along the Ganges, [100-102];

toll levied by priests on all bathers, [103];

burning the dead by the river banks, [104-105];

funeral ceremonies, [105]

Bombay, gateway of India, [123-134];

beauty of public buildings, [123-124];

the Apollo Bunder, [124];

importance of the Parsees in city life, [124-1126];

reception to King George V, [127];

holiday street scenes, [128];

religion and customs of the Parsees, [129-130];

wedding ceremonies, [132];

"Towers of Silence" where dead are exposed to vultures, [133-134]

Buddhism, temples at Nikko, [17];

greatest temple, the Shwe Dagon Pagoda at Rangoon, [90];

first residence of Buddha at Sarnath, near Benares, [100]

Cairo, the capital of Egypt, [137-142];

much Europeanized since Ismail's time, [138-139];

the Street of the Camel, [138-140];

Esbekiyeh Gardens, [140];

shopping in the great Muski bazar, [141];

Island of Roda, where Moses was found, [142];

scenes in the old native city, [142]

Calcutta, greatest commercial port of India, [95-99];

former capital, [95];

the Maidan or Esplanade, [95-96];

Eden Gardens, [95];

scene of the Black Hole, [96];

caste marks, [97];

scenes in bathing ghats on the Hoogly, [98];

native quarter, [98-99];

botanical gardens with great banyan tree, [99];

Imperial Museum, [99]

Canton, the great business center of China, [72-79];

exodus of people during revolution, [73];

boat city on the Pearl river, [73-74];

"hot-foot" boats, [75];

inside the ancient walls, [76-77];

deserted stores on main street, [76];

Buddhist Temple of Horrors, [77];

great rush of refugees, [77-78];

scene of the assassination of Tartar general, [78];

old Buddhist water clock, [78]

Cawnpore, scene of the worst massacre in the Sepoy mutiny, [109-110];

fatal mistake of General Wheeler, [109];

treachery of Nana Sahib, [110];

butchery of women and children, [110]

Chator, Sir Paul, who made Hongkong a great city, [81]

Delhi, ancient Mogul capital of India, [117-122];

tombs of Moslem emperors, [117-118];

squalor of common people, [119];

Mogul palaces and mosques, [119-120];

the Kutab Minar, [120-121];

memorials of the mutiny, [121-122];

fighting at Kabul gate, [122]

Egypt, the land of tombs, pyramids and mummies, [137-164];

railroad ride from Port Said, [138];

features of the country, [138-139];

Cairo and its picturesque life, [138-142];

Luxor and Karnak ruins of finest temples of ancient Egypt, [143-149];

Thebes, tomb city of the Egyptian Kings, [150-155];

sailing down the Nile, [156-160];

Pyramids and the Sphinx, [161-164]

Havelock, English General who fought his way into Lucknow and helped defend the city against hordes of mutineers, [108]

Hideyoshi, Napoleon of Japan, his memory revered, [19];

his castle, [29]

Hongkong, greatest British port in the Orient, [65-71];

its fine public buildings and spacious water-front, [66];

splendid shops on Queen's road, [67];

picturesque street crowds, [68];

mixture of races, [68];

night scenes in native quarter, [69];

cable railway to the peak, [70];

costly residences on mountain side, [70];

Kowloon City, [71]

India, the most interesting country of the Orient, [95-104];

Calcutta, most beautiful of Indian cities, [95-99];

Benares, the sacred city of the Hindoos, [100-105];

Lucknow and Cawnpore, cities of the mutiny, [106-110];

Agra and the Taj Mahal, [111-116];

Delhi, the ancient Mogul capital and now the British capital, [117-122];

Bombay, the European gateway of India, [123-134];

the Parsees and their curious customs, [129-134]

Japan, Yokohama, [3];

aspect of rural life, [4];

bull, the beast of burden [5];

the jinrikisha, [5];

great courtesy of all classes, [6];

women as field hands, [8];

Tokio, the picturesque capital, [10-15];

Nikko, city of temples, [16-21];

Kyoto, the ancient capital, famous for gardens and art work, [22-27];

railway travel, [22-23];

Kobe,[28-33];

Osaka, chief manufacturing city, [29];

Inland Sea, [30];

Nagasaki, [30-32];

development of sense of beauty, [34-37];

influence of the garden on artistic sense, [34-35];

are the Japanese honest? [28-39];

influence of Christianity, [41-42];

the sampan, [43];

influence of military training, [45-46];

loyalty to country, [46-47]

Karnak, the greatest temple of ancient Egypt, [147-149];

its enormous size, [147];

its hypostile hall, one of the wonders of the world, [147-148];

hieroglyphs of Seti and Rameses, [148];

obelisks erected by Queen Hatasu, [148];

colossal statues and columns, [148];

cost in human life, [149]

Kobe, greatest commercial seaport of Japan, [28-29];

its many foreign schools, colleges and missions, [28]

Kyoto, ancient Japanese capital, [22-27];

richly decorated temples, [24];

satsuma, cloissone and damascene work, [24-25];

attractive shops, [26];

great bronze Daibutsa, [26];

oldest Buddhist temple in Japan, [27]

Lawrence, Sir Henry, to whose wise precautions the British in Lucknow owed their lives during the mutiny; he was killed in the early days of the siege, [107].

Lucknow, scene of the most famous siege in the Indian mutiny, [106-109];

ruins of the Residency, [106];

story of the siege, [107-108];

memorial tablets to British heroes, [108]

Luxor, with ruins of the finest temple in Egypt, [143-146];

built by Amenophis III; restored and enlarged by Rameses II, [143-144];

plan of the temple, [144-145];

Rameses exposed by Egyptologists, [146];

temple of Karnak, [147-149]

Manila, capital of Philippines and American naval base in Far East, [51-62];

hospitality of Americans, [52];

reenforced concrete favorite building material, [52];

its splendid docks, [52];

the Escolta, [52];

the Bridge of Spain, [53];

the carabao or water buffalo, [53];

old walled city, [54];

historical gates, [54];

famous churches, [55];

doors open to the ambitious Filipino youths, [56];

influence of American schools, [56-57];

Dr. George W. Wright on religious work in Philippines, [56-57];

sanitary reforms which have made Manila healthy port, [57];

work of the Constabulary Guard, [58];

scenes on the Luneta, [60];

nipa huts of natives, [61-62];

fondness of people for music, [62];

American gramophones in native huts, [62]

Nana Sahib, the evil genius of the Indian mutiny, who broke faith with prisoners at Cawnpore, shot the men, and ordered 125 women and children butchered and cast into a well, [109]

Nara, seat of oldest temples in Japan, [26-27];

tame deer in park, [26]

Nicholson, John, Brigadier-General, the ablest man the Indian mutiny produced, [121];

he led the British march on Delhi and fell at the storming of the Lahore gate, [122]

Nagasaki, great Japanese seaport, [30-33];

girls coaling steamers, [31-32];

trip to Mogi, [33]

Nikko, the Japanese city of temples, [16-21];

eighth century Buddhist temple, [17];

Sacred Red Bridge, [17];

imperial tombs, [17-19];

school pilgrimages, [19];

famous cryptomeria avenue to Imaichi, [20-21]

Nile, sailing down the, [156-160];

importance of river to Egypt, [156];

ancient method of irrigation by shadouf, [157-158];

poor pay for hard work, [158];

prevalence of eye diseases, [159];

squalid homes of the natives, [160];

beauty of views along the Nile, [160]

Osaka, Japan's chief manufacturing city, [29];

Hideyoshi's castle, [29]

Parsees, importance in municipal life of Bombay, [129];

religion that of Zoroaster, [129-130];

gifts by rich Parsee merchants, [131];

quaint marriage customs, [132];

towers of silence where dead are exposed, [133-135]

Pyramids, among the oldest human work on earth, [161-163];

size and cost of construction, [162-163];

ascent of Gizeh, [163];

features of the Sphinx, [164];

rock tombs of Sakkara, [164]

Raffles, Sir Stamford, the maker of Singapore and founder of great Malayan museum, [81]

Rangoon, Burma's largest city, [89-92];

elephants piling teak, [89-90];

Shwe Dagon Pagoda, center of the Buddhist faith in Orient, [90-91];

splendid decoration of shrines, [91-92]

Shah Jehan, the greatest builder among the Mogul Emperors of India, who immortalized his name by erecting the Taj Mahal, [112]

Singapore, gateway to the Far East, [80-88];

humidity of atmosphere, [80];

world's largest dry dock, [81];

Sir Stamford Raffles, [81];

great mixture of races, [81-82];

traits of the Malay, [83];

importance of Chinese, [84-85];

night scenes in Malay and Chinese quarters, [85-87];

large opium dens, [87];

fine botanical gardens, [88]

Taj Mahal, the world's most beautiful building at Agra, India, [111-116];

built by Shah Jehan as memorial to favorite wife, [112];

cost in money and human life, [112];

its perfect architecture, [114];

lavish decoration, [115];

restoration by Lord Curzon, [116]

Thebes, tomb city of the ancient Egyptian kings, [150-155];

desolate site across the Nile from Luxor, [150-151];

electric-lighted tombs, [151];

rock-hewn tomb of Rameses IV, [152];

tombs of other monarchs, [152-153];

only one contains royal mummy, [154];

fine temple of Queen Hatasu, [153];

the Ramessium, with largest statue found in Egypt, [154];

Colossi of Memnon, [154];

why one of the statues was musical, [155]

Tokio, the Japanese capital, [10-15];

its splendid parks, [11-13-14];

imperial palace, [13];

tombs of six shoguns, [14];

night work in shops, [15]

Wheeler, General, whose confidence in his native troops, cost the lives of all the garrison of Cawnpore, [109]

Yokohama, much Europeanized Japanese city, [3];

good tourist outfitting point, [4]

AND SO ENDS THE CRITIC IN THE ORIENT, CONTAINING
THE IMPRESSIONS OF GEORGE HAMLIN FITCH ON THE
FIRST HALF OF HIS TRIP AROUND THE WORLD. PUBLISHED
IN BOOK FORM BY PAUL ELDER & COMPANY
AND SEEN THROUGH THEIR TOMOYE PRESS BY JOHN
SWART DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL, MCMXIII, IN
THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO