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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.
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.—Scenes on the Great River.
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.—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.
CHAPTER XXXI. Lucknow to Cawnpore and Agra.—Taj Mahal and Futtehpoor Sikra.
CHAPTER XXXII. In and Around Delhi.—Departure for Simla and the Himalayas.

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