INDEX

Agra, Indian city of unrivaled interest, [168];

its Taj Mahal, [168-184]

Ambir, old capital of Jeypore state, [166]

America, interest in Suez canal as forerunner of Panama, [16];

flag not represented by commercial vessel at Suez in generation, [18];

President Roosevelt's insistence for Panama canal, [19];

value of Oriental trade, [21], [22];

cotton of wrought in England, [22];

trifling exports of manufactured articles, [22];

diminutive trade with South America, [22];

desirability of trade extension in East, [23];

government's tariff at Panama, [24];

how to make Panama canal pay indirectly, [27];

demand for creation of merchant marine, [27];

to have 100,000,000 inhabitants when canal is completed, [28];

commercial supremacy without merchant marine, [29];

government's insistence on "open door" in China, [303];

seeming indifference to Chinese trade, [310];

waning cotton exports to China, [313], [314]

Arabi, rebellion of, resulting in control of Egypt by Great Britain, [9];

Kandy, place of his exile, [110]

Arjamand, consort of Shah Jahan, for whom Taj Mahal was erected, [171]

Benares, headquarters of Hindu religion, [185-202];

burning ghat and cremations, [189-194];

Monkey Temple, [196-200]

Bombay, headquarters of Parsees, [126];

a city gone sport-mad, [133], [134];

race meeting at, [137], [138]

important cotton port, [139]

superb railway station, [139]

Buddhism, Kandy the Mecca of the faith, [95];

tenets of faith, [96], [97];

reputed tooth of Buddha, [97], [98], [101];

pilgrims to Kandy, [101], [102];

cremation, [102]

Calcutta, [205-219];

Hooghly pilots, [206];

Job Charnock, founder of, [209], [210];

under Lord Curzon's viceroyship, [217], [218]

Canals, no more inter-ocean canals possible, [4]

Canton, unique and important commercial city, [244-266];

strenuous and monopolistic guide, [249];

street scenes and experiences, [250], [251];

executions, [255];

funeral procession, [256], [257];

educational center, [257];

educational examinations, [258], [259];

"literary poles," [260], [263];

boat-life on river front, [263], [264];

leper village and boat toll, [266]

Caste, Rodiya people of Ceylon, [103], [104], [107];

British rule recognizes no distinctions of, [107];

as seen in Bombay, [140];

hereditary throughout India, [143];

man servant who could not carry his own packages, [144], [145], [146]

Ceylon, where "only man is vile," [30]

Cingalese, [34], [44];

area, population, and races, [44];

England's conquest of, [47];

railways, [47];

exports, [48];

elephant kraal, [48], [49];

an island paradise, [50];

the cadjan, [62], [63];

tea as "king crop," [117];

when coffee was chief crop, [121];

details of tea cultivation, [122], [125]

China, Singapore and Hong Kong as places of residence for Chinese, [227], [237];

cession of Hong Kong to British, [235];

Canton, unique city, [244-266];

Macao, Monte Carlo of East, [267-289];

love of fan-tan by Chinese, [284];

Germany's play for trade prestige, [290-310];

land of meager commodities, [295];

what her "awakened" trade would mean, [297];

Germany's colony of Kiau-chau, [304-309];

America and Chinese trade, [310-314];

plans for rousing country, [316]

Colombia, loss of Isthmian territory, through Panama canal scheme, [4]

Colombo, approach to harbor, [33];

landing jetty, [33];

port of call between Occident, Orient and Australasia, [34];

medley of races, [35];

westernmost limit of 'rickshaws, [36];

hotels, [39], [40];

population, [44];

Clapham Junction of East, [61];

route to Kandy, [92]

Cotton, Bombay as port, [139];

Great Britain and America as manufacturers, [313-314];

expansion of fabrication in Japan, [340]

Curzon, former viceroy of India, [217], [218];

Splendor of rule at Calcutta, [217]

De Lessep's craving for greatness, [5];

obtains concession for constructing Suez canal, [6];

raising money for canal scheme, [6];

death of, in madhouse, [10];

monument at Port Said, [11]

Egypt, loss of self-rule through Suez canal construction, [4];

date of Suez canal concession, [6];

no debt when concession given, [6];

to subscribe nothing for construction of Suez canal, [6];

Arabi rebellion, resulting in British control of Egypt, [9];

deriving no advantage through canal, [10]

France, how bankers of, lost controlling Suez shares, [15], [16];

susceptibilities of, how preserved in Suez management, [16];

ally of Russia, [296]

Germany, second in list of Suez patrons, [18];

Kaiser's fight for new markets, [18];

friendship for Russia in war, [290-297];

Kaiser's play for Chinese trade, [290-310];

Emperor as Trade Lord, [292], [295];

Kaiser's disapproval of Monroe Doctrine, [298];

plans for capturing Oriental business, [301];

subsidized steamship service with East, [302];

"leased" colony of Kiau-chau, [304]

Great Britain, benefits accruing from Suez canal, [15];

how control was secured, [15];

preponderance of flag over Suez traffic, [18];

control of interior of Ceylon, [95];

rule in, Asia recognizing no caste distinctions, [107];

restoration of Taj Mahal by government of, [183];

Job Charnock, founder of Calcutta, and pioneer empire-builder, [209], [210];

great work in India. [220];

Penang, [227];

Singapore, universal sea-port brought to Empire by Sir Stamford Raffles, [227];

Hong Kong, important port and naval base, [231-238];

no permanent control of Eastern business, [301];

tenure of Wei-hai-wei, [308]

Hinduism, orthodoxy of Maharajah of Jeypore, [156], [159];

animal sacrifices to goddess Kali, [167], [199-202];

Benares, head of religion, [185-202];

scenes on banks of sacred Ganges. [193-196];

cremation of dead, [190-194];

incomprehensibleness of merits of, [201], [202];

habits of speech of illiterate, [223];

curse of widowhood in India, [224]

Hong Kong, island link in Britain's chain, [231];

rains, [231], [232];

city wrested from mountain side, [232];

cession from China, [235];

guarding northern entrance to China Sea, [235], [236];

population and traffic, [236];

Happy Valley race-course, [238], [241];

benefits and pitfalls of the chit, [241], [242];

convenience of bills of fare, [243]

India, Bombay and its Parsees, [126-133];

scenes at Bombay race meeting, [137], [138];

caste, [140], [143];

people not readily convinced of advantage of modern implements, [143], [144];

Jeypore, [149-167];

Ambir, old capital of Jeypore, [166];

Agra and Taj Mahal, [168-184];

Benares, fountainhead of Hindu religion, [185-202];

Calcutta, capital of British India, [205-219];

viceroyship of Lord Curzon, [217], [218];

Viscount Kitchener, head of army, [218], [219];

facts and figures of, [220], [223], [225];

the "L. G." of Bengal, [219]

Ismail, Khedive, lured into assisting Suez scheme, [6];

prodigality of, [10];

personal holding of Suez securities, [10]

Jahan, Shah, builder of Taj Mahal, [168], [171];

interment beside wife's grave, [179]

Japan, commercial future, [315-344];

best exponent of Asiatic progress, [315];

"scourge of God" and "yellow peril" of German origin, [316];

advantages secured by defeating Russia, [317];

process of industrial development, [317];

national debt, [318], [321], [324];

homogeneity of people, [322];

resources, [325-330];

desire to emulate England, [331];

why country can exploit near-by lands advantageously, [332];

mighty tonnage on Pacific, [333], [334];

shipbuilding, [334], [335];

no real "menace" to American trade, [341];

athirst for knowledge, [342-344]

Jeypore, capital of Maharajah of, [149-165];

fondness of women for jewelry, [151];

benevolent ruler of, [156], [159];

astronomical apparatus of Jai Singh, [164]

Kandy, ancient capital of Ceylon, [43];

journey from Colombo, [92];

city of Buddha's tooth, [95];

Buddhist pilgrims to, [95], [96];

natural beauty of, [108];

atrocities of a king of, [109];

British rule of, [110];

Peradeniya tropical garden, [110], [113], [114], [117];

executive seat of Ceylon's tea industry, [117], [118], [121]

Kitchener, Viscount, commander-in-chief of Indian army, [218], [219]

Macao, journey to Portuguese colony from Canton, [267];

pioneer European settlement in East, [272];

Eastern Monte Carlo, [272], [283-289];

political refuge, [274];

Camoens, [278-282]

Manar, pearling-ground of Gulf of, [50];

advertisements announcing a fishery, [56], [57];

period of, [66];

scene on banks during a fishery, [76], [77];

profit of fishery, [87]

Marichchikkaddi, pearl metropolis of, [58], [61], [62], [64], [65];

how reached from Colombo, [62];

population, [63];

fishing fleet, [71], [72];

scenes in camp and at kottu, [77], [78];

where oysters pass current as money, [79];

selling the oysters at auction, [79], [80], [81];

health of camp, [85];

illustration of white man's rule, [86], [87]

Merchant Marine, necessity for creation of, [27];

American commercial supremacy without help of, [29]

Panama Canal, antiquity of project, [4];

President Roosevelt's insistence for, [19];

use of, by South American shipping, [21];

drawing traffic from east of Singapore, [21];

vast Eastern area to be served by, [21];

destined to make America trade-arbiter of world, [23];

prediction of cost of construction and maintenance, [23];

question of annual tonnage, [24]

Parsees, their home in Bombay, [126];

followers of Zoroaster, [127];

Towers of Silence and method of disposing of dead, [131], [132], [133]

Pearls, Swedish, Chinese and Japanese methods of inducing pearl formation, [55];

Indian and Cingalese expert dealers, [66];

Indian grandees chief buyers of, [88]

Pearl-fishing, scene of, in Gulf of Manar, [50];

description of, [51], [56], [57];

Professor Hornell's theories, [52];

divers, [66], [69];

the shark-charmer, [70], [71], [72];

time of divers under water, [75], [76]

scene on Manar banks, [76], [77]

devices for stealing pearls, [79]

process by which pearls are extracted from oysters, [81], [82]

Penang, leading tin port of world, [227]

Raffles, Sir Stamford, pioneer of Singapore, [227]

Russia, friendship of Germany during war, [290-304];

benefit to have accompanied victory over Japan, [296]

Saïd, viceroy, date of giving Suez concession, [6]

Singapore, a turnstile of commerce, [227];

universal character of, [228]

South America, use of Panama by carrying trade of, [21];

trifling imports from United States, [22];

importance of exports to United States, [23]

Suez Canal, antiquity of project, [3], [4];

Persian oracle's warning against, [5];

personages who had considered, [5];

to pay Egyptian treasury part of proceeds, [6], [15];

Ismail's interest in scheme, [10];

perpetuation of names of Egyptian rulers, [11];

simplicity of construction and cost of, [12];

international character of, [12];

Disraeli's purchase of control for Great Britain, [15];

physical statistics of, [16];

tariff of, [16], [17];

value to world's commerce, [17];

statistics of tonnage and income, [17];

average daily use of, [18];

European shippers' choice of canals, [20];

shareholders in no fear of Panama competition, [29]

Taj Mahal, tomb of Arjamand, wife of Shah Jahan, and world's most exquisite building, [168-184];

cost of, [173];

burial-place of Shah Jahan, [179];

restorations by British government, [183]

Tea, cultivation in Ceylon, [122], [125]

Widowhood, curse of Indian, [224]