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The Boy Travellers in the Far East, Part Second

ILLUSTRATIONS

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Scene on the Headwaters of the Menam River

Map

Hong kong, from Kellet's Island

Mary and Effie reading Frank's Letter

Arrival of the French Mail Steamer

Private Parlor of the "Yuen Fat Hong"

A Chinese Boatwoman

Frank's Dream

Hurricane during the Change of the Monsoon

A favoring Monsoon

Running before the Trade-wind

Rice-fields on the Mekong

A Native Woman

Street in the Chinese Quarter

Plants in the Botanical Garden

A New Acquaintance

A Mosquito of Saigon

Native Gentleman at Saigon

View of the French Quarter of Saigon

Native Soldiers at Saigon

The King of the Beggars

View of Cholon

A Chinese Family at Cholon

A Cab for Two

Cambodian Female Head-dress. Ancient Sculpture

Plan of the Temple at Nagkon

Unfinished Pillars

Columns in the Temple

Sculptures on the Walls of Nagkon Wat

View from the Central Tower of the Temple

Gallery of Sculptures

Ancient Tower overgrown with Poh-trees

Huts of the Priests

Stone with Ancient Sculptures

A Cambodian Idol

Fishing-village on Lake Thalysap

Panompin, the Capital of Cambodia

Specimen of Cambodian Gold-work

The King of Cambodia

Queen of Cambodia and Royal Children

The Harbor of Oodong, Cambodia

A Girl of Oodong

House in the Suburbs

A Chinese Junk

Outline of Modern Ship, showing Compartments

A Junk Sailor at Breakfast

Chinese River Boat

Ship of the Fourteenth Century

"The Great Harry"

The "Tennessee"

The Public Highway of the Future

The Bomb Ferry

Moonlight at Sea in the Tropics

A Story of the Sea

Marco Polo

The Great Khan delivering a Tablet to the Elder Polo Brothers. From a Miniature of the Fourteenth Century

Arms of the Polo Family

Nicolo Polo. Father of Marco

Portrait of Kublai-Khan. From a Chinese Engraving

Marco Polo's Galley in Battle

Alau shuts up the Caliph of Baudas in his Treasure-tower

Dog-headed Men of Angamanain

Mediæval Tartar Huts and Wagons

The Roc, from a Persian Drawing

Roc's Egg, now in the British Museum

Chinese Bank-note of the Ming Dynasty

Chinese Conjuring Extraordinary

Captain Clanchy at Work

Come to Dinner!

A Natural Shower-bath

Flying-fish

View near Paknam

Native Hut on the Menam River

A Village Pathway in Siam

Chinese Field-laborers

General View of Bangkok

House in the Foreign Part of Bangkok

A Siamese Priest

Bird's-eye View of Bangkok

Temple of Wat Chang

Temple of the Sleeping Idol

Brass Idol in a Temple

Priests Playing Chess

Gate-way of a Temple at Bangkok

Temple of the Emerald Idol

Private Garden near Bangkok

A Siamese Forest Scene

Parasite and Palm

The Bamboo-tree

The Boat they narrowly Missed

Scene at Bang-pa-in

A River Scene

The Young Prince

Portrait of "Chang"

Macedonian Coin, with Ancient Goad

Modern Goad

A War Elephant

Near the Palace

In the Ruined City

Crocodiles at Home

Taking a Bite

The Doctor's Crack Shot

The Trochilus

Alligator and Crane

Trochilus and Crocodile

The Alligator and the Bear

Just Hatched

Coming out to Sun himself

An Elephant Fence

Form of a Corral

Beginning the Drive

Driving into the Corral

Securing the Captives

Siribeddi's Prize

The Prisoners tied up

A little Head Work

In a Heap of Trouble

Refusing to Move on

Sliding down hill

Elephant-hunting on Foot

The Hunter Hunted

Taking a Nap

Cocoa-nuts Full Grown and just Forming

The Bread-fruit

Pineapple

Star-apple

A New Kind of Fruit

Tailor-bird and Nest

A Climbing-fish

The Snake and the Squirrel

Monkeys at Home

Monkeys

Eagle capturing a Monkey

State Barge of the King of Siam

A Body of the Royal Guards

The King visiting a Temple

The Front of the Temple

The Tobacco-plant

Sir Walter Raleigh and his Pipe

Pipes of all Nations

Young America

The East

The West

Siamese Gentleman and Lady

A Young Prince of the Royal House, with his Attendant

Female Head-dress and Costume

Minister of Foreign Affairs

Lakon Girls

A Native Band of Music

A Siamese Theatrical Performance

Scene on a Small Canal near Bangkok

Burial-mounds

Urn containing Ashes

Jessamine Flowers

Buddhist Priest

Characters in the Procession

Haunts of Sea-birds on the Coast

Edible Swallows' Nests

Siamese Water Birds

Pheasant and Young

Court-yard of the Royal Palace at Bangkok

Chulalonkorn I., Supreme King of Siam

Prime-minister of Siam

The King of Siam in his State Robes

A Younger Brother of the King

The Hour-glass

A White Elephant worshipping the Sun and Moon. From a Chinese Drawing

White Monkey in Elephant Stables

How an Elephant Feeds

Elephants' Trunks

Elephants Drinking

Fred's Tormentor

The Second King of Siam, in State Robes

The Doctor getting Ready

Coast of Siam, near the Mouth of the River

Water-fowl of Siam

A Wreck among the Breakers

Pearl Fisher attacked by a Shark

Nests of the Water-spider

Divers in their Armor

Divers at Work

Diving over the Side of a Steamer

Coral-fishing in the Mediterranean

The Coral-worm

Cup-coral and Brain-coral

An Atoll in the Pacific Ocean

Submarine Observations

The Bellows-fish, or Angler

A Curious Home

Crabs in a Quarrel

Sea-anemones

The Sponge at Home

How Sponges are Speared

Cleopatra dissolving the Pearl

Pearl-bearing Shells

Sizes of Pearls

Pearl-fishery at Bahrein

Persian Gulf Diver

M. Jaquin's Experiment

The Bleak

The Doctor's Discovery

The Turtle at Home

Turtle-hunting

On a Frail Raft

The Rescue

Gulf-weed

Haunts of the Sea-birds

In the Harbor

Boatmen at Singapore

A Chinese Contractor

Chinese Tailors at Singapore

A Group of Jacoons

Garri with a Load of Sailors

Full Dress at the Straits

Chinese Garden at Singapore

Maternal Care

Rural Scene in Singapore

Fruit-sellers at Singapore

A Bungalow

Chinese Gentleman's Garden

The God of Gamblers

Malay Boy in the Bird-market

Head of Black Cockatoo

Ejecting an Intruder

A New Type of Mankind

Klings and Chinese

Native Nurses and Children

Coaling at the Dock

Carrying Coal on Board

Servants on Duty

Scene on the Sumatra Coast

Crossing the Line on a Man-of-war

Chief's House in a Pirate Village

Harbor of Pirates

The Pirates' Victim

Sinews of War

A Trading-station on the Coast

A Bayou on the Palembang River

Arab Houses at Palembang

Lounging under a Mango-tree

Alligators taking Sun and Air

View in a Sumatran Village

Chased by a Tiger

Treed by a Bear

Shooting a Boa-constrictor

A Snaky Creek

Monkey Examining a Tortoise

Female Orang-outang. From a Photograph

Natives of Borneo Fighting with an Orang-outang

A Flying-frog

A Sumatran Butterfly

Arrival in Port

The Carriage at the Custom-house

The National Taste

Their Servant

The Mango

A Trifle too Peppery

After Breakfast

An Early Call

Native House on the River that Feeds the Canal

Family Party in Batavia

Fan-palm in the Botanical Garden

Chinese Porters

Goddess of Sailors and her Assistants

Some of the Third-class Passengers

View in a Private Garden

Native Village near the Railway

Tropical Growths along the Line

"Mangosteens!"

Veranda of the Hotel Bellevue

View from the Veranda at Buitenzorg

A Bad Road

The Vanda Lowii

A Tree Growing in Mid-air

Group of Birds in the Malay Archipelago

Magnificent Bird of Paradise

Superb Bird of Paradise

Six-shafted Bird of Paradise

Long-tailed Bird of Paradise

The Yankee Elephant

The Chinese Elephant

The Operatic Elephant

The Elephant in Love

Ancient Bas-relief—Java

A Monster Volcano

Peasant Farm-houses

Home of a Prosperous Contractor

Coffee-plantation in the Mountains

"Old Government Java"

A Javanese Chief

An Improved Sugar Estate

Retainers of a Javanese Regent

"Good-night"

The House at the Spring

Pounding Coffee

Dutch Overseers

Foot-bridge over a Mountain Stream

Rewards for Good Conduct

Pirate Prisoners on a Colonial Gun-boat

Passport Office

Ordered Out of the Country

No Admittance

Starling on the Journey

By the Roadside

Lodgings of the Stable-men

Just Imported

The Waiter at Sindinglaya

Sleeping-room in the Sanitarium

A Mountain Cascade

Javanese Boys

Train of Coffee-carts

Seed-pods of the Tea-plant

Gathering Tea-leaves

Drying Tea in the Sun

Drying over Charcoal

Roasting Tea

Handy with his Feet

Roasting Green Tea

Tea Regions of the United States

Roasting-basket

Volcano in Eastern Java

Ruins near Sourabaya

An Island Port

Wild Fig-tree

A Village in Lombock

View near Mataram

Where the Great Spirit and the Rajah met

Gun-boring in Lombock

Natives of Timor

Delli, Portuguese Timor

Natives of Aru Shooting the Great Bird of Paradise

A Native Anchor

Great Street of Dobbo in the Trading-season

Wearing the Cangue

A Native of Aru

Sea-cucumber

A Papuan Pipe

A Bird of Amboyna

Sago Club

Preparing Sago

Sago Oven

Sugar-palm of Macassar

Climbing the Mountain

Coming Down the Mountain

"Good-bye!"

Map to accompany "The Boy Travellers of the far East"

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