Chapter XXXII: Wanderings in the Malay Archipelago.--Good-Bye. 435

ILLUSTRATIONS

Scene on the Headwaters of the Menam River _Frontispiece_
Map _To face page_ 13
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Hong kong, from Kellet's Island 13
Mary and Effie reading Frank's Letter 15
Arrival of the French Mail Steamer 18
Private Parlor of the "Yuen Fat Hong" 20
A Chinese Boatwoman 21
Frank's Dream 22
Hurricane during the Change of the Monsoon 23
A favoring Monsoon 24
Running before the Trade-wind 25
Rice-fields on the Mekong 28
A Native Woman 30
Street in the Chinese Quarter 31
Plants in the Botanical Garden 32
A New Acquaintance 33
A Mosquito of Saigon 33
Native Gentleman at Saigon 35
View of the French Quarter of Saigon 37
Native Soldiers at Saigon 39
The King of the Beggars 41
View of Cholon 43
A Chinese Family at Cholon 44
A Cab for Two 45
Cambodian Female Head-dress. Ancient Sculpture 47
Plan of the Temple at Nagkon 49
Unfinished Pillars 50
Columns in the Temple 51
Sculptures on the Walls of Nagkon Wat 52
View from the Central Tower of the Temple 54
Gallery of Sculptures 56
Ancient Tower overgrown with Poh-trees 58
Huts of the Priests 59
Stone with Ancient Sculptures 60
A Cambodian Idol 61
Fishing-village on Lake Thalysap 62
Panompin, the Capital of Cambodia 64
Specimen of Cambodian Gold-work 66
The King of Cambodia 67
Queen of Cambodia and Royal Children 69
The Harbor of Oodong, Cambodia 70
A Girl of Oodong 71
House in the Suburbs 72
A Chinese Junk 74
Outline of Modern Ship, showing Compartments 76
A Junk Sailor at Breakfast 77
Chinese River Boat 78
Ship of the Fourteenth Century 79
"The Great Harry" 80
The "Tennessee" 81
The Public Highway of the Future 82
The Bomb Ferry 83
Moonlight at Sea in the Tropics 84
A Story of the Sea 85
Marco Polo 87
The Great Khan delivering a Tablet to the Elder Polo Brothers.
From a Miniature of the Fourteenth Century 88
Arms of the Polo Family 88
Nicolo Polo. Father of Marco 89
Portrait of Kublai-Khan. From a Chinese Engraving 91
Marco Polo's Galley in Battle 93
Alan shuts up the Caliph of Baudas in his Treasure-tower 96
Dog-headed Men of Angamanain 97
Mediæval Tartar Huts and Wagons 99
The Roc, from a Persian Drawing 100
Roc's Egg, now in the British Museum. 100
Chinese Bank-note of the Ming Dynasty 101
Chinese Conjuring Extraordinary 103
Captain Clanchy at Work 104
Come to Dinner! 105
A Natural Shower-bath 106
Flying-fish 107
View near Paknam 108
Native Hut on the Menam River 110
A Village Pathway in Siam 111
Chinese Field-laborers 112
General View of Bangkok 114
House in the Foreign Part of Bangkok 115
A Siamese Priest 118
Bird's-eye View of Bangkok 120
Temple of Wat Chang 121
Temple of the Sleeping Idol 123
Brass Idol in a Temple 124
Priests Playing Chess 126
Gate-way of a Temple at Bangkok 128
Temple of the Emerald Idol 129
Private Garden near Bangkok 133
A Siamese Forest Scene 135
Parasite and Palm 138
The Bamboo-tree 139
The Boat they narrowly Missed 140
Scene at Bang-pa-in 141
A River Scene 142
The Young Prince 144
Portrait of "Chang" 145
Macedonian Coin, with Ancient Goad 146
Modern Goad 146
A War Elephant 147
Near the Palace 149
In the Ruined City 150
Crocodiles at Home 152
Taking a Bite 153
The Doctor's Crack Shot 154
The Trochilus 155
Alligator and Crane 155
Trochilus and Crocodile 156
The Alligator and the Bear 158
Just Hatched 159
Coming out to Sun himself 160
An Elephant Fence 161
Form of a Corral 161
Beginning the Drive 162
Driving into the Corral 163
Securing the Captives 165
Siribeddi's Prize 166
The Prisoners tied up 168
A little Head Work 169
In a Heap of Trouble 170
Refusing to Move on 171
Sliding down hill 173
Elephant-hunting on Foot 174
The Hunter Hunted 175
Taking a Nap 176
Cocoa-nuts Full Grown and just Forming 178
The Bread-fruit 179
Pineapple 180
Star-apple 180
A New Kind of Fruit 181
Tailor-bird and Nest 182
A Climbing-fish 183
The Snake and the Squirrel 185
Monkeys at Home 187
Monkeys 188
Eagle capturing a Monkey 189
State Barge of the King of Siam 191
A Body of the Royal Guards 192
The King visiting a Temple 194
The Front of the Temple 195
The Tobacco-plant 197
Sir Walter Raleigh and his Pipe 197
Pipes of all Nations 199
Young America 200
The East 201
The West 201
Siamese Gentleman and Lady 203
A Young Prince of the Royal House, with his Attendant 205
Female Head-dress and Costume 206
Minister of Foreign Affairs 207
Lakon Girls 209
A Native Band of Music 210
A Siamese Theatrical Performance 211
Scene on a Small Canal near Bangkok 216
Burial-mounds 217
Urn containing Ashes 217
Jessamine Flowers 218
Buddhist Priest 219
Characters in the Procession 220
Haunts of Sea-birds on the Coast 223
Edible Swallows' Nests 224
Siamese Water Birds 225
Pheasant and Young 227
Court-yard of the Royal Palace at Bangkok 229
Chulalonkorn I., Supreme King of Siam 231
Prime-minister of Siam 233
The King of Siam in his State Robes 234
A Younger Brother of the King 235
The Hour-glass 236
A White Elephant worshipping the Sun and Moon. From a Chinese
Drawing 237
White Monkey in Elephant Stables 240
How an Elephant Feeds 241
Elephants' Trunks 242
Elephants Drinking 243
Fred's Tormentor 244
The Second King of Siam, in State Robes 247
The Doctor getting Ready 249
Coast of Siam, near the Mouth of the River 251
Water-fowl of Siam 252
A Wreck among the Breakers 253
Pearl Fisher attacked by a Shark 253
Nests of the Water-spider 254
Divers in their Armor 255
Divers at Work 256
Diving over the Side of a Steamer 257
Coral-fishing in the Mediterranean 259
The Coral-worm 260
Cup-coral and Brain-coral 260
An Atoll in the Pacific Ocean 261
Submarine Observations 263
The Bellows-fish, or Angler 264
A Curious Home 265
Crabs in a Quarrel 266
Sea-anemones 267
The Sponge at Home 268
How Sponges are Speared 269
Cleopatra dissolving the Pearl 270
Pearl-bearing Shells 271
Sizes of Pearls 272
Pearl-fishery at Bahrein 273
Persian Gulf Diver 274
M. Jaquin's Experiment 275
The Bleak 276
The Doctor's Discovery 276
The Turtle at Home 278
Turtle-hunting 279
On a Frail Raft 282
The Rescue 283
Gulf-weed 284
Haunts of the Sea-birds 285
In the Harbor 286
Boatmen at Singapore 287
A Chinese Contractor 289
Chinese Tailors at Singapore 290
A Group of Jacoons 291
Garri with a Load of Sailors 292
Full Dress at the Straits 293
Chinese Garden at Singapore 296
Maternal Care 297
Rural Scene in Singapore 298
Fruit-sellers at Singapore 299
A Bungalow 300
Chinese Gentleman's Garden 301
The God of Gamblers 302
Malay Boy in the Bird-market 303
Head of Black Cockatoo 304
Ejecting an Intruder 306
A New Type of Mankind 308
Klings and Chinese 312
Native Nurses and Children 313
Coaling at the Dock 314
Carrying Coal on Board 315
Servants on Duty 316
Scene on the Sumatra Coast 317
Crossing the Line on a Man-of-war 319
Chief's House in a Pirate Village 322
Harbor of Pirates 323
The Pirates' Victim 324
Sinews of War 325
A Trading-station on the Coast 327
A Bayou on the Palembang River 328
Arab Houses at Palembang 329
Lounging under a Mango-tree 330
Alligators taking Sun and Air 331
View in a Sumatran Village 332
Chased by a Tiger 333
Treed by a Bear 334
Shooting a Boa-constrictor 335
A Snaky Creek 336
Monkey Examining a Tortoise 337
Female Orang-outang. From a Photograph 338
Natives of Borneo Fighting with an Orang-outang 339
A Flying-frog 341
A Sumatran Butterfly 342
Arrival in Port 344
The Carriage at the Custom-house 345
The National Taste 346
Their Servant 347
The Mango 348
A Trifle too Peppery 349
After Breakfast 349
An Early Call 350
Native House on the River that Feeds the Canal 352
Family Party in Batavia 354
Fan-palm in the Botanical Garden 355
Chinese Porters 356
Goddess of Sailors and her Assistants 357
Some of the Third-class Passengers 359
View in a Private Garden 360
Native Village near the Railway 361
Tropical Growths along the Line 362
"Mangosteens!" 363
Veranda of the Hotel Bellevue 365
View from the Veranda at Buitenzorg 366
A Bad Road 367
The Vanda Lowii 368
A Tree Growing in Mid-air 369
Group of Birds in the Malay Archipelago 371
Magnificent Bird of Paradise 372
Superb Bird of Paradise 372
Six-shafted Bird of Paradise 373
Long-tailed Bird of Paradise 373
The Yankee Elephant 375
The Chinese Elephant 375
The Operatic Elephant 375
The Elephant in Love 376
Ancient Bas-relief--Java 376
A Monster Volcano 377
Peasant Farm-houses 379
Home of a Prosperous Contractor 380
Coffee-plantation in the Mountains 381
"Old Government Java" 382
A Javanese Chief 383
An Improved Sugar Estate 384
Retainers of a Javanese Regent 385
"Good-night" 386
The House at the Spring 388
Pounding Coffee 389
Dutch Overseers 390
Foot-bridge over a Mountain Stream 392
Rewards for Good Conduct 394
Pirate Prisoners on a Colonial Gun-boat 395
Passport Office 396
Ordered Out of the Country 398
No Admittance 399
Starling on the Journey. 401
By the Roadside 402
Lodgings of the Stable-men 403
Just Imported 404
The Waiter at Sindinglaya 406
Sleeping-room in the Sanitarium 407
A Mountain Cascade 409
Javanese Boys 410
Train of Coffee-carts 412
Seed-pods of the Tea-plant 413
Gathering Tea-leaves 415
Drying Tea in the Sun 416
Drying over Charcoal 416
Roasting Tea 417
Handy with his Feet 418
Roasting Green Tea 419
Tea Regions of the United States 420
Roasting-basket 421
Volcano in Eastern Java 423
Ruins near Sourabaya 424
An Island Port 425
Wild Fig-tree 425
A Village in Lombock 426
View near Mataram 427
Where the Great Spirit and the Rajah met 428
Gun-boring in Lombock 430
Natives of Timor 431
Delli, Portuguese Timor 432
Natives of Aru Shooting the Great Bird of Paradise 433
A Native Anchor 434
Great Street of Dobbo in the Trading-season 436
Wearing the Cangue 437
A Native of Aru 438
Sea-cucumber 439
A Papuan Pipe 439
A Bird of Amboyna 440
Sago Club 440
Preparing Sago 441
Sago Oven 442
Sugar-palm of Macassar 442
Climbing the Mountain 443
Coming Down the Mountain 445
"Good-bye!" 446

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