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NUMBER EIGHTEEN. Steamer life in the tropics; Arrival at Singapore; A Boat ride by moonlight Chinese Festival; An English Toddy Shop; Pop- ulation and Climate of Singapore; Character of the Malays; The Creese; Running a muck; Nature so lavish that mankind de- generates; Picturesque Costumes; The Gharry and its driver; A Morning Ride; The Asiatic Gardens; Fan Palms; Victoria Regias; Tropical Vegetation; A Chinese Millionaire; A Court- cous gentleman; The Whampon Garden... ...... 121-128 NUMBER NINETEEN. Up the Straits of Malacca; Penang, and the Province of Wellesley; Malay Pirates; "Uld John Brown:" The Penang Lawyer Mount Pleasant; Pure laziness; The "Marvel of Tropical Beauty; " A Granite bath tub and natural shower bath; Loyal Britons Abroad; Royal Scapegraces; The Dorian; Difference of opinion; A waser; John Bull against Jonathan; An exciting national Contest; Yankec comes off victorious; The Andaman Isles ; "Life On the Ocean Wave;" Not all pure romance...............129 - 135 NUMBER TWENTY. Approach to India; The Hooghly; Garden Reach; Calcutta; The King of Oude; The Landing; Native Magpies and Blackbirds; The Great Eastern; "New Varmint;" Morning Races; A Gay Crowd; The Eurasians; Commerce of Calcuta; The "Black Hole;" The East India Company; Government of India; The Viceroy; A Perambulating (overnment, Palanquins; A Catas- trophe; Good-Bye to "New Varmint;" India Railways; Iron Re- places wood; Delights of Summer Travel; Native Servants....... 136-144 NUMBER TWENTY-ONE. Currency in India; Small Change always wanted; Requisites for a journey; Au Unique head gear; Sleeping Carriages; Irriga- tion; Opium Monopoly; Scenes on the Railway; Native Villages; Benares, the Holy City; Shiva-Dotta, l'undit; The Ganges; The Monkey Temple; The Ghauts of Benares; Burning Bodies; An Ancient Observatory; Mosque of Aurrangzebe; A Glimpse be- hind the scenes; The Curtain suddenly dropped; The Golden Pagoda; Hindoo Worship; A String of marigolds; England man- ufactures idols for India.... 145-154 NUMBER TWENTY-TWO. Allahabad Junction; The City of Allah; An Invisible River; Par- alise for the Faithful; The Fort; A Puzzle for Savans; Club for a Giant; The Future Capital; Krusru Garden; Tame Sparrows; Cawnpore; The Sepoy Rebellion; The Memorial Garden; Luck- now, The City of Palaces; First impressions illusive; The Heart's Delight; Martiniere; "Sccundra Bagh," the "Palace of Casar;" The Museum; The Residency; An impressive quin; "Dinna ye lear the Slogan?" The Grave of Havelock; Barbarity of the con- querors; Treatment of the natives... .....155-163 NUMBER TWENTY-THREE. Approach to Agra; Cotton Boats; The Sights of Agra; The Fort; Hall of Judgment; The Sandal wood Gates; The Emperor's Pal- ace; A Mammoth Pachisi-Board; The Pearl Morque; Secundra Bagh; A Fancy Team; Akbar's Mausoleum; The Taj; A Thing of beauty, and a wonderful echo; The Taj seen by blue lights;