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A l'ersian Description; Delhi; A Great Scoundrel; Visit to the Citadel; The IIall of Audience; The Peacock Throne; Chandnee Chowk; The Great Mosque; A Field of animated poppies; Rel- ics of Mahomet; "By the Prophet's Beard;" The Cashmere Gate; A Gallant Deed 161-172 NUMBER TWENTY-FOUR. Indian Conjurors; Making a Mango tree grow from the seed; Her- editary cecupations in India; Snake Charmers; Bitten by a cobra; Shopping in Delhi; Shawl Store of Maniek Chund; Înd- ian Costumes; Observatory; Mausoleums; The Koontub Minar; Legend of the Iron Pillar; Humayoon's Tomb; The Last of the Moguls; A Sam Patel leap; Memorial of a wicked old king; One of the results of polygamy; "Laying a Duk;" The Horse Dak of India, Tnique style of traveling; Tame squirrels and birds; The Mohun Pass; "Sudden Death" for chickens; Drawn by Coolies; "Whiling the Hours by cheerful discourse" of man- eating Tigers: Arrival at Deyra...... 173-182 NUMBER TWENTY-FIVE. A Lively start from Devra; Scenes along the road; "Caravanseries; Warfare against wild beasts; Hindoos take no part in it; Man- eating Tigers; A Paradise of Snakes; White Skins are patents of nobility; Salaam All; Approach to the Himalayas; Up the moun- tains; The Jampans; Charming scenery; Caught in a storm; Des- perate situation; Mussoorie in winter quarters; Jolly as Mark Tapley: Simla, the Hill Capital of India; The Snowy Range; Magnificent Views of the Mountains; A Beautiful apparition; A Bengalese Handy Andy; "Grilled Boos;" Elephant and Tiger Hunters; Right Royal Sport; Return to Saharupore. .188-191 NUMBER TWENTY-SIX. Return Southward; Jubbalpore; Legend of the Nerbudda; The Mar- ble Rocks; Prison of the Thugs; Traveling companions; A Cigar well invested; The Russian Question; Will the Russian Bear drive the English Bull out of India ?... 192-195 NUMBER TWENTY-SEVEN. Lucky Crows; Summit of the Ghauts; Perilous Descent; Bombay, the Cotton Metropolis of India; Founded by the Portugese, given to the English; King Cotton here absolute; The l'arsees; Street Scenes: Byculla Hotel; Yacht Race; The "Live Yankee" almost wins; Wenham Lake Ice; Caves of Elephanta; Hindoo Ideal of God; Farewell to India..... ......196-200 NUMBER TWENTY-EIGHT. From Bombay to Suez; The "Arabia; " My Fellow Passengers; "Sosianna; The Stage Yankee; Sea Voyaging in the Tropics; Aden, the Gibralter of the Red Sea; A most desolate situation; The Harbor landing; The Padre and I take a run ashore; John Chinanan; An Abyssinian exquisite and his bride; The Water Tanks and Bazaars; The Padre's generosity gets us into trouble; Perim; The British play a Yankee Trick on the French; Mocha, the Coffee City Navigation of the Red Sea; Why "Red?" Winds Always Ahead; Sinai in sight, but we an't see the chariot wheels; Welconie Suez....... ..201-209