| COURT DANCERS AND MUSICIANS, JEYPORE |
162 |
| THE TAJ MAHAL, AGRA |
169 |
| ALABASTER SCREEN ENCLOSING ARJAMAND'S TOMB, TAJ MAHAL |
175 |
| INLAID WORK IN MAUSOLEUM OP ITIMAD-UD-DAULAH, AGRA |
182 |
| SCENE ON THE GANGES, BENARES |
188 |
| BENARES BURNING GHAT, WITH CORPSES BEING PURIFIED IN THE GANGES |
191 |
| BENARES HOLY' MEN |
198 |
| A BRAHMIN PRIEST |
203 |
| A CALCUTTA NAUTCH DANCER |
207 |
| GENERAL POST-OFFICE, CALCUTTA |
212 |
| SHIPPING ON THE HOOGHLY, CALCUTTA |
215 |
| CALCUTTA COOLIES |
222 |
| HONG KONG HARBOR |
229 |
| HONG KONG'S MOUNTAINSIDE |
233 |
| A FORMER "HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR" OF HONG KONG |
240 |
| TEMPLE OF THE FIVE HUNDRED GENII, CANTON |
247 |
| From photograph by A-Chan. |
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| CITY OF BOATS, CANTON, WHERE GENERATIONS ARE BORN AND DIE |
254 |
| EXAMINATION BOOTHS, CANTON |
261 |
| From photograph by A-Chan. |
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| PRINCIPAL SECTION OF MACAO |
270 |
| FRONTIER GATE BETWEEN CHINA PROPER AND THE PORTUGUESE COLONY |
275 |
| MONUMENT AND BUST OF CAMOENS, MACAO |
279 |
| IN A FAN-TAN GAMBLING HOUSE, MACAO |
288 |
| TYPICAL BUSINESS STREET IN A CHINESE CITY |
293 |
| From photograph by A-Chan. |
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| EXHIBITION OF BODIES OF CHINESE MALEFACTORS WHO HAVE BEEN STRANGLED |
300 |
| SIMPLE PUNISHMENT OF A CHINESE MENDICANT |
305 |
| CHINESE BUDDHIST PRIESTS |
311 |
| BRONZE DAIBUTSU AT KAMAKURA, JAPAN |
319 |
| From photograph by Frederic C. Penfield. |
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| A GARDEN VIEW OF THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, TOKYO |
328 |
| From photograph by Frederic C. Penfield. |
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| JAPANESE JUNK, OR CARGO BOAT |
337 |
EAST OF SUEZ
CHAPTER I
THE WORLD'S TURNSTILE AT SUEZ
When historical novels and "purpose" books dealing with great industries and commodities cease to sell, the vagrant atoms and shadings of history ending with the opening of the two world-important canals might be employed by writers seeking incidents as entrancing as romances and which are capable of being woven into
