The Boy Travellers in the Far East Part Second
Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to Siam and Java
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The Boy Travellers in the Far East
PART SECOND
ADVENTURES OF TWO YOUTHS IN A JOURNEY
TO
SIAM AND JAVA
WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF COCHIN-CHINA, CAMBODIA, SUMATRA AND THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO
BY
THOMAS W. KNOX
AUTHOR OF "CAMP-FIRE AND COTTON-FIELD" "OVERLAND THROUGH ASIA" "UNDERGROUND" "JOHN" ETC.
Illustrated
NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE
1882
PREFACE
CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS
THE BOY TRAVELLERS
IN
THE FAR EAST.
CHAPTER I.
DEPARTURE FROM HONG-KONG.
CHAPTER II.
VOYAGE TO SAIGON.—ARRIVAL IN COCHIN CHINA.
CHAPTER III.
HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE.—FIRST SIGHTS AND SCENES IN ANAM.
CHAPTER IV.
A WONDERFUL TEMPLE.—RUINS OF NAGKON WAT AND ANGKOR.
CHAPTER V.
CAMBODIA.—ITS CAPITAL AND KING.
CHAPTER VI.
DEPARTURE FROM SAIGON.—VISITING A CHINESE JUNK.
CHAPTER VII.
THE WONDERFUL STORY OF MARCO POLO.
CHAPTER VIII.
ARRIVAL IN SIAM.—FIRST DAY IN BANGKOK.
CHAPTER IX.
TEMPLES AT BANGKOK.—THE FOUNDER OF BUDDHISM.
CHAPTER X.
ASCENDING THE MENAM, FROM BANGKOK TO AYUTHIA.
CHAPTER XI.
VISITING THE PRINCE OF THE ELEPHANTS.—AYUTHIA.—SOMETHING ABOUT CROCODILES.
CHAPTER XII.
STORIES OF ELEPHANT-HUNTING.—SCENES OF THE CHASE.
CHAPTER XIII.
BANG-PA-IN TO BANGKOK.—STUDIES IN NATURAL HISTORY AND BOTANY.
CHAPTER XIV.
THE KING IN HIS STATE BARGE.—BETEL AND TOBACCO.
CHAPTER XV.
WOMEN, HAIR-CUTTING, AND SLAVERY.
CHAPTER XVI.
CREMATION IN SIAM.—TRADE, TAXES, AND BIRDS.
CHAPTER XVII.
PRESENTATION TO THE KING.—DINNER AT THE PALACE.
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE WHITE ELEPHANT.—VISIT TO THE SECOND KING OF SIAM.
CHAPTER XIX.
LEAVING SIAM.—LIFE UNDER THE OCEAN WAVE.
CHAPTER XX.
LIGHT UNDER WATER.—PEARL-FISHING AND TURTLE-HUNTING.
CHAPTER XXI.
INCIDENTS OF A SEA-VOYAGE.—SINGAPORE.
CHAPTER XXII.
SIGHTS AND SCENES IN SINGAPORE.
CHAPTER XXIII.
CROSSING THE EQUATOR.—ADVENTURE WITH MALAY PIRATES.
CHAPTER XXIV.
SUMATRA AND ITS PECULIARITIES.—SNAKES AND ORANG-OUTANGS.
CHAPTER XXV.
ARRIVAL IN JAVA.—SIGHTS AND SCENES IN BATAVIA.
CHAPTER XXVI.
BATAVIA TO BUITENZORG.—TROPICAL SCENES.—BIRDS OF PARADISE.
CHAPTER XXVII.
A CHAPTER ON POLITICAL ECONOMY.—THE DUTCH CULTURE SYSTEM IN JAVA.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
RICE CULTURE IN JAVA.—MILITARY AND SOCIAL MATTERS.
CHAPTER XXIX.
A POST RIDE IN JAVA.—FROM BUITENZORG TO BANDONG.
CHAPTER XXX.
VISITING A TEA PLANTATION.—PREPARATION OF TEA.
CHAPTER XXXI.
EASTERN JAVA, LOMBOCK, TIMOR, AND THE ARU ISLANDS.
CHAPTER XXXII.
WANDERINGS IN THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO.—GOOD-BYE.
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