xiv ILLUSTRATIONS 



THE RESIDENCY, LUCKNOW 75 



THE CAWNPORE BAZAAR 75 



GHATS AND TEMPLES AT BENARES 78 



THE GHATS AT BENARES 83 



SOME OF THE GREAT PALACES AT BENARES 83 



MOUNT TARAWERA AND LAKE ROTOMAHANA 86 



THE LAVA-FORMED COUNTRY SURROUNDING WAIMUNGU . 86 



THE BURNING GHAT, BENARES 88 



Three bodies are in the process of cremation; a fourth lies 

 in its shroud on the slope, while a fifth is being brought 

 in on the shoulders of two coolies. 



THE CRATER OF WAIMUNGU 96 



GEYSER AT WHAKAREWAREWA 99 



STEAM ISSUING FROM HOLES IN THE ROCK WITH THE REGULAR 



BEAT OF STEAM ENGINES 102 



THE GREAT WAIRAKEI GEYSER 105 



MAORI WAR CANOE 107 



THE "HA KAHAKA TAMAHINE" 107 



THE " ORPHAN" KONIMBLA VALLEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, 



AUSTRALIA no 



THE " THREE SISTERS," KONIMBLA VALLEY, NEW SOUTH 



WALES, AUSTRALIA no 



THOMAS 112 



THE TONGA 112 



HOUSEBOATS ON CANAL AT SRINAGAR 115 



CHOOSING SHIKARIS 118 



THE SHIKARIS, CHOTO-SHIKARIS, AND TIFFIN-COOLIES . .118 



SCENE NEAR SRINAGAR 120 



OUR OUTFIT 123 



