XIV CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



KANDT AND POINT DE GALLE, 



FAGB 



The Interior of Cejlon. — A Run up to Kandy. — Native Plows and 

 Plowing. — The Mountains. — Kandy. — An Overpraised Town. — 

 Summary of Ceylon Collections. — The Royal Mail Coach. — Gov- 

 ernmental Eccentricities. — The Ride to Galle. — Charming Coast 

 Scenery. — A Church Episode. — Bentotte. — Point de Galle. — Nep- 

 tune's Garden. — Ceylon Gems. — Classification of Dealers. — Study 

 of a Scoundrel, in Black and White. — Diamond cut Diamond. — 

 Farewell to Ceylon 281-290 



PART III. 

 THE MALAY PENINSULA. 



CHAPTER XXY. 



SINGAPORE. 



New Harbor. — A Back-door Entrance. — Mangrove Swamps and Malay 

 Houses. — Street Scenes. — The Sailors' Quarter. — Well-planned 

 City. — Chinese Shops and Houses. — Populace. — Social Life. — 

 The Curse of the East Indies. — The American Consiil. — Two 

 American Travellers. — A Model Millionaire. — The Climate of 

 Singapore. — Market for Live Animals. — A Visit to Mr. Whampoa's 

 Villa. — Curios. — A Tigerish Orang-Utan. — Curiosities in Garden- 

 ing 291-300 



CHAPTER XXYL 



ON THE SELANGORE SEA-COAST. 



Malacca. — Selangore. — Klang River and Town. — A Kindred Spirit. — 

 Visit to Jerom on the Seacoast to Collect. — Bamboo Creek. — A 

 Filthy Chinese Village. — A Foul Stream. — -Crocodiles. — Catching 

 a Twelve-foot Crocodile with Hook and Line. — The "Alir." — A 

 Harvest of Saurians again. — Crocodiles in the Sea. — Birds. — 

 Shrimp-eating Monkeys — An Iguana — The Slowest Race on 

 Record. — Remarkable Fishes. — Catching Periophtluilmi. — An Ad- 

 venture in Mud. — Various Vertebrates. — Centipedes and their 

 Doings. — Doctoring a Ray-stung Fisherman. — Malay Character. 

 —Return to Klang 301-313 



