CONTENTS. 



PARTI. 

 INDIA. 



CHxYPTER I. 



THE JOURNEY TO INDIA. 



PAGB 



Objects of the Trip. — Boycotted in Ireland.— The Challenger Qo^^c- 

 tions. — The Liverpool Museum. — The British Museum. — From 

 Paris to Rome. — Art versus Nature. — Collecting at Naples. — The 

 Zoological Station. — Alexandria. — The Nile Delta. — Cairo. — A 

 Picnic to the Petrified Forest — The Author rides a Camel. — Egyp- 

 tian Fossils. — Through the Suez Canal.— A Day at Jeddah. — Pil- 

 grims and Strangers. — The Tomb of Eve. — The Red Sea. — A 

 Pleasant Voyage. — Bombay 1-20 



CHAPTER XL 



BOMBAY. 



Duty on Outfit.— A Model (!) Consul.— The Servant Question.— The 

 Grand Market. — Flowers. — Fruit. — Fish. — Live Birds.— The 

 First Specimen. — Street Cars. — An Interesting Crowd. — Vehicles. 

 — The Bullock Hackery. — The Homeliest Animal Alive. — The 

 Victoria and Albert Museum. — Soft-hearted Hindoos. — The Hos- 

 pital for Animals. — A Strange Sight. — A Good Servant. — Depart- 

 ure for Allahabad 21-29 



CHAPTER III. 



FROM BOMBAY TO ETAWAH. 



Physical Aspect of the Country. — Scarcity of Animal Life. — A Barren 

 Region. — Major Ross. — A Boat Trip up the Jumna. — A Mile of 



