CONTENTS. Xiii 



APPENDIX. 



PAGE 



Patents on Roasted Coffee 253 



"NOTES BY THE WAT." 



Across the Pacific, 357 



Japanese Notes, 261 



Tea Culture in Japan, 261 



Impressions of Japan, 265 



Japanese English, 270 



A Japanese Dinner — Japanese Products, Progress, etc. , . . . 275 



Chinese Notes, 279 



Tea Culture in China, 283 



Chinese M.annera, Customs, and Peculiarities, 288 



Canton Manufactures — Sweetmeats, Preserved Ginger, Soy, etc., . 393 



A Visit to Canton — A Floating City — Female Hotel-Kunners — A Chinese 

 Dinner — Dog- and Cat-Meat Restaurants — Chinese Tailors — Elites, 



Currency, and other Peculiarities, 295 



Singapore 303 



Tropical Life and Scenery — A Visit to Pepper and Tapioca Planta- 

 tions, etc., Ji03 



Tba-Gkowing in Java, 308 



Half-way Round, 310 



Tropical Scenery — The Most Beautiful View in the World — British 

 Colonization Policy, etc., 310 



Ceylon, 314 



Canoes at Point de Galle — Cocoa-nut Trees — Female Polygamists, . 314 

 Coffee Culture — Coffee in the East as a Beverage — Long Names, etc., . 317 " 



• Sundry Spices — Their Growth and Preparation, 319 



Nutmegs, 330 



Cloves, 321 



India 333 



A Bird's-eye View — Its Extent, Population, Productions, Government, 



etc. 333 



Wayside Scenes, Thoughts, and Fancies in India 337 



Our Tiger Hunt, .341 



Fbom Bombay to Egypt, 347 



Egypt and Turkey, 364 



Greece and Her Currant Crop 360 



Italy 366 



Wayside Scenes, Thoughts, and Fancies in Italy, 366 



Citron and Macaroni, 373 



A Glimpse at Spain in 1877, 377 



Raisin Culture and Preparation for Market, . . • . . . 383 



Olives and Olive Oil, 386 



Sherry — Its Manufacture, Treatment, and Characteristics, . . . 390 



