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CONTENTS. 



CHAPTEE I. 



Introductory — Departure — Ocean-life — Accidents at Sea from 

 falliog Overboard — Birds — Albatross — ^A Gale — Tropical 

 Sunsets — Seychelle Islands — Becalmed — Arrival at Bombay — 

 Caves of Carlee — Advice to Indian Residents from a Sanitary 

 point of view ..... .... 1 



CHAPTEE II. 



Familiar Birds about Foonah — Hindoo Temple of Parbuttah — 

 Scenery — ^Vultures — ^Large Bats — Habits of Parrakeet — Frogs 

 — Sunbird and Frog — Flycatcher — Insects — Snakes — Cobra 

 — Hog-Rat — Tiger and Bullock — Kingfishers — Indian Roller 

 — Pigeons — Warblers— Tailor-bird — Govind Kite a Public 

 Scavenger — Hoopoe — Dial-bird — Weaver-bird's Nest — ^Egyp- 

 tian Vulture — Common Trees — The Mango — Paradise Fly- 

 catcher — ^Ants — Coming of the Monsoon . . . .11 



CHAPTEE III. 



Departure for Sciade — Western Ghauts again — Kandala — A Man 

 drowned — ^Discomforts of the Sea Voyage — Cholera — Kur- 

 rachee — Scenery — FamiUar Birds — Climate — Flora — Peail- 

 Oyster — Caucasian Ibex — Pelicans — Game Birds — ^Woodpecker 

 — Bush Thrushes — Bulbul — Serpent Eagle — Insects — Croco- 

 dile-pond — Indus — Scenery — Alligators — Audacity of the 

 Govind Kite — Sutluj — Ferozepoor to the Himalayas . . 30 



