CONTENTS. x , 



AND DRESS— THEIR TEMPLE— THEIR FESTIVAL OF THE NEW YEAR— THEIR THEATRI- 

 CALS—THEIR FUNERALS-FESTIVAL OF THE SHIITE MAHOMEDANS-AMUSEMENTS 

 OF THE GENTOOS— BANISHED BRAHMIN— MAHOMEDAN SECTS— CONVICTS— MARKET- 

 CURRENCY— TRADES— MALA YS-ARMENIANS-PARSEES-ARABS-CAFFRES— MIXTURE 

 OF RACES— CHINESE CEMETERY— GENTOO BURIAL-PLACE— MAGNETIC OBSERVATORY 

 —AMERICAN MISSIONARIES-PAPUAN SLAVES— MANUSCRIPTS— SHIP OF THE KING OF 

 COCHIN-CHINA— CHINESE JUNKS — TRADE OF SINGAPORE— TAXES— SLAVERY— OPIUM 

 SHOPS — SMALL PROPORTION OF FEMALES IN THE POPULATION — PENINSULA OP 

 MALACCA — ITS GOVERNMENT — ITS RELIGION — MALAY CEREMONIES AT BIRTHS, 

 MARRIAGES, AND FUNERALS-MALAY SACRIFICES-ANIMALS OF MALAYAN PENIN- 

 SULA—PROBABLE INFLUENCE OF STEAM ON THE TRADE OF THE EAST— RAVAGES 

 OF THE WHITE ANTS— CLIMATE OF SINGAPORE — SALE OF FLYING-FISH — DEPAR- 

 TURE FROM SINGAPORE 371-410 



CHAPTER XI. 



DEPARTURE FROM SINGAPORE— STRAITS OF RHIO— STRAITS OF BANCA— STRAITS OF 

 SUNDA— INDIAN OCEAN— CURRENTS AND METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA OFF THE 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE— ARRIVAL IN TABLE BAY— CAPE TOWN-GOVERNMENT OF THE 

 COLONY— TAXES— BANKING— WINE TRADE— CATTLE-IMPORT TRADE-HOTTENTOTS 

 -CAFFRE TRIBES— VISIT TO CONSTANTIA— ASTRONOMY AND MAGNETIC OBSERVA- 

 TIONS—ASCENT OF TABLE MOUNTAIN — GREEN POINT— LIGHTHOUSE— EXCHANGE- 

 GARDEN OF THE BARON VON LUDWIG— CLIMATE OF THE CAPE-PHENOMENA OF 

 REFRACTION— TENURES OF LAND— DEPARTURE FROM TABLE BAY— VOYAGE TO ST. 

 HELENA — JAMESTOWN — VISIT TO THE TOMB OF NAPOLEON AND LONGWOOD — 

 MAGNETIC OBSERVATORY— PLANTATION-HOUSE— DEPARTURE FROM ST. HELENA — 

 PASSAGE TO THE UNITED STATES— ARRIVAL AT NEW YORK— CONCLUSION. . 413— 453 



CHAPTER XII. 



CONNEXION OF THE SUBJECTS — OPPORTUNITIES AND MEANS OF OBSERVING CUR- 

 RENTS — DISTINCTION BETWEEN STREAMS AND CURRENTS — CURRENTS OF THE 

 NORTH ATLANTIC— LABRADOR STREAM— GULF STREAM— RENNELL CURRENT— SUB- 

 MARINE POLAR STREAMS-GUINEA STREAM— EQUATORIAL STREAM— RECAPITULA- 

 TION— SARGASSO SEA — STREAMS OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC — BRAZIL STREAM — 

 PATAGONIAN STREAM-SOUTH AFRICAN STREAM— PHENOMENA OF THE NEIGHBOUR- 

 HOOD OF ST. HELENA— POLAR STREAM OFF CAPE HORN — ITS LOW SUBMARINE 

 TEMPERATURE— CHILI STREAM— PHENOMENA AT THE GALLIPAGOS ISLANDS-INDI- 

 CATION OF SUBMARINE POLAR STREAMS— PHENOMENA AT THE SOCIETY ISLANDS- 

 AT THE SAMOAN GROUP— AT THE FEEJEE GROUP— AUSTRALIAN STREAM-SOUTH- 

 ERN POLAR STREAM-NEW ZEALAND CURRENTS— CURRENTS BETWEEN TONGA AND 

 FEEJEE-SUDDEN RUSH OF WATERS ON THE POLYNESIAN ISLANDS-SPACE OF VERY 



