VI 
CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER IV. 
PAGE 
The Gate of the Hast — Under the Fig Tree — Javanese Market 
— Monkeys for Sale — Jungle Scene — “Massacre of the 
Innocents ” — Centipedes and Scorpions — The Tiger’s Paw 
— A Ludicrous Incident — Mew Island — Description of a 
Coral Eeof-— Gutta-percha Trees — A Deserted Village — 
Hornbills : 42 
CHAPTER V. 
A Visit to the Pratas Shoal — The Padi Bird — A Desolate Island 
— The Joss-House — Lilliputian Forest — Gannets — Rock- 
Basins — Odd Fishes — Musical Fishes — ^Ancient Quarries 
— Banks of the Tchu-kiang 56 
CHAPTER VI. 
An Apology for Beetles— Village Trees — The Buffalo and the 
Fanqui — Danes Island — Boy Hmiters — Habits of Ants — 
Flowers compared with those of England — North and 
South, a Porcine Contrast — Reservoirs in Canton — 
Monster Aquaiium — Pond Shell-fish — The Scaly Ant- 
eater — Master Wouff and “ Scales ” .... (»9 
CHAPTER VII. 
Stroll through Villages on the Yang-tsze-Kiang — Spring-time 
• — The Pupa Gatherer — How to fatten Ducks — Charac- 
teristic Scene — Banks of the Great River — Freshwater 
Crabs — Eriocheir Japonicus — Youthful Poachers — The 
Mina Bird — Adventures of a Tlrousand-legs . . .84 
