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a bridge and under a jealous watch, suddenly overthrew the chief officer 
of state, reverting in its allegiance to a still more ancient regime, and at 
the same time opened its ports, purchased steamships, built railways, 
adopted European costume and European arms, and generally effected the 
most extensive peaceful revolution that the world has ever seen. Japan is 
now in that condition in which the two systems are working side by side — 
the one developing, the other dying. It is therefore a most interesting 
time to visit the country while yet most of the old life remains, and 
ancient domestic customs and traditions surprise and delight the Euroi>ean 
stranger. 
OTHER CITIES OF JAPAN 
The temples of Nikko, the bazaars of Osaka, the commerce of Nagasaki 
and the antiquities of Kioto can be seen as easily and conveniently as if 
they were all in the neighborhood of London or New York. By consulting 
the guide to which reference has been made, it will be seen that there 
are a number of trips to be made in Japan, taking Yokohama as a starting 
point. Tokio, Nikko, Kioto, Nagasaki, Fujiyama, the’ sacred mount, whose 
general appearance a thousand Japanese artists have made familiar to the 
world; the several points on the Inland Sea, and even Hakodate, a very 
characteristic Japanese seaport in the north, may be seen in a short time. 
There are railways to the chief cities, and a Japanese company has steamers 
plying between Yokohama and the ports. Guides, when required, and 
servants are always to be had without delay ; there is a regular scale of 
payment on a moderate basis for every service the tourist requires, and 
everything can be found at, or ordered from, his hotel, A round-the-world 
tourist, having two years in which to complete his tour, can well 
afford to linger in Japan, even if so doing should necessitate hurry in 
other places; but by waiting over for the next steamer following that 
by which he arrived, he will have three weeks or a month in Japan, besides 
ample time to see the most interesting places in China, Australia and 
India, as well as in Egypt and the Mediterranean. From Yokohama the 
steamer proceeds to Kobe, the two cities being also connected by rail. 
THE INLAND SEA ! 
Most of the leading foreign firms doing business in Japan are repre- 
sented at Kobe. It is the starting point for Osaka, one of the brightest 
and most attractive of Japanese cities, and also for Kioto, as well as for 
other interesting points. From Kobe the steamer route lies through the 
Inland Sea and on to Nagasaki. The passage of this smooth, island- 
dotted water will suggest to the American and Canadian travellers the 
Thousand' Islands of the St. Lawrence removed to Japan and peopled with 
the polite little people with whom saanpans take the place of canoes. 
Nag;asaki is one of the most interesting cities of Japan. It was the first 
city, and for about two centuries the only one, at which foreigners were 
permitted to trade. During a great part of that time the Dutch at one 
time, and the I*oftuguese at another traded from the Island of Deshima, 
which is connected with Nagasaki by a bridge, and European trade with 
Japan was carried on through them. But even the most sketchy descrip- 
tion. of what the traveller will find in Japan to interest and delight him is 
out of the question within the prescribed bounds of this publication. 
SHANGHAI 
A run of about four hundred miles from Nagasaki brings ihe tourist 
to the Woosung River, cn which Shanghai is situated. There is a Chinese 
tewn at 'Woosung, where travelers are transferred into smaller steamers 
for Shanghai, and about a dozen miles up the river the great mercantile 
centre of Northern China is reached. As it is approached, after passing 
the bar a little above Woosung, the traveller sees in the fleet of junks, 
the forest of masts and the presence of European men-of-war under various 
flags, evidences of Shanghai’s commercial importance. It is the chief seat 
of trade of the Yang-tse-Kiang River and the northern part of China, it 
being the most northern of the five treaty ports open to foreign trade. 
Besides the Chinese town, there are three foreign settlements, the English, 
American and French. The English and American form one municipality, 
while the French have laws and regulations for themselves. There is no 
want of social intermingling and amusement amongst the residents. Tn 
each of the settlements is a good hotel, and there is an excellent club in 
the town and another in the country, to which ladies are admitted as 
ir embers. With a proper introduction, the traveller will find time pass 
pleasantly enough at Shanghai. In the season there is excellent shooting 
in the lower flats of the river. If time permits, the tourist can take a 
steamer to Hankow, the great tea port, on the road to which he will pass 
Nankin, one of the most celebrated of the cities of China, but one which, 
not being a treaty port, is closed to foreign trade. From Shanghai con- 
necting steamers run to Tientsin, the port of Pekin, and other northern 
Chinese ports the greater part of the year. Southward the traveller con- 
tinues his journey in one of the Canadian Pacific Railway Co.’s steamers, 
and next anchors at Hong Kong, 
i HONG KONG 
There is an island lying off Kwang-tung, of which province Canton is 
> the capital. It is a British Colony, the capital and indeed the 
I only city of which is 'Victoria, though generally referred to in 
* conversation as Hong Kong. It has a beautiful harbor, crowded with 
^ merchant vessels of all nations, numerous junks, innumerable sampans, or 
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native boats, and usually several men-of-war. There are good hotels 
here, and a well managed club. Strangers are hospitably received, when 
introduced by friends of the residents, and in the autumn and winter 
the climate is pleasant enough. The wet season, which is the least invit- 
ing time in which to visit Hong Kong, commences n May and continues 
until August. 
CANTON, MACAO AND MANILA 
From Hong Kong steamers ply to Macao and Canton, respectively 
forty and ninety-five miles distant. Macao is an old Portuguese settlement, 
and is well worth a visit. Canton, however, is the city which a tourist 
reaching Hong Kong will naturally be most anxious to see. It is the 
capital of the Kwang-tung province, and was inaccessible to Europeans 
until it fell before the combined English and French attack in 1858. Prior 
to this Europeans visited only an outer portion of the city separated from 
the main city by wall and water, and devoted to the hongs and residences 
of the foreign merchants. Now, however, the pagodas, yamens and extra- 
ordinary streets of Canton may be traversed by foreigners. It is a city 
alive with population, and its principal streets are well filled with curio 
shops. 
There are several steamers which run regrularly betwen Hong Kong 
and Manila in the Philippines, a distance of between 600 and 700 miles, 
and sometimes they call at Amoy en route. 
HONG KONG TO AUSTRALIA 
Tourists desiring to see Australia, as well as Japan and China, can 
at Hong Kong take passage by a steamship of the China Navigation 
Company, of the Eastern & Australian Steamship Company or of the 
Nippon Yusen Kaisha and proceed via Torres Straits to Sydney, usually 
calling at Manila and at several other points on the way. At Sydney 
the direct Australian “ Around the World ” Route, presently to be 
described, is again joined. 
SINGAPORE 
From Hong Kong the tourist continues his globe-trotting trip in one 
of the “Peninsular & Oriental” or “North-German Lloyd” or “Messageries 
Maritinies” steamers through the China Sea to Singapore, about five days’ 
voyage, Singapore is a very busy and important place, and a rendezvous 
and coaling station of the British East India Squadron, a large trade being 
done with the Malay Peninsula. Its population comprises men of every 
Eastern race and there are a number of interesting places to visit outside 
the town. It is famous for its flowers and fruits. From Singapore the 
route to Europe is continued through the Straits of Malacca, via Penang 
to Colombo, where tourists from Australia join the main route. 
COLOMBO 
in Ceylon’s spicy isle, is one of the most interesting points on the route. 
There are some good hotels in Colombo, and it is noted for the beauty of 
the drives in the vicinity. It is a great place for jewellery of all descrip- 
tions unseen in shops at home, as well as for precious stones, imitation 
ones and other curies. Some of the finest jewels seen in the shops of 
London, Paris and New York are purchased at Colombo. Kandy, the 
capital, is reached by rail over a picturesque route. 
AUSTRALIAN ROUTE FROM VANCOUVER 
We wil now return to the alternate “Around the World ” Route. 
The first port of call on this route, after leaving "Vancouver and Victoria, 
B.C., is Honolulu, the capital of the Hawaiian Islands, which is reached 
after a run of about seven days. Steamers as a rule arrive in Honolulu 
early in the morning, and usually their stay is from eight to thirty hours. 
The acquisition by the United States of the Hawaiian Islands has given 
them greater political and commercial importance, but to the tourist they 
possess other interesting characteristics. The scenery of the chief island 
is the most attractive of its kind; the views obtained, both of land and 
sea, the fiery brilliance of the Kilauea Volcano, the drives and rides 
through luxuriant growth, and in a soft genial climate, and the customs 
and occupation of one of the most interesting of Southern races, combine 
to mahe a short stay in the mid-Pacific Isles a pleasant experience. Excel- 
lent arrangements exist for the accommodation, both while stopping and 
travelling, of tourists visiting all the islands. From Honolulu the route 
is continued to Suva, Fiji, on one of the largest of the group of 225 islands. 
The landscape is grand — hill and valley being clothed with beautiful and 
luxuriant vegetation. There are many curious sites to be seen in this 
former home of barbarism. The steamer proceeds direct from Suva to 
Brisbane, Queensland, the youngest of Australia’s capitals, and thence to 
Sydney, New South Wales. The world’s interest in the Australian common- 
wealth has of late years been largely increased by the development of its 
commerce as well as by its political growth and aspirations. "Sydney and 
Melbourne are now only two of the important cities instead of being as 
they once were, the only two. Adelaide, Brisbane and others are rushing 
to the front of Southern cities, and personal observation, while satisfying 
those who desire to understand the present and possible future of Great 
Britain in the south seas, is made an agreeable task in a country where 
Europeans and Americans find so many natural conditions reversed, and 
where the luxuriance of semi-tropical growth surrbunds the ideas, cus- 
toms and manners of Norther-n Europe. The construction of railways in 
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