官方藏书 / Travel_Writing / The Boy Travellers in the Far East, Part Third / Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to Ceylon and India; With Descriptions of Borneo, the Philippine Islands and Burmah
The Boy Travellers in the Far East, Part Third / Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to Ceylon and India; With Descriptions of Borneo, the Philippine Islands and Burmah Thomas Wallace Knox · Travel_Writing · 20 章
目录 ILLUSTRATIONS. ARRIVAL AT MANILLA.—FIRST DAY ON SHORE. AN EXCURSION TO THE INTERIOR.—BUFFALOES AND AGRICULTURE. HUNTING THE DEER AND WILD BOAR.—RESULTS OF THE CHASE. AN EXCURSION AMONG THE MOUNTAINS.—RETURN TO MANILLA.—AN EARTHQUAKE, AND WHAT CAME OF IT. SHOOTING-STARS AND THEIR CHARACTER.—A REMARKABLE VOYAGE. A VOYAGE UP THE IRRAWADDY. LEAVING BURMAH.—CAPTURING A SEA-SNAKE.—STORIES OF THE SEA-SERPENT. SIGHTS IN POINT DE GALLE.—OVERLAND TO COLOMBO. AROUND KANDY.—BOTANICAL GARDENS AND COFFEE PLANTATIONS.—ADVENTURES WITH SNAKES. SCENERY AT NEWERA-ELLIA.—ASCENT OF ADAM'S PEAK. SIGHTS IN PONDICHERRY.—THE FRENCH EAST INDIES.—VOYAGE TO MADRAS. FROM MADRAS TO CALCUTTA.—THE TEMPLE AND CAR OF JUGGERNAUT. CALCUTTA, CONTINUED.—DEPARTURE FOR BENARES. SIGHTS IN BENARES.—THE MONKEY TEMPLE.—SARNATH.—BUDDHISM. LUCKNOW TO CAWNPORE AND AGRA.—TAJ MAHAL AND FUTTEHPOOR SIKRA. FROM UMBALLAH TO SIMLA.—EXCURSION AMONG THE HIMALAYAS. FROM SIMLA TO ALLAHABAD AND BOMBAY.—A GREAT HINDOO FESTIVAL.—CASTES.—THUGS AND THE CAVES OF ELLORA. BOMBAY.—THE TOWERS OF SILENCE.—A PARSEE SCHOOL.—CAVES OF ELEPHANTA.—SNAKE-CHARMERS.—FAREWELL TO INDIA. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE