Rough Notes of Journeys Made in the Years 1868, '69, '70, '71, '72, and '73, in Syria, Down the Tigris, India, Kashmir, Ceylon, Japan, Mongolia, Siberia, the United States, the Sandwich Islands, and Australasia (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Rough Notes of Journeys Made in the Years 1868, '69, '70, '71, '72, and '73, in Syria, Down the Tigris, India, Kashmir, Ceylon, Japan, Mongolia, Siberia, the United States, the Sandwich Islands, and Australasia

Rangoon, rice-mills, large Buddhist pagoda, its begging-box - Women the bread-winners - Maulmain, not progressing N ovam Expedition B. P. S. N. Company's lines of steamers - Penang - Tropical vegetation Never be too positive - Malacca, tin principal export - Singapore, strike of Chinese, extensive trade, many Germans - Saigon, the Chinese town Large export of rice - French military station, unhealthy - Large revenue on sale of opium - Annamite indolence - hong-kong - Flirtations - The Happy Valley - Chinese criminals - Canton - Archdeacon Grey - Temples of the Genii - Buddhist monastery and nunnery-grambling - Opium smoking - Restaurant - Tea-divan - Flour-mills - Jade-shops - Ivory turn ing Lacquer - Horn lanterns Schools Weddings Pawnbrokers Watch-towers - Shops - Police - The willow-pattern plate - Punish ments - Provisions - Shoes for the dead - Trades.

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