the Boy Travellers in the Far East Part Second

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Author

Knox, Thomas Wallace, 1835-1896

Title

The Boy Travellers in the Far East, Part Second Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to Siam and Java; With Descriptions of Cochin-China, Cambodia, Sumatra and the Malay Archipelago

Credits

Produced by Annie R. McGuire

Language

English

LoC Class

G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation

Subject

East Indies -- Description and travel -- Juvenile literature

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 58175

Release Date

October 26, 2018

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Boy Travellers in the Far East — PART SECOND
2. 2.SIAM AND JAVA — WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF COCHIN-CHINA, CAMBODIA, SUMATRA AND THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO — BY — THOMAS W. KNOX — AUTHOR OF "CAMP-FIRE AND COTTON-FIELD" "OVERLAND THROUGH ASIA" "UNDERGROUND" "JOHN" ETC. — Illustrated — NEW YORK — HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE — 1882
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.ILLUSTRATIONS
6. 6.THE BOY TRAVELLERS — IN — THE FAR EAST.
7. 7.CHAPTER I. — DEPARTURE FROM HONG-KONG.
8. 8.CHAPTER II. — VOYAGE TO SAIGON.—ARRIVAL IN COCHIN CHINA.
9. 9.CHAPTER III. — HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE.—FIRST SIGHTS AND SCENES IN ANAM.
10. 10.CHAPTER IV. — A WONDERFUL TEMPLE.—RUINS OF NAGKON WAT AND ANGKOR.
11. 11.CHAPTER V. — CAMBODIA.—ITS CAPITAL AND KING.
12. 12.CHAPTER VI. — DEPARTURE FROM SAIGON.—VISITING A CHINESE JUNK.
13. 13.CHAPTER VII. — THE WONDERFUL STORY OF MARCO POLO.
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII. — ARRIVAL IN SIAM.—FIRST DAY IN BANGKOK.
15. 15.CHAPTER IX. — TEMPLES AT BANGKOK.—THE FOUNDER OF BUDDHISM.
16. 16.CHAPTER X. — ASCENDING THE MENAM, FROM BANGKOK TO AYUTHIA.
17. 17.CHAPTER XI. — VISITING THE PRINCE OF THE ELEPHANTS.—AYUTHIA.—SOMETHING ABOUT CROCODILES.
18. 18.CHAPTER XII. — STORIES OF ELEPHANT-HUNTING.—SCENES OF THE CHASE.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIII. — BANG-PA-IN TO BANGKOK.—STUDIES IN NATURAL HISTORY AND BOTANY.
20. 20.CHAPTER XIV. — THE KING IN HIS STATE BARGE.—BETEL AND TOBACCO.
21. 21.CHAPTER XV. — WOMEN, HAIR-CUTTING, AND SLAVERY.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVI. — CREMATION IN SIAM.—TRADE, TAXES, AND BIRDS.
23. 23.CHAPTER XVII. — PRESENTATION TO THE KING.—DINNER AT THE PALACE.
24. 24.CHAPTER XVIII. — THE WHITE ELEPHANT.—VISIT TO THE SECOND KING OF SIAM.
25. 25.CHAPTER XIX. — LEAVING SIAM.—LIFE UNDER THE OCEAN WAVE.
26. 26.CHAPTER XX. — LIGHT UNDER WATER.—PEARL-FISHING AND TURTLE-HUNTING.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXI. — INCIDENTS OF A SEA-VOYAGE.—SINGAPORE.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXII. — SIGHTS AND SCENES IN SINGAPORE.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIII. — CROSSING THE EQUATOR.—ADVENTURE WITH MALAY PIRATES.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXIV. — SUMATRA AND ITS PECULIARITIES.—SNAKES AND ORANG-OUTANGS.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXV. — ARRIVAL IN JAVA.—SIGHTS AND SCENES IN BATAVIA.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVI. — BATAVIA TO BUITENZORG.—TROPICAL SCENES.—BIRDS OF PARADISE.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVII. — A CHAPTER ON POLITICAL ECONOMY.—THE DUTCH CULTURE SYSTEM IN JAVA.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXVIII. — RICE CULTURE IN JAVA.—MILITARY AND SOCIAL MATTERS.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXIX. — A POST RIDE IN JAVA.—FROM BUITENZORG TO BANDONG.
36. 36.CHAPTER XXX. — VISITING A TEA PLANTATION.—PREPARATION OF TEA.
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXI. — EASTERN JAVA, LOMBOCK, TIMOR, AND THE ARU ISLANDS.
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXII. — WANDERINGS IN THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO.—GOOD-BYE.
39. 39.INTERESTING BOOKS FOR BOYS. — FOOTNOTES:

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