PREFACE. And where towers and temples rose, Buried continents. repose Giant secrets of thy breast, With their thousand isles of rest, On thy wild and wandering wave, Appleby, Westmoreland. xi CONTENTS. Introduction. Glance at Porto Santo. Procellaria pela- gica. Their food and habits. Holothuria physalis. Exocetus volitans. Their visits to the English coast. Vast fields of sea-weed. A man overboard! Have the sharks eaten him? Sunday Our sea-service. The Sesostris steam- Land-sharks and sea-gulls. First impressions of India. Vasco del Gama. Moguls. Portuguese and Charles Early impressions. A chat with the reader. Resources architecture. Minah and other birds in towns. Kindness to animals. Little children and their pigeons. A word on cleanliness. An idle hour at Frith's. Bad speculations. George the Fourth's bed- stead. Native bazaars, and what may be purchased in them. Markets. Extravagant rivalry. Hindoo customs. One man with two sets of fingers. How to make a box and inlay it. The Potdars, and change for a rupee. Opium poisoners. The Arabian rose- water sellers. Sweet-meat vendor. Parsee children. Popish seminary. Climate. South-west monsoon. last descend. of the ocean. Mangoe showers. Put Palan- Warm your house in order. Letters and post-men. The old temples of India. Hypogæa, or subterraneous caverns. Traditions of the East. Priests and people. Temples of Aboo. Why islands were selected. Pious journeyings. Mr. and Mrs. H. Missionary-bit fana- tics. A pic-nic. Beauties of an Indian morning. Scenery in the harbour. Native boats. Sea birds and picturesque objects. Closer view of Elephanta. The landing. Delicious shade from the sun. Stone horse and elephant. The handiwork of Father Time. Tamarind tree and flowers. Punkah painting. Native village. Excavated rock. Birds of night. Land- scape changes. The great temple of Elephanta. Tale Farewell to the monsoons. Silk cotton tree. Palms. De- |