Hong Kong, island link in Britain's chain, 231; rains, 231, 232; city wrested from mountain side, 232; cession from China, 235; guarding northern entrance to China Sea, 235, 236; population and traffic, 236; Happy Valley race-course, 238, 241; benefits and pitfalls of the chit, 241, 242; convenience of bills of fare, 243 India, Bombay and its Parsees, 126-133; scenes at Bombay race meeting, 137, 138; caste, 140, 143; people not readily convinced of advantage of modern implements, 143, 144; Jeypore, 149-167; Ambir, old capital of Jeypore, 166; Agra and Taj Mahal, 168-184; Benares, fountainhead of Hindu religion, 185-202; Calcutta, capital of British India, 205-219; viceroyship of Lord Curzon, 217, 218; Viscount Kitchener, head of army, 218, 219; facts and figures of, 220, 223, 225; the "L. G." of Bengal, 219 Ismail, Khedive, lured into assisting Suez scheme, 6; prodigality of, 10; personal holding of Suez securities, 10 Jahan, Shah, builder of Taj Mahal, 168, 171; interment beside wife's grave, 179 Japan, commercial future, 315-344; best exponent of Asiatic progress, 315; "scourge of God" and "yellow peril" of German origin, 316; advantages secured by defeating Russia, 317; process of industrial development, 317; national debt, 318, 321, 324; homogeneity of people, 322; resources, 325-330; desire to emulate England, 331; why country can exploit near-by lands advantageously, 332; mighty tonnage on Pacific, 333, 334; shipbuilding, 334, 335; no real "menace" to American trade, 341; athirst for knowledge, 342-344 Jeypore, capital of Maharajah of, 149-165; fondness of women for jewelry, 151; benevolent ruler of, 156, 159; astronomical apparatus of Jai Singh, 164 Kandy, ancient capital of Ceylon, 43; journey from Colombo, 92; city of Buddha's tooth, 95; Buddhist pilgrims to, 95, 96; natural beauty of, 108; atrocities of a king of, 109; British rule of, 110; Peradeniya tropical garden, 110, 113, 114, 117; executive seat of Ceylon's tea industry, 117, 118, 121 Kitchener, Viscount, commander-in-chief of Indian army, 218, 219 Macao, journey to Portuguese colony from Canton, 267; pioneer European settlement in East, 272; Eastern Monte Carlo, 272, 283-289; political refuge, 274; Camoens, 278-282 Manar, pearling-ground of Gulf of, 50; advertisements announcing a fishery, 56, 57; period of, 66; scene on banks during a fishery, 76, 77; profit of fishery, 87 Marichchikkaddi, pearl metropolis of, 58, 61, 62, 64, 65; how reached from Colombo, 62; population, 63; fishing fleet, 71, 72; scenes in camp and at kottu, 77, 78; where oysters pass current as money, 79; selling the oysters at auction, 79, 80, 81; health of camp, 85; illustration of white man's rule, 86, 87 Merchant Marine, necessity for creation of, 27; American commercial supremacy without help of, 29