THE TAKLA-MAKAN DESERT 89 ACROSS A SEA OF SAND 90 THE END OF THE CARAVAN 93 WATER AT LAST 97 VIII. THE DESERT WATERWAY (1899)-- DOWN THE YARKAND RIVER 102 THE TARIM 105 THE WANDERING LAKE 107 WILD CAMELS 109 IX. IN THE FORBIDDEN LAND (1901-2, 1906-8)-- THE PLATEAU OF TIBET 111 ATTEMPT TO REACH LHASA 115 THE TASHI LAMA 124 WILD ASSES AND YAKS 126 X. INDIA-- FROM TIBET TO SIMLA 130 DELHI AND AGRA 131 BENARES AND BRAHMINISM 134 THE LIGHT OF ASIA 137 BOMBAY 141 THE USEFUL PLANTS OF INDIA 142 WILD ELEPHANTS 145 THE COBRA 148 XI. FROM INDIA TO CHINA (1908)-- THE INDIAN OCEAN 152 THE SUNDA ISLANDS 153 PENANG AND SINGAPORE 156 UP THE CHINA SEA 157 XII. CHINA-- TO SHANGHAI 161 "THE MIDDLE KINGDOM" 164 THE BLUE RIVER 169 IN NORTHERN CHINA 172 MONGOLIA 176 MARCO POLO 179 XIII. JAPAN (1908)-- NAGASAKI AND KOBE 185 FUJIYAMA AND TOKIO 190 NIKKO, NARA, AND KIOTO 193 XIV. BACK TO EUROPE-- KOREA 197 MANCHURIA 199 THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY 202 THE VOLGA AND MOSCOW 207 ST. PETERSBURG AND HOME 210 PART II I. STOCKHOLM TO EGYPT--