XII. Simla 131 XIII. The Taj Mahal 134 XIV. Benares 136 XV. Tame Elephants and their Drivers 147 XVI. On the Canton River 159 XVII. The Great Wall of China 165 XVIII. Gate in the Walls of Peking 176 XIX. A Japanese Ricksha 189 XX. Fujiyama 190 XXI. The Great Buddha at Kamakura 192 XXII. A Sedan-Chair in Seoul 199 XXIII. The Kremlin, Moscow 208 XXIV. Paris 216 XXV. Napoleon's Tomb 219 XXVI. The Colosseum, Rome 228 XXVII. Pompeii 233 XXVIII. The Great Pyramids at Ghizeh 238 XXIX. A Hippopotamus 254 XXX. The Fight on the Congo 294 XXXI. A Group of Beduins 300 XXXII. "Sky-Scrapers" in New York 323 XXXIII. Niagara Falls 331 XXXIV. Canons on the Colorado River 339 XXXV. Cotopaxi 344 XXXVI. Indian Huts on the Amazons River 353 XXXVII. A Coral Strand 369 XXXVIII. Country near Lake Eyre 373 XXXIX. The "Fram" 393 LIST OF MAPS PAGE 1. Map showing journey from Stockholm to Berlin 2 2. Map showing journey from Berlin to Constantinople 10 3. Plan of Constantinople 13 4. Map showing journey from Constantinople to Teheran, latter part of journey to Baku, and journey from Baku across Persia to Baghdad and back to Teheran 30 5. Map showing journey from Orenburg to the Pamir 56 6. Map showing journey from Teheran to Baluchistan 73 7. Map of Northern India, showing rivers and mountain ranges 82 8. Map of Eastern Turkestan 90 9. Tibet 112