From Sea to Sea; Letters of TravelKipling, Rudyard
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From Sea to Sea; Letters of Travel
Kipling, Rudyard
Asia -- Description and travel; Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936 -- Travel; United States -- Description and travel; Voyages and travels
A Little of the History of Chitor, and the Malpractices of
a She-elephant 78
XI
Proves conclusively the Existence of the Dark Tower
visited by Childe Rolande, and of "Bogey" who frightens
Children 88
XII
Contains the History of the Bhumia of Jhaswara, and the
Record of a Visit to the House of Strange Stories.
Demonstrates the Felicity of Loaferdom, which is the
Veritable Companionship of the Indian Empire, and proposes
a Scheme for the Better Officering of Two Departments 100
XIII
A King's House and Country. Further Consideration of the
Hat-marked Caste 113
XIV
Among the Houyhnhnms 124
XV
Treats of the Startling Effect of a Reduction in Wages and
the Pleasures of Loaferdom. Paints the State of the Boondi
Road and the Treachery of Ganesh of Situr 134
XVI
The Comedy of Errors and the Exploitation of Boondi. The
Castaway of the Dispensary and the Children of the
Schools. A Consideration of the Shields of Rajasthan and
Other Trifles 144
XVII
Shows that there may be Poetry in a Bank, and attempts to
show the Wonders of the Palace of Boondi 158
XVIII
Of the Uncivilised Night and the Departure to Things
Civilised. Showing how a Friend may keep an Appointment
too well 171
XIX
Comes back to the Railway, after Reflections on the
Management of the Empire; and so Home again, with Apology
to All who have read thus far 180
FROM SEA TO SEA
I
Of Freedom and the Necessity of using her. The Motive and
the Scheme that will come to Nothing. A Disquisition upon
the Otherness of Things and the Torments of the Damned 193
II
The River of the Lost Footsteps and the Golden Mystery
upon its Banks. The Iniquity of Jordan. Shows how a Man
may go to the Shway Dagon Pagoda and see it not and to
the Pegu Club and hear too much. A Dissertation on Mixed
Drinks 202
III
The City of Elephants which is governed by the Great God
of Idleness, who lives on the Top of a Hill. The History
of Three Great Discoveries and the Naughty Children of
Iquique 214
IV
Showing how I came to Palmiste Island and the Place of
Paul and Virginia, and fell Asleep in a Garden. A
Disquisition on the Folly of Sight-seeing 223
V
Of the Threshold of the Far East and the Dwellers thereon.
A Dissertation upon the Use of the British Lion 233
VI
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