Tea Regions of the United States 420 Roasting-basket 421 Volcano in Eastern Java 423 Ruins near Sourabaya 424 An Island Port 425 Wild Fig-tree 425 A Village in Lombock 426 View near Mataram 427 Where the Great Spirit and the Rajah met 428 Gun-boring in Lombock 430 Natives of Timor 431 Delli, Portuguese Timor 432 Natives of Aru Shooting the Great Bird of Paradise 433 A Native Anchor 434 Great Street of Dobbo in the Trading-season 436 Wearing the Cangue 437 A Native of Aru 438 Sea-cucumber 439 A Papuan Pipe 439 A Bird of Amboyna 440 Sago Club 440 Preparing Sago 441 Sago Oven 442 Sugar-palm of Macassar 442 Climbing the Mountain 443 Coming Down the Mountain 445 "Good-bye!" 446 [Illustration: _Map to accompany "The Boy Travellers of the far East"_] THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN THE FAR EAST. CHAPTER I. DEPARTURE FROM HONG-KONG. "There she comes!" shouted Frank Bassett, as he pointed away to the eastward. Doctor Bronson and his nephew Fred were standing close beside Frank, and their eyes eagerly followed the direction of his hand. "Yes, there she is!" Fred responded; "what a splendid sight!" They were on the lookout platform on Victoria Peak, 1800 feet above the harbor of Hong-kong. The city, the island, the surrounding waters, and the neighboring coast of China all lay before them like a map. They had been studying the scene, and the Doctor had explained to the boys its remarkable resemblance to the view from the summit of the Rock of Gibraltar. [Illustration: HONG-KONG, FROM KELLET'S ISLAND.]