Hindoos-- As traders, 287 Daily wage, 13, 14 Hoang-ho River, 271 Hobson, G. A., 144, 147 ---- Joseph, 54 Hodges, James, 50 Hollenburger River, 94 ---- Viaduct, 95 Holy railway to Mecca, 117–27 Hooghley River, 250–51 Horn, Cape, 60, 63, 65, 128, 129 Horne, W. C. Van, 236, 237 Hudson Bay, 224, 234 ---- ---- Trading Co., 308 Humboldt River territory, 317 Huntington, Collis P., 59, 60, 62, 65, 72, 308 Huron, Lake, 54 Huvudnas Falls, 260 Hydraulic drills (Brandt), 88–90, 98, 265 ---- shield, the, 54, 89 ---- sluicing, 20–21, 321–2 Ibex, 163 Icebreakers, 200, 206–7 Ichine River, 202 Illecillewaet River, 238 Implements, 16 Inca, 274 India-- British, railway bridges, 250–59 Rivers of, 250–51 Indians-- Missouri, 64–9, 312 Pawnee, friendly, 66, 68 Rising, 1876–77, 310 Sioux, 67 Trails, 234, 316 Indus, 250 Infiernillo Bridge, 134 Innsbruck, 90 International Conference, the, 40 Ireland, Brunel’s work, 23–5 Irkutsk, 200, 201, 205 Irtych River, 201–3 Isonzo Gorge, 97 Italy, railway interests, 33, 35, 82–85, 217 Ito, Prince, 305 Iwakura, Prince, 306 Japan-- Modern developments, 297–307 Sea of, Insular railway, 305 South, rebellion in, 305 Jardine, Matheson & Co., Messrs., 290, 291, 295–6 “Jaws of Death,” the, 237 Johnson, Edwin F., 309 Jordan, River, 122, 123 Jubilee Bridge across the Hooghly, 250, 251 Judah, Theodore D., 61–4, 316 Julian Alps, the, 93, 97 Jumna River, 253 Kafue Bridge, 147 ---- River, 147 Kaisim Pasha, 119–21 Kalgoorlie, 190, 192 Kalomo, 145–6 Karawanken railway, 94–8 ---- Range, 93, 95 ---- Tunnel, 95, 198 Katanga, 149 Kerma, 153 Key, Grassy, 247 ---- Long, 247 ---- West, 241, 246 Keys, the, 242, 247, 248–9 Khabarovsk, 201, 211, 212 Khartoum, 153, 156, 158, 160 ---- Bridge, 157 Khilkoff, Prince M. I., 207–8 Kicking Horse Pass, 225, 230, 232–4, 316 Kilsby Ridge, 19 ---- Tunnel, 19 Kimberley, 141 Kinambla Valley, 181 Kinder, C. W., 292, 297 Kindu, 151 Kioto-Otsu line, 306 Kitchener, Lord-- Australian railways, on, 190, 193 Expedition against the Mahdi, 153–4 Kituta, 149–50 Kivu, Lake, 150 Klagenfurt, 94 Klaus, 94 “Klondike,” 103, 108, 110–11 Knight’s Key, 249 Kobe, 305 Kobe-Osaka line, 305 Koppel, Arthur, 80 Kotlass, 212 Kowloon, 299, 300 Krasnoiarsk, 199, 200, 207 Krems Valley, 94 La Paz, 136, 279–80 La Prairie, 46, 58 Labour-- Brazilian Portugee, the, 223 Cape to Cairo, native record day’s work, 145–6 Chilian, 277 Chinese, 12–16, 223, 301 Female, 301 Indian coolie, 293 Italian, 82–5 Siberian exile, 210, 212 Landore Viaduct, 22 Land’s End, 244 Landslides, 138, 219–20 Lan-ho Bridge, 293–4 ---- River, 293 Lansdowne Bridge, 250 Lao-Chay, 302 Las Cuevas, 274, 275