Lawley, A. L., 147 Lay, H. N., 304 Leadville, 163–4, 168–9 Lebarge, Lake, 104 Leopoldina railway, the, 214–23 Leslie, Sir Bradford, K.C.I.E., M.I.C.E., 251, 282–3, 287 Lewis & Clark, Messrs., 308 Li-Hung-Chang, 291–2, 295 Limbi, 287 “Limited,” the, on “Big Hill,” 231–2 Linz, 94 Lithgow Valley, 178 “Little Wonder,” the, 77 Liverpool, 208 ---- & Manchester railway, 46 Livingstone, 139 Lobengula, 141 London & North-Western railway, 17, 76 ---- to Vancouver in the ’fifties, 224 Los Andes, 270, 277 Lott, Julius, 89 Lucerne, Lake of, 43 Luchenza River, 286 Lucin Cut-off, the, 71–5 Ma’an, 122–4 “Machilla,” 283 Madras North-East line, 250 Mafeking, 141 Mahdi, the, 119, 152 ---- Kitchener’s expedition, 153–4 ---- Terms made with, 139 Mahommedanism, the Holy railway, 117–27 Maidenhead Bridge, 23 Makatote Gorge, 195 ---- Viaduct, 195–6 Mallet locomotives, 297 Manchester & Liverpool railway, 17 Manchuria, 211, 212 Marshall Pass, 168 Mashonaland, 141 Matabele, the, 141 Matecumbe, Upper and Lower, 247 Matucana, 134 Maua, 216 Mecca, 121 ---- the Holy railway to, 117–27 Mechanical percussion rock-drill, 36 Medina, 117, 126 ---- -Saleh, 125 Meiggs, Henry, 129, 130–32, 133–135, 270 “Meiggs’ V-switch,” 130–32, 135–270 ---- The “zigzag” system, 177 Meissner Pasha, H., 121, 124–6 Melbourne, 184, 190 Menai Straits Bridge, 50 Mendoza, 270, 273, 275 ---- River, 271–2, 274 Meredith, J. O., 243–4 Metcalfe, Sir Charles, Bart., 145–146, 285 Metre-gauge, 263, 267 Mexican Central, the, 3 Mexico, 162 ---- Native labour, 13 ---- Gulf of, 240, 246–8 Miami, 240–41, 249 ---- to Havana, Key West, 241–9 Miasma, 242–4 Midland railway (W.A.), 187, 189 Minaes, 214 Minnesota, 318 Mississippi River-- Bridges, 250 Scouring of the, 252 Missouri River, 61, 62, 64, 66, 250, 309, 312, 319, 322 “Mixed trains,” 294 Mjolfjeld, 268 Moberly, Walter, 6, 238 Moffatt, David H. M., 171, 172 “Moffatt” road, the, 162, 163 Mollendo, 136, 271, 279 Mongolia, beasts of burden from, 211 Mont Cenis “Fell” railway, 217 Montana, 229, 320 ---- Hellgate Canyon, 311 ---- Mineral wealth, 312 Montreal, railway enterprise in, 46–8 ---- to Vancouver, 224 Morell, E., 305, 306 Morrison, G. J., 290 Mountain railways, the first, 91–2 ---- sickness, 9, 136 Mouraviev-Amoursky, Count, 198 Mowbridge, 320 M’Swadzi River, 286 Mud-slides, 237 Muir, John, 190–91 Mukden, 293, 299 Muktar Bey, 126 Mules, Andine, 280 Mullan Tunnel, 311 Munich, 93, 101 Murchison Falls, 282 ---- gold-fields, 188 Murzzuschlag, 92 Myssovaia, 201, 206 Naihati, 250 Namiti Gorge, 302–4 ---- Valley, 302 Nanking, 296 Nankow Pass, 297–8 Naoyetsu, 307 Natal railways, 140, 155 Neccaraviglia, workman, 42 Nevada, 61