Opening of the Suez Canal (Procession of Ships) _To face page_ 113 The Suez Canal: Dredges at Work 113 Catching Pelicans on Lake Menzaleh 116 Jiddah, from the Sea 117 Cyclone at Calcutta 120 Macao 124 Vessels in the Port of Shanghai 125 Yokohama 128 The Fusiyama Mountain 129 A Tea Mart in Japan 133 Petropaulovski and the Avatcha Mountain 137 Whalers at Work 140 Our “Patent Smoke-stack” 141 View in the Straits of Malacca 145 Junks in a Chinese Harbour 148 Island in the Straits of Malacca _To face page_ 149 Chinese Junk at Singapore 149 Singapore, looking Seawards 152 Looking down on Singapore 153 A Timber Wharf at San Francisco 156 The Bay of San Francisco 160 The British Camp: San Juan 165 The Port of Valparaiso 173 Cape Horn 176 The Landing of Columbus at Trinidad 177 View in Jamaica 180 Kingston Harbour, Jamaica 181 Havana 184 The _Centaur_ at the Diamond Rock, Martinique _To face page_ 187 Bermuda, from Gibbs Hills 188 The North Rock, Bermuda 189 The Bermuda Floating Dock 192 Voyage of the _Bermuda_ 193 Map of New York Harbour 195 Brooklyn Bridge 196 Ferry Boat, New York Harbour 197 The Island of Ascension 200 Tristan D’Acunha 201 Sierra Leone 204 Cape Town 205