Following the Equator — Part 1 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 105 pages of information about Following the Equator — Part 1.

Following the Equator — Part 1 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 105 pages of information about Following the Equator — Part 1.

Chapter LX. 
To Lahore—­The Governor’s Elephant—­Taking a Ride-No Danger from
Collision—­Rawal Pindi—­Back to Delhi—­An Orientalized Englishman
—­Monkeys and the Paint-pot—­Monkey Crying over my Note-book—­Arrival at
Jeypore—­In Rajputana—­Watching Servants—­The Jeypore Hotel—­Our Old and
New Satan—­Satan as a Liar—­The Museum—­A Street Show—­Blocks of Houses
—­A Religious Procession

Chapter LXI. 
Methods in American Deaf and Dumb Asylums—­Methods in the Public Schools
—­A Letter from a youth in Punjab—­Highly Educated Service—­A Damage to
the Country—­A Little Book from Calcutta—­Writing Poor English
—­Embarrassed by a Beggar Girl—­A Specimen Letter—­An Application for
Employment—­A Calcutta School Examination—­Two Samples of
Literature

Chapter LXII.  Sail from Calcutta to Madras—­Thence to Ceylon—­Thence for Mauritius —­The Indian Ocean—­Our Captain’s Peculiarity The Scot Has one too—­The Flying-fish that Went Hunting in the Field—­Fined for Smuggling—­Lots of pets on Board—­The Color of the Sea—­The Most Important Member of Nature’s Family—­The Captain’s Story of Cold Weather—­Omissions in the Ship’s Library—­Washing Decks—­Pyjamas on Deck—­The Cat’s Toilet—­No Interest in the Bulletin—­Perfect Rest—­The Milky Way and the Magellan Clouds—­Mauritius—­Port Louis—­A Hot Country—­Under French Control —­A Variety of People and Complexions—­Train to Curepipe—­A Wonderful Office-holder—­The Wooden Peg Ornament—­The Prominent Historical Event of Mauritius—­“Paul and Virginia”—­One of Virginia’s Wedding Gifts—­Heaven Copied after Mauritius—­Early History of Mauritius—­Quarantines —­Population of all Kinds—­What the World Consists of—­Where Russia and Germany are—­A Picture of Milan Cathedral—­Newspapers—­The Language—­Best
Sugar in the World—­Literature of Mauritius

Chapter LXIII. 
Port Louis—­Matches no Good—­Good Roads—­Death Notices—­Why European
Nations Rob Each Other—­What Immigrants to Mauritius Do—­Population
—­Labor Wages—­The Camaron—­The Palmiste and other Eatables—­Monkeys—­The
Cyclone of 1892—­Mauritius a Sunday Landscape

Chapter LXIV. 
The Steamer “Arundel Castle”—­Poor Beds in Ships—­The Beds in Noah’s Ark
—­Getting a Rest in Europe—­Ship in Sight—­Mozambique Channel—­The
Engineer and the Band—­Thackeray’s “Madagascar”—­Africanders Going Home
—­Singing on the After Deck—­An Out-of-Place Story—­Dynamite Explosion in
Johannesburg—­Entering Delagoa Bay—­Ashore—­A Hot Winter—­Small Town—­No
Sights—­No Carriages—­Working Women—­Barnum’s Purchase of Shakespeare’s
Birthplace, Jumbo, and the Nelson Monument—­Arrival at Durban

Chapter LXV.  Royal Hotel Durban—­Bells that Did not Ring—­Early Inquiries for Comforts —­Change of Temperature after Sunset-Rickhaws—­The Hotel Chameleon —­Natives not out after the Bell—­Preponderance of Blacks in Natal—­Hair Fashions in Natal—­Zulus for Police—­A Drive round the Berea—­The Cactus and other Trees—­Religion a Vital Matter—­Peculiar Views about Babies —­Zulu Kings—­A Trappist Monastery—­Transvaal Politics—­Reasons why the Trouble came About

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