Following the Equator eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 703 pages of information about Following the Equator.

Following the Equator eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 703 pages of information about Following the Equator.

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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