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  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER I. PAGE THE BORNEO HUNTERS AND EXPLORERS 1

  CHAPTER II. A VOYAGE UP THE SARAWAK RIVER 10

  CHAPTER III. SOMETHING ABOUT BORNEO AND ITS PEOPLE 19

  CHAPTER IV. A SPECULATION IN CROCODILES 29

  CHAPTER V. A HUNDRED AND EIGHT FEET OF CROCODILE 39

  CHAPTER VI. THE VOYAGE UP THE SADONG TO SIMUJAN 48

  CHAPTER VII. A SPIRITED BATTLE WITH ORANG-OUTANGS 58

  CHAPTER VIII. A PERFORMANCE OF VERY AGILE GIBBONS 67

  CHAPTER IX. A VISIT TO A DYAK LONG-HOUSE 77

  CHAPTER X. THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE DYAKS 87

  CHAPTER XI. STEAMBOATING THROUGH A GREAT FOREST 96

  CHAPTER XII. A FORMIDABLE OBSTRUCTION REMOVED 106

  CHAPTER XIII. THE CAPTAIN'S ASTOUNDING PROPOSITION 115

  CHAPTER XIV. DOWN THE SIMUJAN AND UP THE SARAWAK 125

  CHAPTER XV. ON THE VOYAGE TO POINT CAMBODIA 134

  CHAPTER XVI. AN EXCITING RACE IN THE CHINA SEA 143

  CHAPTER XVII. THE END OF THE VOYAGE TO BANGKOK 153

  CHAPTER XVIII. LOUIS'S DOUBLE-DINNER ARGUMENT 163

  CHAPTER XIX. A HASTY GLANCE AT BANGKOK 172

  CHAPTER XX. A VIEW OF COCHIN-CHINA AND SIAM 181

  CHAPTER XXI. ON THE VOYAGE TO SAIGON 191

  CHAPTER XXII. IN THE DOMINIONS OF THE FRENCH 201

  CHAPTER XXIII. A LIVELY EVENING AT THE HOTEL 211

  CHAPTER XXIV. TONQUIN AND SIGHTS IN CHOLON 221

  CHAPTER XXV. SEVERAL HILARIOUS FROLICS 231

  CHAPTER XXVI. THE VOYAGE ACROSS THE CHINA SEA 241

  CHAPTER XXVII. SOME ACCOUNT OF THE PHILIPPINES 250

  CHAPTER XXVIII. THE DESCRIPTION OF AN EARTHQUAKY CITY 260

  CHAPTER XXIX. GOING ON SHORE IN MANILA 270

  CHAPTER XXX. EXCURSIONS ON SHORE AND UP THE PASIG 280

  CHAPTER XXXI. HALF A LECTURE ON CHINESE SUBJECTS 290

  CHAPTER XXXII. THE CONTINUATION OF THE LECTURE 300

  CHAPTER XXXIII. THE CONCLUSION OF THE LECTURE 310

  CHAPTER XXXIV. SIGHT-SEEING IN HONG-KONG AND CANTON 321

  CHAPTER XXXV. SHANG-HAI AND THE YANG-TSZE-CHIANG 332

  CHAPTER XXXVI. THE WALLS AND TEMPLES OF PEKIN 342