207

GENERAL POST-OFFICE, CALCUTTA 212

SHIPPING ON THE HOOGHLY, CALCUTTA 215

CALCUTTA COOLIES 222

HONG KONG HARBOR 229

HONG KONG'S MOUNTAINSIDE 233

A FORMER "HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR" OF HONG KONG 240

TEMPLE OF THE FIVE HUNDRED GENII, CANTON 247
From photograph by A-Chan.

CITY OF BOATS, CANTON, WHERE GENERATIONS ARE BORN
AND DIE 254

EXAMINATION BOOTHS, CANTON 261
From photograph by A-Chan.

PRINCIPAL SECTION OF MACAO 270

FRONTIER GATE BETWEEN CHINA PROPER AND THE
PORTUGUESE COLONY 275

MONUMENT AND BUST OF CAMOENS, MACAO 279

IN A FAN-TAN GAMBLING HOUSE, MACAO 288

TYPICAL BUSINESS STREET IN A CHINESE CITY 293
From photograph by A-Chan.

EXHIBITION OF BODIES OF CHINESE MALEFACTORS WHO
HAVE BEEN STRANGLED 300

SIMPLE PUNISHMENT OF A CHINESE MENDICANT 305

CHINESE BUDDHIST PRIESTS 311

BRONZE DAIBUTSU AT KAMAKURA, JAPAN 319
From photograph by Frederic C. Penfield.

A GARDEN VIEW OF THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, TOKYO 328
From photograph by Frederic C. Penfield.

JAPANESE JUNK, OR CARGO BOAT 337

EAST OF SUEZ

CHAPTER I

THE WORLD'S TURNSTILE AT SUEZ

When historical novels and "purpose" books dealing with great industries
and commodities cease to sell, the vagrant atoms and shadings of history
ending with the opening of the two world-important canals might be
employed by writers seeking incidents as entrancing as romances and
which are capable of being woven into narrative sufficiently interesting
to compel a host of readers. The person fortunate enough to blaze the
trail in this literary departure will have a superabundance of material
at command, if he know where and how to seek it.

The paramount fact-story of all utilitarian works of importance is
unquestionably that surrounding the great portal connecting Europe with
Asia. As romance