tes, 22;
importance of exports to United States, 23

Suez Canal, antiquity of project, 3, 4;
Persian oracle's warning against, 5;
personages who had considered, 5;
to pay Egyptian treasury part of proceeds, 6, 15;
Ismail's interest in scheme, 10;
perpetuation of names of Egyptian rulers, 11;
simplicity of construction and cost of, 12;
international character of, 12;
Disraeli's purchase of control for Great Britain, 15;
physical statistics of, 16;
tariff of, 16, 17;
value to world's commerce, 17;
statistics of tonnage and income, 17;
average daily use of, 18;
European shippers' choice of canals, 20;
shareholders in no fear of Panama competition, 29

Taj Mahal, tomb of Arjamand, wife of Shah Jahan, and world's
most exquisite building, 168-184;
cost of, 173;
burial-place of Shah Jahan, 179;
restorations by British government, 183

Tea, cultivation in Ceylon, 122, 125

Widowhood, curse of Indian, 224

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:

In the original text, contractions had a space at the word break, e.g.
"would n't, does n't, I 'm". In this ebook, such spaces have been
removed.

Pg. 70, added missing period (a stove-polish advertisement.)

Pg. 315, inserted missing period. (growing surprise to the world.)

Index entry "America, interest in Panama....", stated page number was
"14" which is a blank page. Page number changed to "16" where content
appears to match.

Index entry "China, America and Chinese trade", stated page numbers were
"312-314" but "312" is a blank page. Page number "312" changed to "310"
where content appears to match.

Index entry "France, Ally of Russia", stated page numbers were "2, 96".
Changed to "296" where content appears to match.

Index entry "Hong Kong, Happy Valley racecourse", stated page numbers
were "238" and "239", but "239" is a blank page. Page number "239"
changed to "241" where content appears to match.

Index entry "Japan, homogeneity of people", stated page is "323" but
content begins on "322". Page number changed to "322".

Index entry "Kandy, Peradeniya tropical garden", last of the page
numbers was "115" which is an unrelated illustration. The age number
"315" changed to "117" where content appears to match.

Index entry "Kandy, executive seat of Ceylon's tea industry", last of
the page numbers is "127" which has no relevant content. Page number
"127" changed to "121" where content appears to match.

Index entry "Suez