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tudy of a Kachin beauty, and of an average type of Upper Burmese girl -- Good-bye Bhamo -- Paddling down the Irrawaddy -- More river-side notes -- A.1. shooting, to the writer's mind -- The Luxury of a Cargo Boat of the Flotilla Company -- Deep Sea Chanties, and Mandalay again. 363-379 CHAP. XXXVIII We drop from the comfort of the Cargo Steamer to the comparative discomfort of the train at Rangoon -- Another plaguey inspection -- Another joyous embarkation on another B.I. Boat -- Calcutta -- Benares and its Ghats; after the Golden Beauty of Burmah! -- Street scenes and riverside horrors -- A muddle of indecencies and religions -- A superior Fakir's portrait -- 333,000,000 gods -- An artist's private deductions -- _Les Indes sans le British_ -- Delhi and Agra. 380-391 CHAP. XXXIX India generally speaking, as a preamble to several pages about Black Buck shooting. The Taj Mahal not described -- Sha Jehans portrait. 392-401 LIST OF COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS BY AUTHOR AND "G." _By Author_ Ayah and Child _Frontispiece_ A Glimpse of the North Sea _to face page_ 4 Piccadilly Circus, by Night 8 A Spanish Woman 26 A Cafe, Port Said 44 Aden, and Fan-sellers 58 Waiting for Carriages after Reception at 79 Government House, Bombay Lord Minto's Landing in India 92 A Reception in Government House, Bombay. 98 Sailing from Elephanta 111 An Indian Tank 151 A Street Corner, Bangalore 171 Entrance to the Shwey Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon 237 H.R.H. Prince and Princess of Wales 249 landing at the Boat Club, Rangoon A Burmese Harpist
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