CHAPTER XXI.

THROUGH EGYPT--HOMEWARDS 361

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE The White Terrace, Hot Lakes, New Zealand _Frontispiece_

Route Map _to face_ 1

"That horrible fog-horn!" 1

Elevated-Railway, New York 6

Parliament Buildings, Ottawa _to face_ 22

The Capitol, Washington 40

The Royal Gorge of the Arkansas _to face_ 58

The Sentinel, Yosemite Valley " 77

The Cathedral Spires, Yosemite Valley 79

Big Tree, California 83

Maori Chieftain 110

Tuhuatahi Geyser, New Zealand 128

Lake Wakitipu, New Zealand 157

Government House, Melbourne _to face_ 165

Sydney Harbour " 182

Govett's Leap, Blue Mountains 191

Zig-zag on Railway, Blue Mountains _to face_ 192

Banyan Trees, Buitenzorg, Java " 227

Traveller's Palm, Singapore " 236

Jinricksha 249

The Hooghley, Calcutta _to face_ 251

The Darjeeling and Himalayan Railway " 263

Benares Bathing Ghât " 276

The Residency, Lucknow 288

The Imambara, Lucknow _to face_ 291

The Taj Mahal, Agra " 312

Column, Kutub Minar, Delhi " 329

The Caves of Elephanta, Bombay " 356

Cairene Woman 372

The Sphinx _to face_ 377

FORTY THOUSAND MILES OVER LAND AND WATER.