Four Young Explorers; Or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics
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