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TRAVELS IN THE FAR EAST

[Illustration: _The Pyramids from the Nile, Cairo_]


TRAVELS IN THE FAR EAST

by

ELLEN M. H. PECK
(Mrs. James Sidney Peck)







New York
Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.
Publishers

Copyright 1909
By Ellen M. H. Peck

The University Press, Cambridge, U.S.A.




OZYMANDIAS


  I met a traveller from an antique land
  Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
  Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
  Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
  And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
  Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
  Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
  The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed:
  And on the pedestal these words appear:
  "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings;
  Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
  Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
  Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
  The lone and level sands stretch far away.

  --PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY


TO MY DAUGHTER




FOREWORD


As the inspiration which caused the making of this "Tour" came from my
daughter (the "you" of my story), and as she wished a record of the same
published, my desire has been to give her as complete an idea of my
journeyings as is possible by descriptive text and illustrations. The
interest of friends in the plan has caused them to be included in my
thought, and if the public desire to be added to the personal
acquaintances whom I regard as my readers it will prove a pleasant
recognition of a modest plan.

The nine months tour included Egypt, Northern India, Burma, Southern
India, Ceylon, Malay Peninsula, Java, Siam, Southern China, Japan,
Northern China, Manchuria, and Korea.

Realizing that impressions suddenly formed are not always to be trusted,
an attempt has been made to have them tested by comparison with those
formed by a longer residence.

In like manner only statements have been made on the authority of those
who claimed to have knowledge and experience. The lack of guidance of
either a Baedeker or a Murray has been felt in Java, Siam, China,
Manchuria, and Korea, small local guide books and guides not being an
equivalent as regards accurate testimony.

May these pages prove a pleasant reminiscence to those who have visited
the scenes described, and an introduction to those who have not thus
travelled, but some of whom may plan to "do likewise."

  E.M.H.P.

  MILWAUKEE, December, 1908




CONTENTS

                          PAGE

  MILWAUKEE                  1

  CHICAGO                    1

  NEW YORK                   1

  THE AZORES                 4

  GIBRALTAR                  4

  MARSEILLES                 5

  PORT SAID                  7

  CAIRO                      9

  SUEZ CANAL                34

  ADEN, ARABIA              36

  BOMBAY                    37

  JEYPORE                   48

  DELHI                     56

  AGRA                      67

  FATEHPUR-SIKRI            76

  CAWNPORE                  79

  LUCKNOW                   80

  BENARES                   82

  SILIGURI                  88

  DARJEELING                89

  CALCUTTA                  93

  BURMA                     97

  PROME                    109

  RANGOON                  109

  SHWE DAGON               111

  MADRAS                   116

  TANJORE                  118

  TRICHINOPOLY             120

  MADURA                   122

  TUTICORIN                124

  COLOMBO                  124

  NUWARA ELIYA             127

  KANDY                    129

  ANURADHAPURA             132

  CEYLON                   141

  BATAVIA, JAVA            145

  BUITENZORG               147

  GAROET                   150

  DJOKJAKARTA              154

  MAOS