The Other Side of the Lantern. An Account of a Commonplace Tour round the World

SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 400 PART VI-AMERICA I. THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. 405 THE YOSEMITE VALLEY. 409 THE SCENE OF THE END OF THE WORLD 415 INDEX. 421LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS THE GARDEN OF THE UNFORGOTTEN Frontishiere T ) FACE PAGE THE TAJ MAHAL FROM A WINDOW IN THE PALACE AT AGRA 76 THE CITY OF UDAIPUR FROM ONE OF THE ISLAND PALACES 136 THE GHATS BENARES 164 A STREET IN SHANGHAI 298 A RELIGI [...] These should be no sounds but the rumble and swish of the oars the babbling of the water against the boat's bow and the cry of the disturbed seagull. [...] The sky is the colour of the yellow rose the clouds are tinted with lilac the shadows in the street are purple and long. [...] The clang of the.hip's bell marking the hour and the splash in the water of an empty bottle thrown out of a scuttle may be the only sounds to be heard. [...] Then the scuffle of feet ceases the scrape of the shovels dies away the fire in the cressets flutters out the barges are empty and to the same weird chant they glide away and are lost in the gloom.