Orient Line Guide ... Fourth edition, revised, with maps and plans. Edited .. by W. J. L

Front matter

I WOODS' HOTEL, WITHIN FURNIVAL'S INN, HOLBORN, LONDON, W.C. Gentlemen's Coffee Room. Smoking Room. Reading Room. Ladies' Coffee Room. Ladies' Drawing Room. Private Sitting Rooms and Bedrooms communicating. The Hotel has been recently enlarged, thus adding to the number of sleeping apartments, providing NEW SPACIOUS LADIES' COFFEE and DRAWING ROOMS, and also a NEW WELL VENTILATED SMOKING ROOM. The retired and secluded situation ofthe house offers special advantages to visitors seeking repose and home comforts, for which it has a well-known reputation. THE HOUSE DINNER is served daily from 5 until 8 o'clock. Wedding Breakfasts &• Private Dinners served in high-class style. Menu &• Terms on application. All communications and enquiries for Apartments should be addressed to the Proprietor, TFLEPHONE 2536.

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Chapter I

Means of Communication ...-. i — i_j. Improvements in Ship-Building — Duration of the Voyage to Australia — Speed, Comfort, Safety — The Orient Line Started — Description of the Ormuz — The Deck Saloon — The Smoking Room — The Coffee Room — The Cabins — The Second Saloon — The Third Class — The Orient — The Orizaba — The Oroya — The Orotava — The Oruba — The Austral — The Electric Light — The Refrigerator — Life on Board — Dress — Deck Chairs — Exercise — Games — ■ Bull" — Sketching — Mutual Forbearance— -The Commander.

Chapter II

Medical Aspects of the Vovage - i6 — 28 Climate on the Ocean — Ailments Specially Influenced — How to Obtain the Full Benefit ofthe Voyage — Clothing — Sea-Sickness.

Chapter III

The Mother Country 2g — 48 Australians in England — Topography — London by the Thames — Greenwich — The Docks — Deptford — Thames Tunnel — The Tower — The Crown Jewels — The Armour — St. Paul's — London and the Suburbs — Old London — Westminster Abbey — London Sights — The National Gallery — The Blenheim Raphael— The Suffolk Leonardo— The Titians— The Waterloo Van Eyck— Turner— Gainsborough— The Story of "The Parish Clerk "—Hampton Court — Its History — Windsor Castle — Summary of its History — Places near London — EHham— Edgware — The Charm of English Scenery. CONTENTS.

Chapter IV

pages From London to Gibraltar 49 — 68 Barking — Eastbury — Tilbury Deep Water Docks — Tilbury Fort — The Nore — The Channel— Fights in the Channel— The Bay of Biscay— Battle of Cape St. Vincent— The Battle of Trafalgar— Gibraltar.

Chapter V

From Gibraltar to Naples ----------- 69 — 76 Gibraltar as seen from the Sea— The Town— Its History— The Great Siege— The Apes — Excursions from Gibraltar — Tangier — Malaga — Grenada— The Alhambra— Cape de Gata — Algiers — Sardinia — The Bay of Naples.

Chapter VI

Naples - 77 — 98 Notes on Italian History — The Revival of Learning — Savonarola — Giordano Bruno — Galileo — Time of Year for a Visit — Guide Books — Naples — The Museum — The Bronzes — The Marbles — The Pictures — Pompeii — Domestic Life of the Romans — Pæstum.

Chapter VII

Cities of Italy -- gg — 114 Rome — The Campagna — Excursions — Assisi — Perugia — Cortona — Arezzo — - Siena — Pisa — Florence — Monte Oliveto — Bologna — Ravenna — Ferrara — Padua — Venice — Verona — Milan — Turin — Genoa.

Chapter VIII

Germany 114 — 136 N uremberg — Innsbruck — Munich — The Pinakothek — The Glyptothek — Bayreuth — Wagner's '* Parsifal" — Dresden — Berlin — Charlottenberg — Queen Louisa — Cologne — Its Early Painters — The St. Gothard Railway.

Chapter IX

From Naples to Port Said 123 — 136 Capri — The Strait of Messina — Scylla and Charybdis — Taormina — Etna — The Ascent — Malta — Candia — Aboukir — The Battle of the Nile — Port Said — An Excursion to Jerusalem — Jaffa — The Site of Solomon's Temple — The Mosque of Aksa — The Holy Sepulchre — Different Nationalities — Bethany — Bethlehem — Haifa.

Chapter X

Greece 137 — 156 Mr. Richmond, A.R.A., on Greece — Authorities — The Isles — Syra — Delos— Naxos — Corfu — The Morea — Mykene — Argos — A Greek Wedding — Mantinea — Sparta — Crime in Greece — A Monastery — Messene — Temple of Apollo at Bassœ — Olympia — Greek Art — The Museum at Athens. CONTENTS. XVI

Chapter XI

pages The Suez Canal ............. 157 — 166 Lake Menzaleh— Port Said— In the War of 1882— The Canal Office— The Desert — The Mirage — The Channel — Piloting — Kantarah — El Guisr — Lake Timsah— Ismailia — The Serapeum — The Bitter Lakes — Chalouf — Port Tewfik — Terreplein — How the Canal is Worked — The Toy — Old Suez — The Expedition to Sinai — Note on Stations in Suez Canal.

Chapter XII

From Suez to Cairo -- 166—178 Egyptology — Suez — Ismailia — Tel el Kebeer — A Timely Comet — Joseph and Moses — Zagazig — The Sacred Cat — The Delta — The Fellaheen — The Inundation — Cairo — The Nile — The Pyramids— The Sphinx — The Boolak Museum — The Royal Mummies — The Bazaars — The Citadel — Ismailia — A Warning — Note on Headlands in the Red Sea.

Chapter XIII

From Suez to Australia ....-.-..-.. iyg — 193 The Red Sea — The Gulf of Suez — Lighthouses — Perim — Kamaran — Mocha — Aden — The Landing Place — The Tanks — Historical Notice — Sokotra — The People of the Coast — Monsoons — Colombo — Diego Garcia — Cape Leeuwin — King George's Sound.

Chapter XIV

Nature at Sea --------.-... Zg. 244 Under the Sea — Colour Bands — Seaweeds — Luminosity of the Sea — Medusæ Molluscs — Fishes — Sharks — Turtles — Cetacea — Birds — The Stars The Ecliptic — The Solar Sytem — How to Know the Stars — The Precession of the Equinoxes — Scintillation — Movement ofthe Stars.

Chapter XV

Seamanship, Navigation, Weather ------... 24- 303 Sails — Ropes — Knots — Steering — Latitude— Longitude — Charts — The Compass The Log— Chronometers — The Lead — Weather at Sea — The Beaufort Notation — Clouds — Squalls — The Barometer — The Thermometer — The Hygrometer — Isobaric Charts — The Air — Winds — Tropical Cyclones Winds and Weather between England and Australia — Universal Time.

Chapter XVI

Australia -- 304—360 Australia — New South Wales — Victoria — South Australia — The other Australian Colonies — Queensland — Tasmania — New Zealand — Oceania — General Summary. atSt of XUugtrat(0n& TAGE TITLE PAGE (By Miss Kate Greenawav). THE TOWER OF LONDON 32 WINDSOR CASTLE. 44 PLYMOUTH, THE HOE 52 EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE . 54 CAPE TRAFALGAR, CAPE ST. VINCENT, SIERRA NEVADA, APE'S HILL, GIBRALTAR, ETNA 62 AMPHITHEATRE, POZZUOLI 72 NAPLES 74 POMPEII g4 PÆSTUM (Temple of Neptune) gO ROME, ST. PETER'S, FORT ANGELO, AND TIBER g8 THE CAPITOL 100 FLORENCE, AND BAKER'S SHOP, POMPEII 10S LAGO MAGGIORE AND LAGO DI COMO 120 ETNA FROM TAORMINA 124 JERUSALEM - 132 STREET IN JERUSALEM I34 ATHENS (Tower of the Winds) ............ 140 (General View) 154 THE SPHINX 172 BOULAK MUSEUM I?4 SUEZ (Three Views), VIEW IN CAIRO AND PYRAMID OF MAYDOOM . . . i76 7 MOSQUE OF TOULOUN I?S SYDNEY TOWN HALL 3!4 MELBOURNE POST OFFICE 322 ADELAIDE 330 MITRE PEAK, NEW ZEALAND 346 NEW ZEALAND (Two Views) 35o MAPS BRITISH ISLES 2S SPAIN 64 EUROPE ?0 ITALY LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

XVIII MAPS — continued. PAGE EGYPT AND SUEZ CANAL 156 INDIA igo AUSTRALASIA 304 NEW SOUTH WALES 308 VICTORIA 316 SOUTH AUSTRALIA 326 QUEENSLAND 332 WESTERN AUSTRALIA 338 TASMANIA .... 342 NEW ZEALAND (North Island) 344 (South Island) 344 THE WORLD ACCORDING TO PTOLEMY 2g6 UNIVERSAL TIME 302 WEATHER AT SEA 282 ANTI-CYCLONIC SYSTEM 286 CHARTS, &c. THE THAMES (Tilbury to North Foreland) 50 ENGLISH CHANNEL (London to Plymouth) 50 STRAITS OF GIBRALTAR 66 GIBRALTAR BAY 68 GULF OF NAPLES 74 NAPLES ROADS 72 MELBOURNE HARBOUR 318 SYDNEY HARBOUR 312 TRACK, WIND, AND CURRENT CHART 290 STAR CHARTS (Four) 232, 234 WEATHER CHARTS (Four) 18 DISTANCE TABLE 220 FLAGS AND FUNNELS (Five Pages) 254 VIEWS OF SHIPS. s.s. ORMUZ 2 „ ,, (Promenade Deck) 3 ,, ,, (Dining Saloon) 4 „ ,, (Second Saloon) 6 s.s. ORIZABA and OROYA LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

VIEWS OF SHIPS— continued.

TAGE s.s. ORIZABA and OROYA (Music Saloon) r° ,, ,, ,, (Second Saloon) I2 s.s. AUSTRAL 2°9 s.s. ORIENT 24*3 ,, ,, (Writing Room) 248 ,, „ (Music Room) 25° s.s. CUZCO, LUSITANIA, GARONNE, and CHIMBORAZO 272 s.s. OROTAVA and ORUBA 8° ,, ,, ,, (Promenade Deck) .......-• 82 ,, ,, ,, (Dining Saloon) 84 „ ,, ,, (Smoking Room 86 „ „ ,, (Nursery) .88 s.s. OPHIR (Saloon) 16 PLANS OF SHIPS.' s.s. ORMUZ • 7 s.s. ORIZABA AND OROYA g s.s. OROTAVA AND ORUBA So s.s. AUSTRAL 209 s.s. ORIENT 247 s.s. CUZCO AND LUSITANIA 273 s.s. GARONNE 2S0 Aborigines, 335, 341, 343, 352 Abyssinia, 181 Achaia, 140 Aci Castello, 125 Aci Reale, 125 Adam's Sepulchre, 201 Adelaide, South Australia, 32S, 332 Aden, 183-186 Advice to Voyagers, 11 Æcjina, 154 Agriculture (Egypt), 171 Ailments influenced by the Australian Voyage, 21 Albanian Coast, 139 Albano, 102 Australia, South, nomenclature, history, extent, climate, productions, population, revenue, &c, 328-333 Australia, Western, history, extent, climate, productions, population, revenue, &c, 339-342 Australian Life, Sports, &c, 357 Australians in England, 29 Babu'l Mandib Straits, 181 Badiet el Tih, 164 Baiæ, 73 Bandar Abbas, 188 Barking Abbey, 49 Barometer, 278 Bassœ, 151 Bass's Straits, 306 Baths, advice as to, 25 Bayreuth, 117 Beachy Head, 52 Bello Sguardo, 109 Benefit ofa voyage, how best to obtain, 23 Bei*enice. 181 Albany, W. Australia, 193, 342 Albatross, 2ig Alboran, Island, 73 Alcamanes, sculptor, 152 Alexandria, 128 Algiers, 73 Alhambra, Spain, 72 Almeria, 73 Alps, 113 Ambrose, Bishop, 112 Amusements on Board, 12 Bergamo, 112 Berlin, 119 Bethany, 135 Birds, 170, 210, 225, 346 Biscay, Bay of, 54 Bitter Lakes, 161 Blue Mountains, 308 Bluff Knoll, W.

Australia, 192 Bologna, no Bonchuich, 52 Boolak Museum, 174 Botany Bay, 305, 314 Botticelli, 119 Bougasi, 150 Bournemouth, 52 Breaksea, ig2 Brenner Railway, 115 Brescia, 112 Amusement Committee, 12 Anchors, 252 Andritzena, 151 Aneroid, 280 Angelo, Michael, Sg, g4, 106, 108 Animals, distribution o£ 201 Annesley Bay, 181 Antonello da Messina, 125 Arabic names of stars, 243 Aracaova, 143 Arezzo, 106 Argolic Hills, 142 Argolis, 140 Argos, 140 Ariosto, in Arnold of Brescia, 85 Arosa, Bay, 56 Artemisium, 144 Ashrafi Light, 179 Assisi, 103 Astroni crater, 73 Athens, 154 Atlantis, 198 Attaka Mount, 162 Brighton, 52 Brisbane, 338 Bronzes, 92 Brothers, Lighthouse, 180 Bruno, Giordano, 87 Burlings, rocks, 56 Butcher, Dean, account of journey to Jerusalem, 132 Auckland, 348 " Austral " Steamship, 6 Australia, duration of voyage, 1 Discovery and colonization, 305 Expedition into interior, 307 Cairo, 171, 178 Cagliari, 73 Campanella Point, 74 Candia, 128 Canning, George, at Chiswick, Canons Park and " Eclipse," 4S Coral Islands, igl Capodimonte, hill, 74 Capri, Island, 98, 123 Captain's authority, 14 11 Captain " turret-ship, 56 Caracci, no Corals, 200 Corfu, 139 Corinth, 140 Corregio, g4 Cortona, 105 Cowes, 52 Cowper, William, at Edmonton, \-j Cremona, 112 Caraglia, Cape, 73 Castellmare, 74, g8 Cave Point, W. Australia, ig2 Certosa, 113 Cetacea, 2og Ceylon, igo Chagos Archipelago, igi Chairs for deck, 12 Cross Bearings, 271 Currents. 265, 2go Cuttle Fish, 207 Cyclades, islands, I3g Cyclones, 285 "Challenger," Ship, voyage of, 197 Chalouf, 161 Channel, English, 53 Naval Battles, 54 Charlemagne at Rome, 101 Charles V. at Richmond, 48 Charlottenburg, 119 Charts, 260 Dædalus Reef, 181 Dahalak, 181 Damascus, 136 Damietta, 128 Dante, 81, 104, no Darling River, 309 Dead Reckoning, 264 Dead Sea, 136 Deal, 52 Della Robbia, 105, 108 Delos, island, 138 Delphi, 140 Depression and elevation of land, 194 Deptford, 31 Depths ofthe Sea, 197 Desert, 160 Charybdis, whirlpool, 124 Chiaja, hill, 74 Chirvati, 140 Chiswick House, 48 Chronometer, 267 Cintra, 56 Cleone, 140 Climate on the Ocean, 16 Australian voyage, 17 Australia, 307, 358 New South Wales, 310 Victoria, 320 South Australia, 331 Western Australia, 341 Queensland, 336 Tasmania, 343 New Zealand, 347 Fiji. 352.

New Guinea, 355 Clothing, advice as to, 25 Clouds, 275 Coal in New South Wales, 313 Collingwood, Admiral Lord, 60, 66 Collingwood, Mr., 204 Cologne, 120 Colombo, igo Colour Bands, 203 Columbus, Christopher, 81, 114 Comfort on board steamers, 1 Diego Garcia, island, igi Diet, advice as to, 24 Distances at sea, 272 Docks, London, 31, 32 Dolphins, 210 Donatello, 108, no, in Doria, family of, 114 Dover, 52 Dresden, 11S Dress on board, n Dungeness Lighthouse, 52 Durer, Albert, 116, ng Eastbury, near Barking, 4g Eastbourne, 52 Eddystone Lighthouse, 53 Edgware, 47 Edmonton, 47 Egyptology, 166 Electric light, 6 Elevation and depression of land, ig4 El Gusir, ridge, 160 Elis, 140 Comino, 126 Cominotto, 126 Como, Lake, 113 Compass, 262 Condostavli, 140 Cook, Captain James, 305 Cooper, Fenimore, account of Bay of Naples, Eltham, 47 Middle Park, 47 " Blair Athol," price, 47 Employments during voyage, 12 Engines, ship's, by Mr. A. Brown, 10 12S Espichel, Cape, 57 Etna, 125 Eucalyptus tree, 318, 341, 344 Europa Point, 6g Evelyn, John, at Deptford, 31 Gull Stream, 51 Gwyder River, 30g Hadhramaut, 187 Hadleigh Castle, 51 Hadrian's villa, 102 Fairlight, 52 Fano, island, I3g Farisan, 181 Hagios of St. John, 144 Haifa, 136 Hals, Franz, 120 Hampton Court, 41 Handel's " Harmonious Blacksmith," 48 Hanish Islands, 181 Hannay, Mr., account of Battle of the Nile Hastings, 52 Hawks, 170, 211 Heliopolis, 175 Herculaneum, 74 Herne Bay, 51 Hill, Sir Rowland, at Tottenham, 47 Hodeidah, 183 Holbein, 118, ng Holy Land, 132 Hydraulic machines, 10 Hygrometer, 281 Hull, Commander, on seamanship, 244 Faro, cape, 124 Fatigue, gi Fawcett, Mrs.

Henry, on Italian history, 77 German travel, 115 Fellaheen, 170 Ferrara, no Fieso'.e, log Fiji Islands, area, climate, productions, population, natives, revenue, &c, 352 Finisterra, cape, 54, 56 Fish, 207, 345.350.36o Flamingoes, I5g Florence, 10S Railway routes from Rome, 103 Time to visit, go Foreland, North, 51 South, 52 Fox, Charles James, at Chiswick, 48 Francia (painter), no, 116 Frescoes of Pompeii, g3 Fulham Palace, 4S Indian Ocean, currents of, 2go Innsbruck, 115 Ischia, Island of, 73, g8 Isle of Dogs, 31 Isle of Grain, 51 Isle of Sheppey, 51 Isle of Wight, 52 Ismailia, 161 Isobaric Charts, 282 Gajola, rock, 73 Galileo, 88, 108, log Games on board, 12 " Garofalo," 124 Gata, Cape de, 72 Gavdo, or Gozo, island, 128 Israelites, i6g Italy, by Mrs. Henry Fawcett, 77 Art, 78 Archæology, 7g Music, 80 General summary, 357 Genoa, 114 Genzano, 102 Germany, 115 German travel, by Mrs. Henry Fawcett, 115 Gibraltar, 67-70 Siege of, 70 Giotto, 108, in Commerce, 80 Discoverers, 81 Revival of Learning, 82 Women of, 84 Reformers, 84 Philosophers, 87 The Waldenses, 87 Ithaca, island, 139 Ithome, 148 Gold in the Colonies, 312, 323, 337, 345, 350 Goldsmid, Sir F., account of Ormuz, 1S8 Goodwin Sands, 51 Gozo (Malta), 126 Gozzoli, Benozzo (painter), log Gravesend, 51 Grays (or Gray's Thurrock), 50 Greece, by Mr. W. B. Richmond, A.R.A., 137 Books on, 137 Greenwich, 31, 46 Jaffa, 132 Jebel Attaka, 167 Jebel Dokan, 181 Jebel Gharib, 164 Jebel Hasan, 183 Grenada, 72 Guardafui, cape, igo Guide Books — Italy, Rome, &c, gi Guido, no Jebel Katharina, 164 Jebel Moosa, 164 Jebel Raha, 164 Jebel Sudr, Jebel Tair, 181 Jebel Zukur, 181 Jerusalem, account of journey to, by Dean Butcher, 132 Macquarie River, 30g Madama, 161 Mafra Palace (Portugal), 56 Magdala, 181 Making the land, 270 Malaga, 71 Malta, 126 Jerusalem, 132 Jervis, Sir John, 57 Jiddah, 1S1 Joseph, i6g Jubal, Straits of, 179 Judging distances at sea, 272 Mantinea, 140, 143 Mantua, 112 Maplin Sands, 51 Marco Polo, 81, 114 Margate, 51 Kalamata, 148 Kalioob, 171 Kamaran, 181, 182 Kandy, igi Masandino, Cape, 188 Maskat, 187 Massowah, 181 Kantarah, 160 Masts, 247 Matrah, 187 Mavromati, i4g " May Flower," ship, 52 Mazi, 151 Medical aspects of the voyage, Struthers, M.B., 16 King George's Sound, ig3 Knots and plaits, 250 (Nautical miles) 258 Kosair, 180 by Mr.

J. Kyra Vuysis, 143 Lachlan River, 3og Lala, 147 Lamb, Charles, at Edmonton, 47 Land grants, 332 Latitude, 258, 266 Medusæ, 205 Melbourne, 322 Memling, 116, 120 Memphis, 174 Menzaleh, Lake, 157 Merenptah, King, 169 Messene, I4g Latron, 132 Lead (for fathoming), 270 Leeuwin, Cape, ig2 Leigh Church, 51 Lemuria, 201 Messina, 124 Strait of, 124 Middleton-Wake, Rev. C. H., on " the configura " and Natural Leonardo da Vinci, 113, ng Life on board, 11 tion of the earth under the sea; History, ig4 Lights, 255 Lights and Buoys, 261 Linen Bags for use in cabins, n Lipari Islands, 124 Lisbon, in the distance, 57 , Littlehampton, 52 Lockyer, Mr. Norman, on universal time, 2g6 Log (at sea), 264 London approached by the Thames, 30 History, &c, 34 Public buildings, Museums, Palaces, &c, Milan, 112 Millwall, 32 Mocha, or Mokha, 182 Molluscs, 207 Monsoons, 28g Monteagle, Lord, 4g Monte Generoso, 113 Monte Nuovo, crater, 73 Monte Olivetto (Florence), log Monte Serrato, villa, 56 Monza, 113 Moro Castle, 51 Moses, i6g Wells, 164 Motto ofthe Orient Company, 6 Mountains, 330 Mucking Lighthouse, 51 Mukalla, 187 Mummies of Kings, &c., 175 Munich, 115 37-41 National Gallery, 38 Longitude, 25g, 268 Lotus-flower, 170 Lowe, Sir Hudson, 123 Lower Hope Reach, 51 Lugano, 113 Luggage, heavy, 11 In cabins, n Luini, 113 Luminosity oi the sea, 204 Luther, at Rome, 101 Murat, 123 Murray River, 308, 330 Morrumbidgee River, 309 Mutton Cargoes, 10 Mutual Forbearance, 13 Macquarie, Governor, Mykene, 140 Mykonos, island, 138 Mystra, 144 " Orizaba," Description of, 5 "Ormuz," ,, ,, 3 Original pictures, 5 " Orotava," 3 "Oroya," Description of, 5 Ormuz, island, 188 Names ofthe Ships ofthe Orient Line, 15 Naples, 74, 92 Ortegal, Cape, 56 Oruba, 3 Orvieto, 103 Ovo Castle, 74 Oysters, 350 Population, 97 Time to visit, go Bay of, 73 Fenimore Cooper's account of, 74 Natural History at Sea, 202 Nauplia, 140 Nautilus, 207 Naval Battles in the Channel, &c, 54 Navigation, 257 Paddy-birds, 170 Padua, no Pæonias, sculptor, 152 Pæstum, 97, 124 Palinuro, Cape, 124 Palladio, 112 Palmer, Professor, 164 Pamisus, River, 150 Parnassus, Mount, 140 Parthenium, pass, 142 Patras, island, 139 Paulizza, 150 Pavia, 113 Perim Island, 181 Naxos, island, 13S, 139 Necho's Canal, B.C. 600, 160 Neda, River, 130 Needles, 52 Nelson, Lord, 58-68 Nemea, 140 Nemi, 102 Newhaven, 52 New Caledonia as a penal settlement, 356 New Guinea, history, division, climate, natives, 353-355 New Hebrides, 356 Convention between England and France in 1878; encroachment by the French, and Australian feeling on the subject New South Wales, history, extent, climate, Perth, W. Australia, 339, 342 Perugia, 103, 104 Time to visit, go Perugino, Pietro, 105, iog Pi Bast, mod.

Tel Basta, 170 Pictures at Naples, g4 population, productions, commerce, revenue, &c, 305-318 New Zealand, animals, vegetation, chmate, geography, Maories, colonization, population, revenue, &c, 346-351 Newspapers, Australian, 360 Nile, 171 Battle of, Mr. Hannay's account, 128 Nile, Delta of, 128, 170 Pictures, original, in the " Ormuz," 5 Pisa, 107 Pitt, William, at Putney, 48 Phidias, sculptor, 153, 154 Phigaleia, Acropolis of, 151 Plymouth — The Sound, Scenery, Breakwater, 52> 53 Point de Galle, igi Pompeii, 74, g5 Pompeian relics, g4 Porpoise, 210 Portici, 74 Port Said, 132, 157 Portsmouth, 52 Portland, 52 Port Tewfik, 162 Nisa, 148 Nisida, islet, 73 Nore, or New Wier, 51 Nuremburg, 116 Norfolk Island, 306 Observation, 265-270 Oceania, 352 O'Hara's Folly (tower), 6g Olives, Mount of, 134 " Portuguese Man of War," 206 Poseidonia, g8 Potsdam, ng Olympia, 140, 151 Oman, 187 Oporto, 56 Oranges in the Colonies, 315, 311, 336 Orient Line, started, 2 Potter, Paul, 120 Pozzuoli, 73 Praxiteles, sculptor, 116, 152, 154 Prickly Heat, 26 Princess Royal Harbour, W. Australia, 192 Procida, Island of, gS Motto, 6 Pumps, 10 Putney, 48 Names of Ships, 15 " Orient," Description of, 5 Pyramids, 172, 173 Pyrgos, Queen Louisa of Prussia, ng Queensland — history, boundaries, extent, climate, population, productions, revenue, &c, 333, 33g Setubal, 57 Seychelles Islands, 192 Sextant, 266 Sicily, time to visit, go Siena, 106 Time to visit, go Sierra Nevada, 72 Sinai, 164 Siout, Railway to, 172 Shadoof (water lifter on Nile), 171 Shadwan Island, I7g Sharks, 209 Sharon, Plain of, 132 Sheerness fortifications, 51 Shipbuilding, improvements in, I Shoeburyness, 51 Sketching on board, 12 Sky, colour of, 275 Sofia, 145 Sohar, 187 Sokotra Island, 1S6 Solent, 52 Sorrento, 74, g8 Soundings, 261 South Australia, nomenclature, history, extent climate, production, population, revenue, &c, [328—333 Southampton, 52 Railways in the Colonies, 315, 326, 332, 337, 351 Railway — Cairo to Suez, by Ismailia and Zagazig, 168 Rain, 276 Rainbows, 277 Rameses II., i6g Ramleh, 132 Ramsgate Lighthouse, 51 Raphael, 94, no, 113, 116, 118, ng Ras Asir, Cape, igo Ras Jered Hafun, Cape, 190 Ras Mohammed, Cape, 179 Ras Sufsafeh, 164 Ravenna, no Reculvers, 51 Red Sea, I7g Refrigerator, 6 Reggio, 125 Rembrandt, 120 Resina, 74 Richmond Palace, 48 Roca, Cape, 56 Southend, 51 Spanish Armada, 52, 54 Sparta, 144 Spartivento, Cape, 73 " Speaking a Ship," 254 Speed of voyages, 1 Sphinx, 174 Spithead, 52 Squalls, 277 St. Alban's Abbey, 48 St. Alban's Head, 52 St. Angel's, mountain, 74.

St. Catherina, at Siena, 107 St. Catherine's Point, 52 St. Elias, mountain, 144 St. Elmo, Castle of, 74 St. Gemignano, 107 St. Gothard Railway, 115, 121 St. Katherine, Convent of, 164 St. Leonards, 52 St. Vincent, Cape of, 57 Battle of, 56-62, by Mr. Hannay Stars, 225-244 Arabic names of, 243 Start Lighthouse, 52 Steamers, description of, 3-6 Steering, 250 Stephan, Meister, of Cologne, 121 Stevenson, Mr. J. J., designer of the saloons, &c, 4, 6 Stromboli, 124 Rome, gg, 102 Time to visit, go Ropes, 248 Rotherhithe, 32 " Rule of the road " at sea, 255 Ruskin's " Stones of Venice," 11 1 Safety of Steamers, 2 Sails, 246 Saint Francis of Assisi, 104 ,, Paul at Rome, 101 Peter at Rome, 10 1 Sakeeyeh (water-wheel on Nile), 171 Salerno, Gulf of, 124 Sanaa, 183 San Martino, hill, 74 San Miniato, log San Roque, 71 Sardinia, Island of, 73 Savonarola, 83, 86, 108, in Sawakin, 181 Sculpture at Naples, g3 Scylla, rock, 124 Seamanship, Navigation and Weather, by Commander Hull, 245 Sea-sickness, 26 Sea-weeds, 204 " Second Cataract," voyage to, on the Nile, 172 Serapeum, 161 Serpent-worship, igg Struthers, Mr. J., medical aspects of the voyage, 16 Stuart, Mr. A. M., exploi*er, 32g Stui't, Captain, expedition of, 307 Suez, 163, 167 Canal, 157 Gulf of, 164 to Australia, I7g to Cairo, 166 Universal Time, by Mr. Norman Lockyer, 2g6 Ushant, 54 Valetta, town of, 54 Vallombrosa, no Van der Weyden, 116 Vandyke, 114 Van Eyck, g4, ng, 120 Venice, 81, ill Sydney, 314 Syra, island of, 13S Syracuse, 125 Ventnor, 52 Verona, 112 Veronese, Paul, 116 Vesuvius, 73, 74 Vicenza, 112 Tangier, 71 Taormina, 125 Victoria, boundaries, extent, history, climate, productions, population, finances, &c, 318*328 Vigo Bay, 56 Vinci, Leonardo da, ng Vourkuno, Mount, 148 Voyage to Australia, duration, 1 Employments, 12 Climate, 17 Ailments influenced, 21 Tarifa, 67, 6g Tasmania — history, area, population, climate, productions, revenue, &c, 342-345 Tasso, no Taygetus, mountains, 144 Tegea, 143 Tel-el-Kebeer, 168 Battle of, 16S Tenos, island, 138 Terreplein, 162 Teulada, cape, 73 Thackerav at Rome, gg Thames Tunnel, 32 Theodosius, Emperor, 112 Thermometer, 280 Benefit, 23 Wadi Tohum, bay, igo Wagner, Richard, 117 Waldenses, 87 Walmer, 52 Walton, Izaak, at Edmonton, 47 " Watches " at sea, 253 Watling Street, 47 Watts, Mr.

H. E., account of Australian Colonies, 304: Weather at sea, 273 Between England and Australia, 29: Wellington, New Zealand, 348 Wentworth's expedition, 307 Western Australia, history, extent, climate, production, population, revenue, dec., 33g-342 West Bay, 52 Westgate, 51 Westminster Abbey, 37 Wales, 209 Wilhelm of Cologne, 121 Winds, 284 Winds and Weather between England and Australia, 291 Windsor Castle, 43 Wine, Australian, 311, 321, 331 Woolwich, 30 Worthing, 52 Tilbury Docks, 50 Fort, 51 Time, marked by bells, 254 Greenwich, &c, 267-270 Universal, 2g6-303 Timsah, Lake, 160 Tipsiana, 143 Titian, 116 Tivoli, 102 Torquay, 52 Torre del Annunziata, Port, 74 Torre del Greco, 74 Torres Vedras, heights of, 56 Toussoum, 161 Tower of London, 32 Trade Winds, 289 Trafalgar, Cape, 62 Battle of, described by Mr. Hannay, 63-66 Tragoi, 150 Trasimene, lake, 105 Tripi, 145 Tripolitza, 143 Tropical Cyclones, 287 Turin, 114 Turtles, 2og Tuscany, time to visit, go T.yrins, 140 Yemen, 1S3, 185 Zagazig, 170 Zebayir Islands, 181 Zemba, or Yembo, 181 Zodiacal Light, 242 Under the sea, ig4 INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

HOTELS. ENGLAND. PAGE Alexandra Hotel London 369 Duke of Cornwall Hotel Plymouth ■ , • 37' Edmburgh Hydropathic Facing 406 Farley Hotel Plymouth 372 Half Moon Hotel Exeter 39» Hotel Continental London 37| HcC.tel Metropole London 368 Hotel Victoria London 37° Hotel Windsor London 37+ Ilfracombe Hotel Ilfracombe vl Imperial Hotel Bournemouth 4°5 Langham Hotel London 371 Royal Clarence Hotel Exeter 398 Royal Forest Hotel Chingford 377 Royal Hotel Plymouth 373 Tunbridge Spa Tunbridge Wells vn Westminster Palace Hotel .... London 376 Wood's Hotel London Inside Front Cover. EGYPT. Hotel Continental Cairo 411 Hotel Du Nil Cairo 4-t3 Shepheard's Hotel Cairo 412 ITALY. Grand Hotel Naples 410 Hotel Bristol Naples 408 Isotta Bros. Hotel Naples 4°8 Quisisana Hotel Naples 4°9 Royal Hotel Naples . 411 Parker's Hotel Naples 4°9 Mrs. Dawes' Hotel Rome 408 AUSTRALIA.

Mrs. Clement's Boarding Establishment . . Hobart 436 Daniel's Imperial Hotel Brisbane 425 Grand Hotel Dunedin 424 Grand Hotel Melbourne 41S Heathorn's Hotel Hobart 435 Hotel Metropole Sydney 415 Railway Hotel Albany 422 Robert's Hotel Sydney 414 South Australian Club Hotel .... Adelaide 423 Wand's Hotel Albany 421 BAN KS. PAGE Bank of Van Diemen's Land . . . 435 Colonial Bank of New Zealand . . . 386 Commercial Bank of Tasmania . . . INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. XXVIII BANKS— continued. PAGE New Oriental Bank Corporation, Limited . 3g8 Queensland Deposit Bank .... 432 Queensland National Bank, Limited . . 426 Union Bank of Australia .... 377 STEAMSHIP LINES AND RAILWAYS. page Adelaide Steam Ship Co., Limited . . . Adelaide 416 Pleasure Cruises by Orient Steamers . . London ........ xliii Tasmanian Steam Navigation Co. . . .

Hobart ........ 436 Union Steam Ship Co. of New Zealand . . Dunedin ........ 387 W. Howard Smith & Sons, Limited . . . Melbourne ........ 423 Great Western Railway London 383 London & South Western Railway . . . London ........ 384 South Eastern Railway ..... London ........ 382 Queensland Railways ..... Queensland ........ 430 NEWSPAPERS Argus and Australasian ..... Melbourne ........ 362 South Australian Register .... Adelaide ........ 362 Adelaide Observer and Evening Journal . . Adelaide ........ 362 British Australasian and Anglo New Zealand Times ........ London ........ 364 Ceylon Newspaper Co. ..... Ceylon ........ 414 Colonies and India and European Mail . . London ........ 366 Brisbane Telegraph and The Week . . . Brisbane ........ 42g WINES, SPIRITS, MINERAL WATERS, &c. Duminy & Co. .......

London . . . (Champagnes) . . ix Foster & Sons, M. B. . . . . . London . . . (Ales, <__-*.*.) . . . 3g5 Mackilligin & Co., R. M. . . . . . London . . . (Whiskey) . . . 404 Mumm & Co., Jules London . . . (Champagne) . . . 380 Cockburn & Co. London . . . (Port) .... 380 Vaughan Jones, E. ..... . London . . . (Whiskey) . . . 397 Jameson & Son, Jno. ..... London . . . (Whiskey) . . . 397 Ross & Co., W. A Belfast . . . (Mineral Waters) . . 394 Scheppe & Co., Limited ..... London . . . (.Mineral Waters) . . 43g Symons & Co., John ..... Totnes . . . (Devonshire Cyder) . 378 PATENT FOODS AND MEDICINES. Barclay & Sons, Limited London . . . (Druggists) . . . 397 Dinneford's Magnesia ..... London ... ..... 399 Liebig's Extract of Meat London . . . . . . . . 438 . London . . . . . . . . 438 Neave's Food .......

Fordingbridge . . ..... 400 Sir Jas. Murray's Magnesia .... Dublin 405 FURNISHING AND OUTFITTING. Anderson, Anderson, & Anderson . . . London . . . (Waterproof Goods) . 392 Atkinson & Co., R. . . . . . . Dublin . . . (Irish Poplins) . . 393 Bennett & Co., Limited, Sir John . . . London . . . (Watches and Clocks) . 385 Chambers & Seymour ..... Melbourne . . . (Ironmongery) . .419 Collard & Collard ...... London . . . (Pianos) . . . 379 Dollond, F. ...... . London . . . (Optician) . . . 372 Lincoln, Bennett & Co. ..... London . . . (Hatters) . . . 401 Mutual Store, Limited ..... Melbourne . . . (Furniture, <__**_-.) . . 417 Robinson & Cleaver Belfast . . . (Linen Goods) . . INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. XXIX FURNISHING AND OUTFITTING— continued. PAGE Sampson & Co London . . . (Shirts) .... 437 Sandilands & Son London . . .