Our journey around the world; an illustrated record of a year's travel of forty thousand . e, and forbid them not, forof such is the Kingdom of Heaven. CHAPTER XV. A JOURNEY THROUGH TROPIC SEAS. A Delightful Voyage — Liquid Fire —The Sacred White Ox —The Gharri— The L Road and the Bullock Bandy — Fan Palms of Singapore —A Tree that Casts no Shadow — How the Bandy Driver Stimulates hisSteeds — An Effective Threat — Chewing a Bullocks Tail to makehim go — Picturesque Wharf Venders—;> Papa Dive — Scrambling forNickels — A Walk in Penang — Mangosteens and Jack-fruit — Assa-foetida and O
Our journey around the world; an illustrated record of a year's travel of forty thousand . e, and forbid them not, forof such is the Kingdom of Heaven. CHAPTER XV. A JOURNEY THROUGH TROPIC SEAS. A Delightful Voyage — Liquid Fire —The Sacred White Ox —The Gharri— The L Road and the Bullock Bandy — Fan Palms of Singapore —A Tree that Casts no Shadow — How the Bandy Driver Stimulates hisSteeds — An Effective Threat — Chewing a Bullocks Tail to makehim go — Picturesque Wharf Venders—;> Papa Dive — Scrambling forNickels — A Walk in Penang — Mangosteens and Jack-fruit — Assa-foetida and Onions — The Indian Juggler — A Man with a Gizzard —The Mango Tree Trick and the Girl in the Basket — The Last of theChinaman — Ceylons Spicy Breezes — The Waggish Captains Joke —The Odors of Colombo — A Horrible Combination — The Catamaran —The Two Instincts of the Singhalese—Persistent Shopkeepers — Be-sieged by Beggars — Baby Merchants and their Wares — The Cinna-mon Gardens — An Ancient Turtle — Brawny Barbarism and (HE journey from Hong Kong toColombo occupies about thirteendays over tropic seas. The firstfew days from Hong Kong, withthe northwest monsoon blowing-half a gale, are apt to be ratheruncomfortable for lovers ofterra Jtrmaj but, as we travelsouthward, the weather growsgentler, the sea grows smoother,and before we reach Singaporewe vote this journey to be one ofthe most delightful on any ocean. There are usually fewsigns of life at sea, but on this voyage flying fish flit fromwavelet to wavelet, and at night the phophorescent animal-cula turn all the surrounding ocean into waves of liquid fire (279) 2S0 THE SACRED WHITE OX OF INDIA. as our good ship plows its way through this brilliant butharmless flame. Occasionally a passing steamer causes all the passengersto unstrap their field glasses and level them at the distantstranger. Occasionally, also, a helpless sailing vessel is seenin the d
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