CHAPTER VII

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LIFE IN NORTHUMBERLAND—MY SISTER ELEANORA’S WEDDING—ALNWICK CASTLE IN 1855 AND 1892—SERIOUS ILLNESS—DEATH OF OSWIN AND SEYMOUR CRESSWELL 140

## CHAPTER VIII .

AT HOME ON SPEYSIDE—THE LAST CALL TO ARMS OF CLAN GRANT—A DOUBLE FUNERAL—MACDOWAL GRANT OF ARNDILLY—ABERLOUR ORPHANAGE 159

## CHAPTER IX .

THE “HOME-GOING” OF THREE BROTHERS 173

## CHAPTER X .

MARRIAGES OF MY SISTER EMILIA AND MY BROTHER WILLIAM—WE LEAVE SPEYSIDE AND SETTLE IN PERTHSHIRE—MY VISITS TO SKYE AND INDIA 191

## CHAPTER XI .

RETURN TO ENGLAND—VISIT CORNWALL _EN ROUTE_ TO CEYLON FOR TWO HAPPY YEARS 205

## CHAPTER XII .

START FOR FIJI—LIFE IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND—DEATH OF THE REV. F. AND MRS. LANGHAM 216

## CHAPTER XIII .

CRUISE ON A FRENCH MAN-OF-WAR—TONGAN ISLES—SAMOA—TAHITI—CALIFORNIA—JAPAN 227

## CHAPTER XIV .

JAPANESE BURIAL-GROUNDS—CREMATION IN MANY LANDS—SACRED SCRIPTURE WHEELS—BUDDHIST ROSARIES 245

## CHAPTER XV .

MYTHOLOGICAL PLAYS—JAPANESE THEATRES—THE FORTY-SEVEN RÔNINS—FLOWER FESTIVALS 270

## CHAPTER XVI .

WAYSIDE SHRINES—THE FOX-GOD—OLD DRUGGISTS’ SHOPS—PUNISHING REFRACTORY IDOLS 288

## CHAPTER XVII .

ASCENT OF FUJIYAMA—ITS CRATER—VIEW FROM THE SUMMIT—TRIANGULAR SHADOW—NUMEROUS VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS 307

## CHAPTER XVIII .

THE PEOPLE ENTERTAIN THE MIKADO AND GENERAL ULYSSES GRANT—RETURN TO SAN FRANCISCO 334

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