FOREWORD.

lowing pages contain nothing more than is in the title, namely, “Notes by the Way," s opportunity offered, for the benefit of the f a daily newspaper, and without any thought tion in a connected form. They have been d in deference to the wishes expressed in nd divers quarters, in some cases by readers e who were good enough to say that seeing ough the eyes of an old tropical resident ew interest to much of what was narrated. nust be found our apology for this booklet ny novelty connected with it, namely that though over forty years resident in "Lanka" 'earl-drop on the brow of India" of the and, although he had twice travelled round in different directions,- had never before the Continent of India. It is so often the an inspection of what is nearest at hand is the last. Our sincere wish now is that all follow in our footsteps may have as much d profit from their trip as we did in our tour during November-December 1901,