TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE These lectures each had a set of associated slides, a complete list of which can be found on pages 117–124 at the end of the book. These slide sets were sold separately and are not part of the book. Some of the slides (those highlighted in bold in the slide list) were inserted as illustrations in the original book, and these are reproduced in this etext. The numbers in the right margin of the etext are the numbers of the associated slides. Several of these margin slide numbe

SIX LECTURES Prepared for The Visual Instruction Committee of the Colonial Office by A. J. SARGENT, M.A. LONDON GEORGE PHILIP & SON, Ltd., 32, Fleet Street Liverpool: PHILIP, SON & NEPHEW, Ltd., South Castle Street 1912 ( All rights reserved ) THE VISUAL INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES. The Right Honourable the Earl of Meath , K.P., Chairman. The Right Honourable Sir Cecil Clementi Smith , G.C.M.G. Sir John Struthers , K.C.B., LL.D., Sec

In the great land mass which is formed by Europe and Asia is included upwards of a third of the land surface of the Globe and about two-thirds of the total population. Grouped at the western end are the three hundred and fifty millions of Europe, while the majority of the seven hundred millions of Asia are crowded into the southeastern corner. Between the two, from the Red Sea coast of Arabia to the western boundary of China, lies a broad band of desert and steppe, mountain and plateau, thinly p

On our voyage from the English Channel to Malta we are never out of touch with the countries of Western Europe. Even on the African coast European influence or control is becoming stronger every year. We have seen how our occupation of Gibraltar was incidental to our quarrels with France and Spain, and these same quarrels, in the end, brought Malta into our possession. But Malta is on the edge of the Near East, and in looking at its history in mediæval times we were always concerned with the riv

We leave Aden, with a mixed cargo of camels and Somalis, and steam southward for a hundred and fifty miles across the Gulf to visit the Horn of Africa, a region less known to Europeans, before the present century, than much of the distant interior of the vast Continent. We land       1 at Berbera on the flat coast: behind the little pier are the white houses of the European town, and in the background a long mountain range. Lying off shore at       2 anchor is a vessel which attracts our attenti

Ceylon, which takes the first place among our Crown Colonies, is the halfway house on our long journey. As we steam towards Colombo there is little to suggest that we are nearing one of the chief harbours in the eastern world. We see a long unbroken line of coast, fringed with green coconut palms, with no trace of bay or inlet. In the background rises an irregular hill mass,       1 topped with long ridges and sharp peaks. Presently we can distinguish two great breakwaters, with a wide opening b

We now leave Ceylon, cross the eastern arm of the Indian Ocean, and turn southward through the Straits of Malacca. We shall find ourselves in a new world, among people very different from those that we have met in the earlier part of our voyage. The key to the understanding of the whole region is Singapore, a century ago an unimportant island, though even then a few far-seeing people realized its magnificent possibilities. The Dutch, at that time the chief commercial Power in the Malay Archipela

Fifteen hundred miles away from Singapore, guarding the northern outlet of the China Sea as Singapore guards the southern, commanding also the approach to the great commercial city of Canton and to the whole coastline of       1 southeastern China, lies the island harbour of Hongkong, the last fortified outpost of British power in this region of the world. The island is only one of a large group which fringes the coast round the mouth of the Canton river, and its area is less than thirty square

Slide No   1. Map of the Roads from Europe to the East.   2. Map of Strait of Gibraltar.   3. Distant view of Gibraltar.   4. Nearer view of Gibraltar.   5. Gibraltar, Town and Harbour.   6. Map of Gibraltar.   7. The Rock from Devil’s Tower Road.   8. The Causeway and Bay from above.   9. Southport Street. 10. The Old Moorish Castle. 11. Outside one of the Galleries. 12. View from a Gallery Window. 13. The Isthmus and Linea from the Galleries. 14. Water Catchment on North Peak. 15. The South Ga

  1. Map of Railway from Calais to Brindisi.   2. Map of the Eastern Mediterranean.   3. Phœnician Rock Tomb, Cyprus.   4. Ruins of Temple of Zeus.   5. Slag Heaps at Scariotissa.   6. Limassol.   7. Othello’s Tower, Famagusta.   8. Old Lusignan Palace, Famagusta.   9. St. Sophia, exterior. 10. St. Sophia, interior. 11. In the Monastery of Kikko. 12. Abbey of Bella Paise. 13. The Cloisters, Bella Paise. 14. Modern Greek Church. 15. A Tekkye: Shrine of Mohammed’s Aunt. 16. Map of Cyprus. 17. View

  1. Berbera, from the Sea.   2. The Shah Jehan.   3. Part of the Native Town, Berbera.   4. A Spring at Duba.   5. Reservoir of hot water Spring.   6. Plateau, on the Road to Sheikh.   7. Stream between Lower Sheikh and Sheikh.   8. A Native Caller, at Sheikh.   9. View from Bungalow of Political Officer, Sheikh. 10. View from Sheikh, looking towards Berbera. 11. Ant Hills on the Road to Wagga. 12. Ant Hill and Horseman. 13. Vegetation on the Slopes of Wagga. 14. View from Wagga, looking East.

  1. Map of Malay Peninsula, political.   2. Map of Malaya.   3. An Island in the Cocos.   4. Flying-fish Cove, Christmas Island.   5. The Quarries, Christmas Island.   6. Government House, Singapore.   7. Singapore Roadstead.   8. Plan of Singapore.   9. The River, Singapore. 10. Commercial Square. 11. Cathedral and Cricket Ground. 12. A Chinese Residence. 13. Chinese Garden with Lilies. 14. Pineapple-tinning Factory. 15. Botanical Gardens, Singapore. 16. The River, Malacca. 17. Street in Malac

  1. Map of South East China.   2. Map of Hongkong Island.   3. Panorama of the Peak, Hongkong.   4. Panorama of the Peak, further East.   5. Victoria Harbour and Stonecutter Island.   6. Victoria Harbour, and Kaulun.   7. Victoria Harbour, and the Lai-i-mun.   8. Map of Hongkong and the New Territory.   9. Queen’s Road, Victoria. 10. Pottinger Street, Victoria. 11. Hongkong and Shanghai Bank. 12. Statue of Queen Victoria. 13. A Chinese Street, on New Year’s Day. 14. Coolies road-mending. 15. Ch