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The fortress of Königstein at the town of Königstein, Saxony, Germany.

The vacation cottage of Johann Jacob Rieter, Swiss manufacturer of woolen textiles.

View of the walls of Baghdad. Down to the 19th century, Baghdad was often, yet erroneously, identified with ancient Babylon. Recent excavations showed, however, that Babylon stood on the opposite shore of Tigres river.

Example of Kalmyk settlement.

View of Yerevan, Armenia.

View of the old town of Kandahar, with the fortress of Shah Hussain Hotaki.

Top: Kiosk in a banana tree forest. Bottom: Map of Bandar Abbash and nearby islands at the straits of Hormuz, Iran.

The deer from whose glands musk is extracted.

Cobra snake.

Gymnosophists near temples in India. 6: The author and a Dutch officer explore the lodgings of an itinerant fakir.

Pagodas at the kingdom of Tonkin (Vietnam). In the foreground, gymnosophists and priests in ceremonial dress doing their prayers.

Top: The king of Tonkin (Vietnam) exits the palace. Bottom: The king of Tonkin (Vietnam) leaves for war.

Procession which escorts the queen mother or the queen of Tonkin as they exit the palace.

Carriages with livestock and other provisions leave Hanoi. They are destined to feed the soldiers and other followers of the funeral procession of the king of Tonkin (Vietnam).