



Produced by David Edwards, Martin Pettit and the Online
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A TRAMP'S NOTE-BOOK

BY

MORLEY ROBERTS

AUTHOR OF

"RACHEL MARE," "BIANCA'S CAPRICE," "THE PROMOTION OF THE ADMIRAL."


LONDON

F. V. WHITE & CO. LTD.

14 BEDFORD STREET, STRAND, W.C.

1904




CONTENTS


                                                        PAGE

A WATCH-NIGHT SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO                     1

SOME PORTUGUESE SKETCHES                                  16

A PONDICHERRY BOY                                         40

A GRADUATE BEYOND SEAS                                    51

MY FRIEND EL TORO                                         61

BOOKS IN THE GREAT WEST                                   71

A VISIT TO R. L. STEVENSON                                79

IN CAPETOWN                                               88

VELDT, PLAIN AND PRAIRIE                                  95

NEAR MAFEKING                                            101

BY THE FRASER RIVER                                      110

OLD AND NEW DAYS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA                     118

A TALK WITH KRUGER                                       128

TROUT FISHING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA AND CALIFORNIA         136

ROUND THE WORLD IN HASTE                                 142

BLUE JAYS AND ALMONDS                                    162

IN CORSICA                                               167

ON THE MATTERHORN                                        176

AN INTERNATIONAL SOCIALIST CONGRESS                      186

AT LAS PALMAS                                            194

THE TERRACINA ROAD                                       204

A SNOW-GRIND                                             216

ACROSS THE BIDASS