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ROUND THE WONDERFUL WORLD

_UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME_

A BOOK OF DISCOVERY
BY M. B. SYNGE

THE WORLD'S STORY
BY E. O'NEILL

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ROUND THE WONDERFUL WORLD

BY G. E. MITTON

AUTHOR OF

"THE BOOK OF LONDON" "IN THE GRIP OF THE WILD WA" ETC.

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WITH 12 DRAWINGS IN COLOUR AND 120 IN CRAYON BY

A. S. FORREST

LONDON: T. C. & E. C. JACK, Ltd.
35 PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C.
AND EDINBURGH


TO

JIM




CONTENTS


CHAP                                             PAGE

I. WHICH WAY?                                       1

II. REALLY OFF!                                    20

III. FIERY MOUNTAINS                               36

IV. THE STRANGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD             51

V. THE HIGHWAY OF EGYPT                            65

VI. A MIGHTY MAN                                   75

VII. THE CITY OF KINGS                             85

VIII. ON THE NILE                                  95

IX. A MILLION SUNRISES                            109

X. A WALK ABOUT JERUSALEM                         120

XI. THE COUNTRY OF CHRIST'S CHILDHOOD             139

XII. AN ADVENTURE                                 147

XIII. THE GATEWAY OF THE EAST                     153

XIV. THE DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN                      168

XV. A TROPICAL THUNDERSTORM                       179

XVI. A SACRED TREE                                192

XVII. UNWELCOME INTRUDERS                         203

XVIII. THE CAPITAL OF INDIA                      