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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                       218

XIX. TO THE DEATH!                                235

XX. A CITY OF PRIESTS                             242

XXI. THE GOLDEN PAGODA                            250

XXII. THE KING'S REPRESENTATIVE                   264

XXIII. THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE                 271

XXIV. ON A CARGO BOAT                             278

XXV. JIM'S STORY                                  291

XXVI. THROUGH EASTERN STRAITS AND ISLANDS         304

XXVII. THE LAND OF THE LITTLE PEOPLE              320

XXVIII. IN A JAPANESE INN                         332

XXIX. THOUSANDS OF SALMON                         345

XXX. THE GREAT DIVIDE                             358

XXXI. ON A CATTLE RANCH                           371

XXXII. THE GREAT LAKES                            382

XXXIII. OLD FRIENDS AGAIN                         388

INDEX                                             395




PLATES IN COLOUR


THE MIGHTY SEATED FIGURES AT ABU SIMBEL                      _Frontispiece_

                                                               FACING PAGE

SHE IS ON THE POINT OF LEAVING HER COUNTRY, PERHAPS FOR EVER            24

ENGLISH SOLDIERS CLIMBING THE PYRAMIDS                                  56

JEWS' WAILING PLACE, JERUSALEM                                         128

SWAYING ITS LEAN UNLOVELY BODY TO AND FRO IN TIME WITH THE TUNE        200

A CARPET SHOP, DELHI                                                   224

THE GOLDEN PAGODA                                                      256

A BURMESE PLAY                                                         288

A VILLAGE BUILT ON PILES, SUMATRA. LITTLE BROWN BOYS PLAY
ABOUT AND FISH                                                         312

OUR DINNER IN A JAPANESE INN                                           336

INDIANS AS THEY ARE NOW                                                376

THE FALLS OF NIAGARA                                                   388

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ROUND THE WONDERFUL WORLD




CHAPTER I

WHICH WAY?


When you have noticed a fly crawling on a ball or an orange has it ever
occurred to you how a man would look crawling about on the earth if seen
from a great height? Our world is, as everyone knows, like an orange in
shape, only it is very much larger in comparison with us than an orange
is in regard to a fly. In fact, to make a reasonable comparison, we
should have to picture the fly crawling about on a ball or globe fifty
miles in height; to get all round it he would have to