NILE DONKEY, "BALLY-HOO-BEY." KNEW HIS BUSINESS
LIKE A BOOK, BUT OBJECTED TO THE TOD SLOAN RIDE (SPOKEN
OF IN THE TEXT)--A WILD WEST EFFORT IN THE FAR EAST.
ALI BABA, JR., IN THE SADDLE

TEMPLE OF LUXOR ON THE NILE. "RAM" IS VERY MUCH IN
EVIDENCE, BUT ONLY A SMALL PART OF HIS SCULPTURAL
OUTPUT IS SEEN, AS THE STONE-CUTTERS' LIENS HAVE NOT
YET BEEN SATISFIED

ANOTHER PART OF KARNAK; ONLY ONE MAN ON THE JOB, BUT HE IS
QUITE EQUAL TO ALL ITS REQUIREMENTS AND EMERGENCIES

PILLARS OF THOTHMES III, KARNAK, EGYPT, WITH TWO YOUNG MEN
ON THE LOOKOUT FOR BUSINESS. THEY ARE BOTH WORTHY OF
EVERY ENCOURAGEMENT

OBELISK OF THOTHMES I AND QUEEN HAPSHEPSET XVIII DYNASTY.
TWO FINE OBELISKS IN THE TEMPLE OF KARNAK--A LITTLE
TOPSY-TURVY LOOKING AND VERY MUCH IN NEED OF REPAIRS

THIS IS WHERE "RAM" FELL DOWN AND HAS NEVER SINCE BEEN
"LIFTED." IT TAKES _PIASTRES_ TO PUT SUCH A BIG MAN
ON HIS FEET. STONY MACADAM, PRESIDENT OF THE BAKSHISH
TRUST & TIPPING COMPANY, WITH HIS CASHIER AND ENTIRE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN ATTENDANCE. IT'S A TOUGH PROBLEM
"STONY" CAN'T SOLVE IF THERE'S MONEY BEHIND IT

THE ARCH OF CONSTANTINE, ROME--ONE OF THE FINEST EXTANT.
THE EMPEROR THOUGHT IT ALL OUT AND PLANNED IT TO
ASTONISH POSTERITY, AND INCIDENTALLY TO RECORD HIS OWN
GREATNESS

THE FORUM, ROME'S GREATEST HISTORICAL CLUB, WHERE EVERY
MAN HAD A HEARING IF HE HAD ANYTHING TO SAY. SOME GREAT
THINGS WERE SAID THERE AND THOUGHTS COINED WHICH ARE
PASSING CURRENT AS OUR OWN TO-DAY

THE BATHS OF CARACALLA, ROME, WHERE THE ROMANS HAD THE
BEST TIMES OF THEIR LIVES AND WERE ALWAYS IN THE PICTURE
WHILE IT LASTED

A FANTASY OF MEDITERRANEAN TRAVEL

A DREAM OF ANTICIPATION

(_The spirit of the cruise_)

The _King of Cork_ was a funny ship
As ever ploughed the maine:
She kep' no log, she went whar she liked;
So her Cap'n warn't to blaime.

The Management was funnier still.
We always thought it dandy--
Till it wrecked us on the Golden Horn,
When we meant to land at Kandy.

The Cap'n ran the boat ashore
In aerated waters;
The Purser died by swallowin' gas,
Thus windin' up these matters.

_L'Envoi_

Fate's relentless finger,
Points to the Purser's doom:
He gulped the seltzer quickly--
Then bust with an air-tight boom!

Taking my cue from this short, spasmodic dream I had one evening in a
steamer chair, of what I imagined was to