t Kamakura 192

XXII. A Sedan-Chair in Seoul 199

XXIII. The Kremlin, Moscow 208

XXIV. Paris 216

XXV. Napoleon's Tomb 219

XXVI. The Colosseum, Rome 228

XXVII. Pompeii 233

XXVIII. The Great Pyramids at Ghizeh 238

XXIX. A Hippopotamus 254

XXX. The Fight on the Congo 294

XXXI. A Group of Beduins 300

XXXII. "Sky-Scrapers" in New York 323

XXXIII. Niagara Falls 331

XXXIV. Canons on the Colorado River 339

XXXV. Cotopaxi 344

XXXVI. Indian Huts on the Amazons River 353

XXXVII. A Coral Strand 369

XXXVIII. Country near Lake Eyre 373

XXXIX. The "Fram" 393

LIST OF MAPS

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1. Map showing journey from Stockholm to Berlin 2

2. Map showing journey from Berlin to Constantinople 10

3. Plan of Constantinople 13

4. Map showing journey from Constantinople to Teheran, latter
part of journey to Baku, and journey from Baku across
Persia to Baghdad and back to Teheran 30

5. Map showing journey from Orenburg to the Pamir 56

6. Map showing journey from Teheran to Baluchistan 73

7. Map of Northern India, showing rivers and mountain ranges 82

8. Map of Eastern Turkestan 90

9. Tibet 112

10. Map of India, showing journey from Nushki to Leh, and
journey from Tibet through Simla, etc., to Bombay 132

11. The Sunda Islands 154

12. Map showing