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

[Illustration: STRANGE BRIDGE AT MARSEILLES.]

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 make a journey of
something like one hundred and fifty miles. It would take a determ