EN OF ISRAEL 181

CHAPTER XX.
THE LAST OF CAPTAIN MAZAGAN 192

CHAPTER XXI.
THE CONFERENCE ON THE SUEZ CANAL 202

CHAPTER XXII
THE CANAL AND ITS SUGGESTIONS 212

CHAPTER XXIII.
THE MYSTERIOUS ARAB IN A NEW SUIT 222

CHAPTER XXIV.
THE TOY OF THE TRANSIT MANAGER 232

CHAPTER XXV.
A VISIT TO THE SPRINGS OF MOSES 241

CHAPTER XXVI.
THE VARIOUS ROUTES TO MOUNT SINAI 251

CHAPTER XXVII
THE CONFERENCE ON THE PROMENADE 260

CHAPTER XXVIII.
THE ANCIENT KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD 270

CHAPTER XXIX.
VIEW OF MOUNT SINAI IN THE DISTANCE 280

CHAPTER XXX.
SOME ACCOUNT OF MOHAMMED THE PROPHET 290

CHAPTER XXXI.
THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF ISLAMISM 300

CHAPTER XXXII.
THE AGENT OF THE PARSEE MERCHANTS 310

CHAPTER XXXIII.
A DISAPPOINTMENT TO CAPTAIN SCOTT 319

CHAPTER XXXIV.
THE SUSPICIOUS WHITE STEAMER AT ADEN 329

CHAPTER XXXV.
GENERAL NEWBY'S MAGNIFICENT YACHT 339

CHAPTER XXXVI.
AN ALMOST MIRACULOUS CONVERSION 349

ILLUSTRATIONS

"THE STERN OF THE FATIMA SUDDENLY WENT DOWN" _Frontispiece_

PAGE
"IT HAD BEEN A STORMY NIGHT" 51

"STOP WHERE YOU ARE OR I SHALL ORDER MY MEN TO FIRE!" 92

"SHE SPREAD OUT HER ARMS AND RUSHED UPON HIM" 147

"KNOTT, TAKE THIS VILLAIN AWAY" 201

"CAPTAIN RINGGOLD, I AM DELIGHTED TO SEE YOU" 337

"MY SHOT BROUGHT DOWN ONE OF THE BANDITS" 351

"HE WAS PLACED AT THE RIGHT OF CAPTAIN RINGGOLD" 359

ASIATIC BREEZES

CHAPTER I

PREPARING TO OUTWIT THE ENEMY

"Only one great mistake has been made, Louis Belgrave," said Captain
George Scott Fencelowe.

He was a young man of eighteen; but the title by which he was addressed
was genuine so far as his position was actually concerned, though it
would hardly have passed muster before a court of admiralty of the
United States, whose flag was displayed on the ensign-staff at the
stern. The vessel