k his head and referred me to
the NEGUS of Abyssinia, I was carried rapidly in a head palenkeen on
the heads of four

[Illustration: Lying on platform carried by four Natives.]

negroes to Magdala, spoke to the Negus, he referred me to the KHEDIVE

[Illustration: In a Peddle-Powered Paddle-Boat.]

of Egypt, I got into a water-velocipede, trod away up the Red Sea to
the city of the Pyramids, saw the Khedive, he referred me to the
SHERIF of Mecca, I at once bestrode a donkey, cantered

[Illustration: Riding a Donkey.]

away to the Sacred City, asked the custodian of the Precious Tomb of
the Great Prophet, the query nonplussed him, and he desired me to
wait on the IMAUN of Muscat, I mounted a camel,

[Illustration: Riding a Camel.]

ambled across to the hot city of the Imaun, he could not say but
referred me to the RAO of Cutch, I made for Bhooj on a raft, spoke to
the Rao, he

[Illustration: Punting a Raft.]

had not got one, but referred me to the GUICOWAR of Gujerat and
considerately lent me a pair of ten-feet stilts for the

[Illustration: Walking on Stilts through Swamp.]

journey. I waded from the City of Dismal Swamps and finally reached
Baroda on my stilts, saw the Guicowar, he had never heard of the
article, but referred me to the HIGH PRIEST of the Parsees, I got
into a sedan, was borne

[Illustration: Sitting in Sedan carried by two Locals.]

to Bombay, saw the head of the Parsee Faith, he had not the article,
did not believe that it existed, as it was not mentioned in any of
the sacred books of the Parsees, but finally referred me to the BIBY
of Canonore, I mounted an Elephant

[Illustration: Riding an Elephant.]

stamped down the coast, addressed the Biby, she said it was the first
time she had heard of the article, but the MAHARAJAH of Mysore might
have one. I stepped into a palenkeen

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[Illustration: Sitting in Sedan carried by four Locals.]

and four men trotted away to Mysore, the Great Rajah said he had not
got one, perhaps the NIZAM of Hyderabad could assist me. I got into a
horse-sedan, went

[Illustration: Sitting in Sedan on back of Horse.]

to Hyderabad, saw the Nizam, he did not know and suggested the GRAND
MAHUNT of Benares. I got into a horse-palenkeen, made straight for
the

[Illustration: Lying in Sedan carried by Two Horses.]

City of the Sacred Shrines, saw the head of the Hindoo Fa