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Title: Round the World in Seven Days

Author: Herbert Strang

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ROUND THE WORLD IN SEVEN DAYS

by

HERBERT STRANG

Illustrated by A. C. Michael

1910

CONTENTS

CHAPTER.

PRELUDE

I THE CABLEGRAM

II EASTWARD HO!

III ACROSS EUROPE TO THE BOSPHORUS

IV A FLYING VISIT

V THE TOMB OF UR-GUR

VI WITH GUN RUNNERS IN THE GULF

VII THE WHITE DJINN

VIII A SHIP ON FIRE

IX A PASSENGER FOR PENANG

INTERLUDE

X SOME PRAUS AND A JUNK

XI AUSTRALIAN HOSPITALITY

XII STALKED BY PIGMIES

XIII THE RESCUE

XIV SIR MATTHEW IMPROVES THE OCCASION

XV HERR SCHWANKMACHER'S CABBAGES

XVI A STOP-PRESS MESSAGE

XVII A MIDNIGHT VIGIL

XVIII THE LAST LAP

POSTSCRIPT

PRELUDE

Lieutenant George Underhill, commanding H.M. surveying ship
_Albatross_, had an unpleasant shock when he turned out of his
bunk at daybreak one morning. The barometer stood at 29.41'. For two
or three days the vessel had encountered dirty weather, but there had
been signs of improvement when he turned in, and it was decidedly
disconcerting to find that the glass had fallen. His vessel was a
small one, and he was a little uneasy at the prospect of being caught
by a cyclone while in the