Capitol, Washington

  40 The Royal Gorge of the Arkansas to face 58 The Sentinel, Yosemite Valley " 77 The Cathedral Spires, Yosemite Valley   79 Big Tree, California   83 Maori Chieftain   110 Tuhuatahi Geyser, New Zealand   128 Lake Wakitipu, New Zealand   157 Government House, Melbourne to face 165 Sydney Harbour " 182 Govett's Leap, Blue Mountains   191 Zig-zag on Railway, Blue Mountains to face 192 Banyan Trees, Buitenzorg, Java " 227 Traveller's Palm, Singapore " 236 Jinricksha   249 The Hooghley, Calcutta to face 251 The Darjeeling and Himalayan Railway " 263 Benares Bathing Ghât " 276 The Residency, Lucknow   288 The Imambara, Lucknow to face 291 The Taj Mahal, Agra " 312 Column, Kutub Minar, Delhi " 329 The Caves of Elephanta, Bombay " 356 Cairene Woman   372 The Sphinx to face 377

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FORTY THOUSAND MILES OVER
LAND AND WATER.

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CHAPTER I.
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.

Lat. 43° 15´ N., Long. 50° 12´ W. All is intensely quiet. The revolution even of the screw has ceased. We are wrapped in a fog so dense that we feel almost unable to breathe.

We shudder as we look at the white pall drawn closely around us. The decks and rigging are dripping, and everything on board is saturated with moisture. We feel strangely alone. When hark! A discordant screech, a hideous howl belches forth into the still air, to be immediately smothered and lost in the fog. It is the warning cry of the fog-horn.

We are on board the White Star steamer Germanic, in mid-Atlantic, not far