Excerpt from 40, 000 Miles Around the World: A Personal Narrative of the Experiences and Impressions of an Energetic Traveller Who Crossed the Equator and the Arctic Circle in the Tour This account of my trip of Forty Thousand Miles Around the World was thought of and written after my return home at the request of many friends and is a personally written history of my own experiences and deductions. I trust it will prove of interest to many, it is written more to give one an idea of what the world is, in running around it, and give many hints to those who anticipate journeys of the kind in the future; than to give just a recital of the regular objects of interest which can be found in many guide books of all sorts. It was written mostly from memory and during odd hours, and I hope the many inaccuracies will be pardoned. I dedicated the book to Mr. Frank Clark, for the simple reason it all was made possible only through him to have such a fine time, and see so much in such an easy and comfortable manner and at a low cost. He accomplished something that has never been done before though it has been tried many times, and spared no expense to give his passenger tourists an enjoyable time as far as lay within his power. Had I known what the task would be before I began, I would never have started the story, but have tried to accomplish something despite the many difficulties that have arisen and trust it will be interesting, and appreciated for what it is worth. Pardon the typography, through unavoidable circumstances. The illustrations are from photographs taken by myself and members of the cruise for which thanks are here given for their assistance. I also wish to thank Dr. Phillips, Mr. H. H. Herschberger, Mr. Junkin and others for some of the helps given me in the way of data etc. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.