Following the Equator: A Journey Around the WorldTwain, Mark
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Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
Twain, Mark
Equator -- Description and travel; Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Travel; Voyages around the world
CHAPTER XXX.
Arrival at Bluff, N. Z.—Where the Rabbit Plague Began—The Natural Enemy
of the Rabbit—Dunedin—A Lovely Town—Visit to Dr. Hockin—His Museum
—A Liquified Caterpillar—The Unperfected Tape Worm—The Public Museum
and
Picture Gallery
CHAPTER XXXI. The Express Train—“A Hell of a Hotel at Maryborough”
—Clocks and Bells—Railroad Service.
CHAPTER XXXII.
Description of the Town of Christ Church—A Fine Museum—Jade-stone
Trinkets—The Great Moa—The First Maori in New Zealand—Women Voters
—“Person” in New Zealand Law Includes Woman—Taming an Ornithorhynchus
—A Voyage in the 'Flora' from Lyttelton—Cattle Stalls for Everybody
—A Wonderful Time.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
The Town of Nelson—“The Mongatapu Murders,” the Great Event of the Town
—Burgess' Confession—Summit of Mount Eden—Rotorua and the Hot Lakes
and Geysers—Thermal Springs District—Kauri Gum—Tangariwa Mountains
CHAPTER XXXIV.
The Bay of Gisborne—Taking in Passengers by the Yard Arm—The Green
Ballarat Fly—False Teeth—From Napier to Hastings by the Ballarat Fly
Train—Kauri Trees—A Case of Mental Telegraphy
CHAPTER XXXV.
Fifty Miles in Four Hours—Comfortable Cars—Town of Wauganui—Plenty of
Maoris—On the Increase—Compliments to the Maoris—The Missionary Ways
all Wrong—The Tabu among the Maoris—A Mysterious Sign—Curious
War-monuments—Wellington
CHAPTER XXXVI.
The Poems of Mrs. Moore—The Sad Fate of William Upson—A Fellow Traveler
Imitating the Prince of Wales—A Would-be Dude—Arrival at Sydney
—Curious Town Names with Poem
CHAPTER XXXVII.
From Sydney for Ceylon—A Lascar Crew—A Fine Ship—Three Cats and a
Basket of Kittens—Dinner Conversations—Veuve Cliquot Wine—At Anchor in
King George's Sound Albany Harbor—More Cats—A Vulture on Board—Nearing
the Equator again—Dressing for Dinner—Ceylon, Hotel Bristol—Servant
Brampy—A Feminine Man—Japanese Jinriksha or Cart—Scenes in Ceylon—A
Missionary School—Insincerity of Clothes
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
Steamer Rosetta to Bombay—Limes 14 cents a Barrel—Bombay, a Bewitching
City—Descriptions of People and Dress—Woman as a Road Decoration
—India, the Land of Dreams and Romance—Fourteen Porters to Carry
Baggage
—Correcting a Servant—Killing a Slave—Arranging a Bedroom—Three
Hours'
Work and a Terrible Racket—The Bird of Birds, the Indian Crow
CHAPTER XXXIX.
God Vishnu, 108 Names—Change of Titles or Hunting for an Heir—Bombay as
a Kaleidoscope—The Native's Man Servant—Servants' Recommendations—How
Manuel got his Name and his English—Satan—A Visit from God
CHAPTER XL.
The Government House at Malabar Point—Mansion of Kumar Shri Samatsin Hji
Bahadur—The Indian Princess—A Difficult Game—Wardrobe and Jewels
—Ceremonials—Decorations when Leaving—The Towers of Silence—A Funeral
CHAPTER XLI.
A Jain Temple—Mr. Roychand's Bungalow—A Decorated Six-Gun Prince—Human
Fireworks—European Dress, Past and Present—Complexions—Advantages with
the Zulu—Festivities at the Bungalow—Nautch Dancers—Entrance of the
Prince—Address to the Prince
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