Round the World In any number of days [Illustration: MY TICKET IS FOR NEW ZEALAND (page 4)] ROUND THE WORLD IN ANY NUMBER OF DAYS By Maurice Baring ILLUSTRATED BY B. T. B., VINCENT LYNCH AND WALTER J. ENRIGHT [Illustration] BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge 1914 COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY MAURICE BARING ALL RIGHTS RESERVED _Published October 1914_ Contents INTRODUCTORY 1 TILBURY: JUNE 21 3 BAY OF BISCAY: JUNE 24 11 GIBRALTAR: JUNE 28 14 NAPLES: JUNE 29 15 PORT SAID: JULY 3 22 THE RED SEA: IN JULY 26 THE GULF OF ADEN: JULY 34 THE INDIAN OCEAN: DURING THE MONSOON 46 CEYLON: JULY 51 FROM COLOMBO TO FREMANTLE: JULY 57 FREMANTLE: JULY 68 ADELAIDE: JULY 71 MELBOURNE: JULY 76 SYDNEY: AUGUST 2 77 ON BOARD THE MAUNGANUI: AUGUST 82 WELLINGTON: AUGUST 10 102 NEAR PALMERSTON: AUGUST 20 106 WELLINGTON: SEPTEMBER 111 RORATONGA AND TAHITI: SEPTEMBER 117 ACROSS THE PACIFIC: SEPTEMBER 21-OCTOBER 3 138 SAN FRANCISCO: OCTOBER 3 144 NEW YORK: OCTOBER 173 Illustrations MY TICKET IS FOR NEW ZEALAND (page 4) _Frontispiece_ THE STEWARDS 4 NAPLES--THREE IMPRESSIONS 16 FROM SHIP’S MUSIC, AS A RULE, ONE CAN WITHDRAW ONE’S ATTENTION WITHOUT DIFFICULTY 36 IF G. K. CHESTERTON HAD BEEN AN AUSTRALIAN 42 “THERE IS NOTHING SO ROMANTIC AS FOOD” 62 IN SYDNEY I FOUND THE MEN IN THE BOOKSTORES ABNORMALLY INTELLIGENT 78 “YOU MUSTN’T THINK OF A GREEN HORSE” 90 A WELLINGTON MAN TURNING A STREET CORNER 102 A GREAT QUANTITY OF NATIVES SWARM ON BOARD 120 VERY FEW WRITERS THINK WHEN THEY ARE WRITING 148 THE ONLY HANSOM CAB IN LONDON 158