A Boy’s Voyage Round the World

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A Boy’s Voyage Round the World by Samuel Smiles.

Contents

• A BOY'S VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD5
• EDITED BY SAMUEL SMILES, LL.D.6
• AUTHOR OF 'SELF-HELP,' ETC. LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET 19056
• PREFACE.8
• CONTENTS.10
• LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.21
• ROUND THE WORLD.22
• CHAPTER I.23
• DOWN CHANNEL.23
• CHAPTER II.29
• FLYING SOUTH.29
• CHAPTER III.37
• WITHIN THE TROPICS.37
• CHAPTER IV.44
• THE 'BLUE JACKET.'44
• CHAPTER V.50
• IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC.50
• FOOTNOTES:57
• CHAPTER VI.59
• NEARING AUSTRALIA—THE LANDING.59
• CHAPTER VII.64
• MELBOURNE.64
• FOOTNOTES:74
• CHAPTER VIII.75
• UP COUNTRY.75
• FOOTNOTES:80
• CHAPTER IX.81
• MAJORCA.81
• FOOTNOTES:87
• CHAPTER X.88
• MY NEIGHBOURHOOD AND NEIGHBOURS.88
• CHAPTER XI.95
• AUSTRALIAN WINTER—THE FLOODS.95
• CHAPTER XII.101
• SPRING, SUMMER, AND HARVEST.101
• FOOTNOTES:110
• CHAPTER XIII.111
• BUSH ANIMALS—BIRDS—SNAKES.111
• FOOTNOTES:116
• CHAPTER XIV.117
• GOLD-BUYING AND GOLD-MINING.117
• FOOTNOTES:124
• CHAPTER XV125
• ROUGH LIFE AT THE DIGGINGS—"STOP THIEF!"125
• CHAPTER XVI.131
• PLACES ABOUT.131
• FOOTNOTES:141
• CHAPTER XVII.142
• CONCLUSION OF MAJORCAN LIFE.142
• CHAPTER XVIII.150
• ROUND TO SYDNEY.150
• FOOTNOTES:157
• CHAPTER XIX.158
• TO AUCKLAND, IN NEW ZEALAND.158
• CHAPTER XX.165
• UP THE PACIFIC.165
• CHAPTER XXI.171
• HONOLULU AND THE ISLAND OF OAHU.171
• FOOTNOTES:180
• CHAPTER XXII.182
• HONOLULU TO SAN FRANCISCO.182
• CHAPTER XXIII.187
• SAN FRANCISCO TO SACRAMENTO.187
• CHAPTER XXIV.195
• ACROSS THE SIERRA NEVADA.195
• CHAPTER XXV.201
• ACROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.201
• CHAPTER XXVI.207
• OMAHA TO CHICAGO.207
• FOOTNOTES:215
• CHAPTER XXVII.216
• CHICAGO TO NEW YORK.216
• INDEX.225
• Transcriber's Notes243
• THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE247

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