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Read Ebook: Across India; Or Live Boys in the Far East by Optic Oliver
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ABOUT FINDING THE LONGITUDE. 1
THE WRECK IN THE ARABIAN SEA. 10
A REVIEW OF THE PAST FOURTEEN MONTHS. 19
FIRST AND SECOND CUTTERS TO THE RESCUE. 30
THE TITLED GENTLEMEN OF THE TRAVANCORE 40
THE GENERAL INTRODUCTION IN THE CABIN. 50
DR. FERROLAN'S EXPLANATION OF THE WRECK 60
AN INTERVIEW IN THE CAPTAIN'S CABIN. 70
CONCERNING THE GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA. 80
THE FLORA AND THE SNAKES OF INDIA 90
A PLEASANT DINNER-PARTY AT SEA 100
THE POPULATION AND PEOPLE OF INDIA 109
LORD TREMLYN DISCOURSES MORE ABOUT INDIA 118
SIR HENRY HAVELOCK AND THE MUTINY 128
ARRIVAL OF THE GUARDIAN-MOTHER AT BOMBAY 138
A MULTITUDE OF NATIVE SERVANTS 148
A HOSPITAL FOR THE BRUTE CREATION 158
A SNAKY SPECTACLE IN BOMBAY 168
MORE SNAKES AND THE CAVES OF ELEPHANTA 178
A JUVENILE WEDDING AND HINDU THEATRICALS 187
JUGGERNAUT AND JUGGLERS 197
A MERE STATEMENT ABOUT BUDDHISM 207
THE UNEXAMPLED LIBERALITY OF THE HOSTS 217
THE RECEPTION OF THE MAHARAJAH AT BARODA 227
THE MAGNIFICENT PROCESSION OF THE SOWARI 246
VARIOUS COMBATS IN THE GUICOWAR'S ARENA 256
AT THE CAPITAL OF THE PUNJAB 266
THE WONDERFUL CITY OF DELHI 276
THE MAGNIFICENT MAUSOLEUM OF AGRA 286
THE TERRIBLE STORY OF CAWNPORE AND LUCKNOW 296
MORE OF LUCKNOW, AND SOMETHING OF BENARES 306
A STEAMER TRIP UP AND DOWN THE GANGES 316
ALL OVER THE CITY OF CALCUTTA 327
A SUCCESSFUL HUNT IN THE SUNDERBUNDS 339
THE PARTING FESTIVITIES ON THE HOOGLY 351
THE FAREWELL TO CEYLON AND INDIA 367
"A READY SEAMAN SEIZED HIM BY THE ARM" 45
"MISS BLANCHE WAS WALKING THE DECK WITH LOUIS AND SIR MODARA" 90
"THE YOUNG MILLIONAIRE WALKED BY THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE" 155
"SNAKES! SCREAMED MRS. BELGRAVE" 184
"HE SAW A HUGE COBRA DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF HIM" 242
"THE STRIPED BEAST WENT UP INTO THE AIR" 263
"CAPTAIN RINGGOLD BROUGHT DOWN ANOTHER" 349
ACROSS INDIA
ABOUT FINDING THE LONGITUDE
"Well, Captain Scott, what is the run to-day?" asked Louis Belgrave, the owner of the steam-yacht Guardian-Mother, which had at this date made her way by a somewhat devious course half way round the world, and was in the act of making the other half.
The young magnate was eighteen years old, and was walking on the promenade deck of the steamer with a beautiful young lady of sixteen when he asked for information in regard to the run, or the distance made by the ship during the last sea-day.
"Before I answer your question, my dear Louis, I must protest against being any longer addressed as captain, for I am not now entitled to that honorable appellation," replied the young man addressed by the owner.
"Once a captain always a captain," replied Louis. "One who has been a member of Congress is still an 'Honorable,' though his term of office expired twenty or forty years ago. The worthy commander of the Guardian-Mother was always called Captain Ringgold in Von Blonk Park and New York, though he had not been in command of a ship for ten years," argued Louis.
"That's right; but the circumstances are a little different in my case. In the first place, I am only eighteen years old, and my brief command was a very small one, as the world goes. It hardly entitles me to be called captain after I have ceased to be in command. In charge of the little Maud I was the happiest young fellow on the Eastern Continent; but I am just as happy now, for this morning I was formally appointed third officer of the Guardian-Mother, at the wages paid to Captain Sharp when he had the same position."
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