Around the World on a Bicycle: From Teheran to Yokohama

492 Pages·2008·26.22 MB·English

by  Thomas Stevens

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ABOUND THE WOKLD
ON A BICYCLE
THOMAS STEVENS
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FROM TEHERAN TO YOKOHAMA
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS
LONDON
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE & BIVINGTON
Limited
,St.gtanetan's $mise
FETTER LANE, FLEET STREET, E.G.
1888
[Allrights reserved]

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Bancroft Library
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. PAGE
THE START FROM TEHERAN, 1
CHAPTER
II.
PERSIA AND THE MESHED PILGRIM ROAD, 24
CHAPTER
III.
PERSIA AND THE MESHED PILGRIM ROAD, 43
CHAPTER IV.
THROUGH KIIORASSAN, , .65
CHAPTER V.
MESHED THE HOLY, 84
CHAPTER VI.
THE UNBEATEN TRACKS OF KHORASSAN, 109
CHAPTER VII.
BEEUJAND AND THE FRONTIER OF AFGHANISTAN, . . . .133
CONTENTS.
Viii
CHAPTER
VIII. PAGE
ACROSS THE "DESERT OF DESPAIR," 160
..*CH,APT.ER,IX.
AFGHANISTAN, 181
CHA-PTE.R X,.....
ARRESTED AT FURRAH, 197
CHAPTER XI.
UNDER ESCORT TO HERAT, -20S
CHAPTER XII.
TAKEN BACK TO PERSIA, . . . . . . , . . 230
CHAPTER XIII.
ROUNDABOUT TO INDIA, 255
CHAPTER XIV.
...
THROUGH INDJ.V, 284
CHAPTER XV.
DELHI AND AGRA, 309
-CHAPTER XVI.
FROM AGRA TO SINGAPORE, 333
CHAPTER XVII.
THROUGH CHINA, 365
CONTENTS. IX
CHAPTER XVIII. PAGE
DOWN THE KAN-KIANG VALLEY, . 400
CHAPTER XIX.
THROUGH JAPAN, 432
CHAPTER XX.
THE HOME STRETCH, 451
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
I'AGE
PORTRAIT OF THOMAS STEVENS, Frontispiece
"Tim THIRD IMPORTATION,'' 3
AT THE PERSIAN FOREIGN OFFICE, 5
INTERVIEW WITH GEN. MELNIKOFF, 7
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THE START FROM TEHERAN,
THREE CHEERS AND A "TIGER," 13
MY TEHERAN "DEN," 15
"SWINDLE HAD GONE MAD," 16
AMENITIES OF THE DESERT, "18
"WOE-BEGONE," 25
MEETING MR. STAGNO, 29
THOSE IRREPRESSIBLE SIGHT-SEERS, .31
A LECTURE ON 'CYCLING, 33
AN EPISODE, WITH A MULE IN IT, 30
FALCONRY IN PERSIA, . 38
...
SU;IITLY ALARMED, .39
Xll LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAOK
A STOKM ON THE DESERT, 41
WEDDING FESTIVITIES AT LASGIRD, 43
THE AMATEUR LUTI, 45
SKINNING DEAD CAMELS, 5<;
A PLEASANT ANTICIPATION, (51
BEAUTY AND THE BICYCLE, . 63
"TELL THE PIIINCE, THE SAHIB SENDS SALAAMS," G7
AT MIANDASHT, 73
THE MOB AT ABBASABAD, 75
MEETING THE ASAF-I-DOWLEH, 81
THE RUNAWAY CAMEL, 82
NATIVE ASSISTANCE IN KHORASSAN, 86
CYCLING IN KHORASSAN, 91
.93
THE HADJI TAKESA HEADER, .
THE SARTIEP INDULGES, 96
Tim TOMASHA AT MARDAN KHAN'S, 102
....
THE COURIER FROM THE BOUNDARY COMMISSION, 104
" MOTIONS FOR ME TO ALIGHT," 110
"SEIZED ROUGHLY BY THE THROAT," 117
THE LUTI AND HIS MANDRIL, 121
"I SHAPE MY COURSE TOWARD HIM AND GIVE CHASE/' . . 127
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Xlll
PACE
THE BICYCLE IN DANGER, . . . 133
"GUARDS ARE STATIONED NEAR BY," 141
IN THE AMEER'S GARDEN, 148
CROSSING THE STREAM AT FOORG, 149
MY ESCORT " THE AGED," 153
THE START ACROSS THE DESERT, . . . . . . . 157
THE ELIAUTE CAMP, 161
AT THE BOUNDARY-LINE OF AFGHANISTAN, 164
RIDING FOR THE EIMUCKS, 172
CROSSING THE HAROOD, 178
WE REACH GHALAKUA, 185
ENTERING FURRAH, 195
" THE FAMOUS VALLEY OF HERAT," 217
REPAIRING THE BICYCLE AT HERAT, 224
ON THE GRAND TRUNK ROAD, 296
VIEWING THE NAUTCH DANCE, . . . . . . . 315
AT THE TAJ MAHAL, 330
THE BURNING-GHAUTS AT BENARES, 350
" I FAVOR THEM WITH A FEW TURNS," 371
A HOSTILE RECEPTION 381
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AN AGREEABLE SURPRISE, 393
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