Across Coveted Lands - or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta Overland

Project Gutenberg's Across Coveted Lands, by Arnold Henry Savage LandorThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.netTitle: Across Coveted Landsor a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta OverlandAuthor: Arnold Henry Savage LandorRelease Date: July 22, 2007 [EBook #22117]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ACROSS COVETED LANDS ***Produced by Michael Ciesielski and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.netCOVERACROSS COVETED LANDSORA JOURNEY FROM FLUSHING (HOLLAND) TO CALCUTTA, OVERLANDBYA. HENRY SAVAGE LANDORWITH 175 ILLUSTRATIONS, DIAGRAMS, PLANS AND MAPSBY AUTHORIN TWO VOLUMESLondonMACMILLAN AND CO., Limited1902All rights reservedRICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED,LONDON AND BUNGAYKERMAN AND ZERIS, THE TWO KITTENS WHO ACCOMPANIED AUTHOR ON HIS WANDERINGS.KERMAN AND ZERIS, the two Kittens who accompanied Author on his wanderings."A WHOLE DAY WAS SPENT IN PREPARING FOR THE JOURNEY, AND WHEN NOVEMBER 4TH CAME, SHORTLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT MYPROVISIONS WERE PACKED UPON MY CAMELS, WITH AN EXTRA LOAD OF FOWLS AND ONE OF FRUIT, WHILE ON THE HUMP OF THE LAST CAMELOF MY CARAVAN WERE PERCHED, IN A WOODEN BOX MADE COMFORTABLE WITH STRAW AND COTTON-WOOL, TWO PRETTY PERSIAN KITTENS,AGED RESPECTIVELY THREE WEEKS AND ...