A Yankee in the Far East

About this eBook

Author

Allen, George Hoyt, 1857-1938

Credits

Produced by Melissa McDaniel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation

Subject

Voyages around the world

Category

Text

eBook-No.

40565

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40565

Release Date

August 23, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A YANKEE IN THE FAR EAST — CONTENTS — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — AUTHOR'S PREFACE — II "MISSOURI" AND HIS FALSE TEETH — III WONG LEE—THE HUMAN BELLOWS — IV HAWAII—AND THE FISHERMAN WHO'D SIGN THE PLEDGE — V THE UMPIRE WHO GOT A JOB — VI THE JAPS' FIVE-STORY SKYSCRAPER AND A BASEMENT — VII JAPANESE GIRLS IN AMERICAN COSTUMES—THEY MAR THE LANDSCAPE — VIII CEREMONIOUS GRANDMOTHER—"MISSOURI" A HEAVENLY TWIN — IX USHI, THE RIKISHA MAN — X MISSIONARIES, TRACTS, AND A JOB WORTH WHILE — XI YAMAMOTO AND HIGH COST OF LIVING — XII THE SOLDIER SAID SOMETHING IN CHINESE — XIII TEN THOUSAND TONS ON A WHEELBARROW AND THE ANANIAS CLUB — XIV "MISSOURI" MEETS A MISSIONARY — XV A STO-O-RM AT SEA — XVI THE ISLANDS "DISCOVERED" BY DEWEY — XVII WHITE FILIPINOS, AGUINALDO, AND THE BUSY MOTH — XVIII SINGAPORE—THE HUMORIST'S CLOSE CALL — XIX THE HINDU GUIDE A SAINT WOULD BE — XX PENANG—A BIRD, THE FEMALE OF ITS SPECIES, AND THE MANGOSTEEN — XXI BURMA AND BUDDHA — XXII BAPTISTS AND BUDDHISM — XXIII THE RANGOON BUSINESS MAN WHO DROVE HIS SERMON HOME — XXIV THE GLASS OF ICE WATER THAT JARRED RANGOON — XXV THE CALCUTTA SACRED BULL AND HIS TWISTED TAIL — XXVI THE GUIDE WHO WOULDN'T SIT IN "MASTER'S" PRESENCE — XXVII ROYALTY VS. "TWO CLUCKS AND A GRUNT" — XXVIII ONE WINK, SIXTEEN CENTS, AND ROYALTY — XXIX THE ENGLISHMAN AND MARK TWAIN'S JOKE, "THAT'S HOW THEY WASH IN INDIA" — XXX ENGLISH AS "SHE IS SPOKE" IN INDIA — XXXI A FIVE DAYS' SAIL AND A MEASLY POEM — XXXII BEATING THE GAME WITH ONE SHIRT — XXXIII THROUGH HELL GATE STEERAGE

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