Excerpt from Wanderings of a Globe-Trotter in the Far East, Vol. 1 of 2 Out of the Indian Ocean into the China seas. Steaming eastward slowly, though appar ently motionless in the stagnant air. The thermometer that hangs just within the cap tain's cabin stands inexorably at The rays of the blistering sun arc tempered by a double awning which soothes the wearied eyes with a cathedral gloom. To diminish as much as may be the prospect of suffocation, the side curtains have been removed, and when a golden line glints from under the canvas-roof across the limbs of an exhausted passenger. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.