FOOT-PRINTS OF TRAVEL;
OR,
JOURNEYINGS IN MANY LANDS,
BY
MATURIN M. BALLOU.
Armado. How hast thou purchased this experience?
Moth. By my journey of observation.—Shakespeare.
BOSTON, U.S.A.:
PUBLISHED BY GINN & COMPANY.
1889.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1888, by
GINN & COMPANY,
in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
All Rights Reserved.
Typography by J. S. Cushing & Co., Boston, U.S.A.
Presswork by Ginn & Co., Boston, U.S.A.
CAPTAIN COOK, THE DISCOVERER.
PREFACE.
In these notes of foreign travel the object has been to cover a broadfield without making a cumbersome volume, to do which, conciseness hasnecessarily been observed. In previous books the author has describedmuch more in detail some of the countries here briefly spoken of. Thevolumes referred to are "Due-West; or, Round the World in Ten Months,"and "Due-South; or, Cuba Past and Present," which were published byHoughton, Mifflin & Co., of Boston. Two other volumes, namely,"Due-North; or, Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia," and "Under theSouthern Cross; or, Travels in Australia and New Zealand," were issuedby Ticknor & Co., of the same city. By the kind permission of bothpublishers, the author has felt at liberty to use his original notes inthe preparation of these pages. It should be understood, however, thatabout one-half of the countries through which the reader is conducted inthe present work are not mentioned in the volumes above referred to. Thepurpose has been to[Pg iv] prepare a series of chapters adapted for youth,which, while affording pleasing entertainment, should also impartvaluable information. The free use of good maps while reading theseFoot-prints of Travel, will be of great advantage, increasing thestudent's interest and also impressing upon his mind a degree ofgeographical knowledge which could not in any other way be so easily orpleasantly acquired.
M. M. B.
CONTENTS.
PREFACE
CHAPTER I.
Crossing the American Continent.—Niagara Falls.—Utah.—Representativesof Native Indian Tribes.—City of San Francisco.—SeaLions.—The Yosemite Valley.—An Indian Hiding-Place.—TheMariposa Grove of Big Trees.—Chinatown in