Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World Mark Twain
Travel Book language: English 522 pages Following the Equator is Mark Twain's travelogue recounting his lecture tour around the world. He observes people and places across the Pacific, Australia, India, and South Africa with his characteristic humor and sharp social commentary. It is worth listening for its lively anecdotes and thoughtful reflections on empire and travel.
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Opening of the book FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR
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CHAPTER I.
The Party—Across America to Vancouver—On Board the Warrimo
—Steamer Chairs—The Captain—Going Home under a Cloud—A
Gritty Purser—The Brightest Passenger—Remedy for Bad Habits—The
Doctor and the Lumbago—A Moral Pauper—Limited Smoking—
Remittance-men.
CHAPTER II.
Change of Costume—Fish, Snake, and Boomerang Stories—Tests of
Memory—A Brahmin Expert—General Grant’s Memory—A Delicately
Improper Tale
CHAPTER III.
Honolulu—Reminiscences of the Sandwich Islands—King Liholiho and His Royal Equipment—The Tabu—The Population of the Island—
A Kanaka Diver—Cholera at Honolulu—Honolulu; Past and Present—
The Leper Colony
CHAPTER IV.
Leaving Honolulu—Flying-fish—Approaching the Equator—Why the Ship Went Slow—The Front Yard of the Ship—Crossing the
Equator—Horse Billiards or Shovel Board—The Waterbury Watch—
Washing Decks—Ship Painters—The Great Meridian—The Loss of a
Day—A Babe without a Birthday
CHAPTER V.
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