CHAPTER VII

To Honolulu, Hawaii--Recrossing the 180th Meridian--Cheap Ice and Bananas--"Don't Spit" Signs--Sugar Cane--The Prize "Black Maria" of the World--Education--Natives Seek Easy Jobs--Home of the Last Queen--Hilo--To Kilauea Crater--The Volcano in Action--An Appalling Scene 394

Itinerary 405

Map.

ILLUSTRATIONS

Towering Palms of Rio. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (See page 22) _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

Southern Cross. (See page 17.) 16

Plaza de Mayo (top) and Avenida de Mayo (bottom). Buenos Aires, Argentine 30

Jim Fish Was the Swiftest Puller that Ever Wore a Brace of Horns. Durban, South Africa. (See page 61) 60

Zulus "Scoffing" Mealy Meal. Zululand, South Africa 78

Native Huts and Kafir Corn (top); African Transport (bottom). South Africa 96

Victoria Falls, Rhodesia. (See page 122) 122

Parliament House, Melbourne (top), and Victoria Markets, Sydney, Australia (bottom) 162

Maori Women Cooking by Boiling Springs (right). (See page 193.) Maori Women's Salute--Rubbing Noses and Shaking Hands (left). New Zealand. (See page 195) 194

Interior of Samoan Home, Built of Breadfruit Tree, Secured by Coir; No Nails Used. Samoa. (See page 213) 212

Vigil on the Veld (top), British East Africa; "Trolley" Pushers (bottom), Beira, Portuguese East Africa. (See page 230.) 248

Parsi (right), Bombay, India. (See page 271.) Bhisti (Water-Carrier) (left). India. (See page 293.) 270

Types of Indian Soldiers. The Goorkha (right). (See page 311.) The Sikh (left). (See page 311.) 290

Mount Kinchinjanga (Himalayas). Center Peak in Circle, Mount Everest. Darjeeling, India. (Photo, Burlington) 312

Small Colony of Half a Million Sampan Dwellers of Pearl River; These Water Homes Save House Rent. Canton, China. (See page 351.) 352

Panorama of Honolulu, Hawaii 398

LEG ONE

SEVEN LEGS ACROSS THE SEAS