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A VAGABOND JOURNEY
AROUND THE WORLD
A VAGABOND JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD A NARRATIVE OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
BY
HARRY A. FRANCK
ILLUSTRATED WITH MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED PHOTOGRAPHS
Pour connaître les véritables moeurs d’un pays il faut descendre dans d’autres états; car celles des riches sont presque partout les mêmes.
Jean Jacques Rousseau.
NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
1910
Copyright, 1910, by
The Century Co.
Published, March, 1910
TO MY ALMA MATER
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
WITHOUT WHOSE TRAINING
THIS UNDERTAKING HAD BEEN IMPOSSIBLE
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