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AUTHOR'S PREFACE

II "MISSOURI" AND HIS FALSE TEETH

III WONG LEE—THE HUMAN BELLOWS

IV HAWAII—AND THE FISHERMAN WHO'D SIGN THE PLEDGE

V THE UMPIRE WHO GOT A JOB

VI THE JAPS' FIVE-STORY SKYSCRAPER AND A BASEMENT

VII JAPANESE GIRLS IN AMERICAN COSTUMES—THEY MAR THE LANDSCAPE

VIII CEREMONIOUS GRANDMOTHER—"MISSOURI" A HEAVENLY TWIN

IX USHI, THE RIKISHA MAN

X MISSIONARIES, TRACTS, AND A JOB WORTH WHILE

XI YAMAMOTO AND HIGH COST OF LIVING

XII THE SOLDIER SAID SOMETHING IN CHINESE

XIII TEN THOUSAND TONS ON A WHEELBARROW AND THE ANANIAS CLUB

XIV "MISSOURI" MEETS A MISSIONARY

XV A STO-O-RM AT SEA

XVI THE ISLANDS "DISCOVERED" BY DEWEY

XVII WHITE FILIPINOS, AGUINALDO, AND THE BUSY MOTH

XVIII SINGAPORE—THE HUMORIST'S CLOSE CALL

XIX THE HINDU GUIDE A SAINT WOULD BE

XX PENANG—A BIRD, THE FEMALE OF ITS SPECIES, AND THE MANGOSTEEN

XXI BURMA AND BUDDHA

XXII BAPTISTS AND BUDDHISM

XXIII THE RANGOON BUSINESS MAN WHO DROVE HIS SERMON HOME

XXIV THE GLASS OF ICE WATER THAT JARRED RANGOON

XXV THE CALCUTTA SACRED BULL AND HIS TWISTED TAIL

XXVI THE GUIDE WHO WOULDN'T SIT IN "MASTER'S" PRESENCE

XXVII ROYALTY VS. "TWO CLUCKS AND A GRUNT"

XXVIII ONE WINK, SIXTEEN CENTS, AND ROYALTY

XXIX THE ENGLISHMAN AND MARK TWAIN'S JOKE, "THAT'S HOW THEY WASH IN INDIA"

XXX ENGLISH AS "SHE IS SPOKE" IN INDIA

XXXI A FIVE DAYS' SAIL AND A MEASLY POEM

XXXII BEATING THE GAME WITH ONE SHIRT

XXXIII THROUGH HELL GATE STEERAGE