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JUI&LE LIFE H lOIA, 



JOURNEYS AND JOURNALS OF AN INDIAN GEOLOGIST, 

 BY V. BALL, M.A., F.G.S., 



Fellow of the Calcutta, University, and Assistant, Geological Survey of India. 



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" Mr. Ball appears to have laboured both in and out 

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STRAME STORIES PROM A CHIIESE STUDIO. 



TRANSLATED AND ANNOTATED 



BY HERBERT A. GILES, OF H.M's CONSULAR SERVICE. 



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TOTAGES OP THE ELIZABETHAN SEAMEN. 



A SELECTION FEOM THE OEIQINAL NARKATIVES IN 

 HAKLUYT'S COLLECTION. 



EDITED, WITH HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION, BY 



E. J. PAYNE, M.A. 



FELLOW OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, OXFORD. 



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