Chapter I: Front Matter

ALL OVER THE WORLD LIBRARY

OLIVER OPTIC

FOUR YOUNG EXPLORERS

ALL-OVER-THE-WORLD LIBRARY

By OLIVER OPTIC

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FIRST SERIES

A MISSING MILLION
Or THE ADVENTURES OF LOUIS BELGRAVE

A MILLIONAIRE AT SIXTEEN
Or THE CRUISE OF THE GUARDIAN MOTHER

A YOUNG KNIGHT-ERRANT
Or CRUISING IN THE WEST INDIES

STRANGE SIGHTS ABROAD
Or A VOYAGE IN EUROPEAN WATERS

SECOND SERIES

AMERICAN BOYS AFLOAT
Or CRUISING IN THE ORIENT

THE YOUNG NAVIGATORS
Or THE FOREIGN CRUISE OF THE MAUD

UP AND DOWN THE NILE
Or YOUNG ADVENTURERS IN AFRICA

ASIATIC BREEZES
Or STUDENTS ON THE WING

THIRD SERIES

ACROSS INDIA
Or LIVE BOYS IN THE FAR EAST

HALF ROUND THE WORLD
Or AMONG THE UNCIVILIZED

FOUR YOUNG EXPLORERS
Or SIGHT-SEEING IN THE TROPICS

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_All-Over-the-World Library--Third Volume of Third Series_

FOUR YOUNG EXPLORERS

OR

SIGHT-SEEING IN THE TROPICS

BY

OLIVER OPTIC

AUTHOR OF
"THE ARMY AND NAVY SERIES" "YOUNG AMERICA ABROAD, FIRST AND SECOND
SERIES" "THE BOAT-CLUB STORIES" "THE ONWARD AND UPWARD SERIES"
"THE GREAT WESTERN SERIES" "THE WOODVILLE STORIES" "THE
LAKE SHORE SERIES" "THE YACHT-CLUB SERIES" "THE RIVERDALE
STORIES" "THE BOAT-BUILDER SERIES" "THE BLUE AND THE GRAY
AFLOAT" "THE BLUE AND THE GRAY--ON LAND" "THE STARRY
FLAG SERIES" "ALL-OVER-THE-WORLD LIBRARY, FIRST SECOND
AND THIRD SERIES" COMPRISING "A MISSING MILLION" "A
MILLIONAIRE AT SIXTEEN" "A YOUNG KNIGHT-ERRANT"
"STRANGE SIGHTS ABROAD" "AMERICAN BOYS AFLOAT"
"THE YOUNG NAVIGATORS" "UP AND DOWN THE
NILE" "ASIATIC BREEZES" "ACROSS INDIA"
"HALF ROUND THE WORLD" ETC., ETC., ETC.

BOSTON
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1896

COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY LEE AND SHEPARD

_All Rights Reserved_

FOUR YOUNG EXPLORERS

TYPOGRAPHY BY C. J. PETERS & SON, BOSTON.

PRESSWORK BY BERWICK & SMITH.

TO
MY APPRECIATIVE AND VALUED FRIEND

FREDERICK D. RUGGLES, ESQ.

RESIDING ON A HISTORIC HILL IN
HARDWICK, MASS.

This Volume

IS RESPECTFULLY AND CORDIALLY
DEDICATED.