Chapter I: Front Matter

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Complete List of Stories for Boys by
HERBERT STRANG

ADVENTURES OF DICK TREVANION, THE
ADVENTURES OF HARRY ROCHESTER, THE
A GENTLEMAN-AT-ARMS
A HERO OF LIÉGE
A THOUSAND MILES AN HOUR
AIR PATROL, THE
AIR SCOUT, THE
BARCLAY OF THE GUIDES
BLUE RAIDER, THE
BOYS OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
BRIGHT IDEAS
BURTON OF THE FLYING CORPS
CARRY ON
CRUISE OF THE GYRO-CAR, THE
DAN BOLTON'S DISCOVERY
FIGHTING WITH FRENCH
FLYING BOAT, THE
FRANK FORESTER
HEIR OF A HUNDRED KINGS, THE
HUMPHREY BOLD
JACK BROWN IN CHINA
JACK HARDY
KING OF THE AIR
KOBO
LONG TRAIL, THE
LORD OF THE SEAS
MARTIN OF OLD LONDON
MOTOR SCOUT, THE
NO MAN'S ISLAND
OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN, THE
ONE OF CLIVE'S HEROES
PALM TREE ISLAND
RIDERS, THE
RIVER PIRATES, THE
ROB THE RANGER
ROUND THE WORLD IN SEVEN DAYS
SAMBA
SETTLERS AND SCOUTS
SULTAN JIM
SWIFT AND SURE
THROUGH THE ENEMY'S LINES
TOM BURNABY
TOM WILLOUGHBY'S SCOUTS
TRUE AS STEEL
WINNING HIS NAME
WITH DRAKE ON THE SPANISH MAIN
WITH HAIG ON THE SOMME
YOUNG JACK

KING OF THE AIR

Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane

By

HERBERT STRANG

ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR BY W. E. WEBSTER

HUMPHREY MILFORD
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

LONDON, EDINBURGH, GLASGOW
TORONTO, MELBOURNE, CAPE TOWN, BOMBAY

Copyright 1907 by the Bobbs-Merrill Company
in the United States of America.

Published 1907.

Reprinted 1908, 1909, 1911, 1913 (twice), 1915 (twice),
1917, 1918, 1919 (twice), 1920, 1923, 1929

Printed in Great Britain by Richard Clay & Sons, Limited,
Bungay, Suffolk.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. Mr. Greatorex is Astonished 9
II. Herr Schwab 20
III. Tom makes Experiments 34
IV. A Prisoner in Zemmur 51
V. Off the Barbary Coast 63
VI. Salathiel ben Ezra 81
VII. The Hills of Zemmur 98
VIII. The Swordsmith of Ain Afroo 116
IX. A Bolt from the Blue 133
X. The Kasbah 148
XI. Prison Breakers 167
XII. A Hitch 182
XIII. Diplomacy 196
XIV. The Troglodytes 218
XV. View Halloo! 233
XVI. Icarus 248
XVII. Compliments and Thanks 262

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"He clutched at the grapnel, let go his hold
of the mast, and swung clear" 79

"His sword flew from his grasp, and he reeled
dizzily to the ground." 130

"Tom, seizing a big stone, threw it with all his
force into the black room beneath" 187

"Abdul bent over the brink and smartly rapped his
knuckles with the butt of Tom's revolver" 222

KING OF THE AIR