GLOBE-TROTTED.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13497, 25 May 1907, Page 2 (Supplement)

GLOBE-TROTTED.

"V : TRAVELLED 3650' BAYS. * v';".' • L.vurknt Revel, who may be called t&fe king of globe-trotters, inasmuch as ho hai, visited and traversed on foot- more country than any other globe-trotter known, and * Gas authentic records of his travels, has arrived in Paris after a tour of more than 30 years; . i He looks hale - and hearty after bin stroll; of 3650 days. Born of a hardy stock, of • mountaineers at Saint-Genix, in Savoy, he , decided, at the conclusion of his militarywff service, to make a tour of the world on. foot, in company l with; a fellow-soldier. - Their idea was that* by selling picture. postcards of themselves, lecturing now Mid yi. .£j jthen in villages on their experiences, md ;appearing in shows fron) time to time, they ! would make plenty of money to live comfortably asr they went along, and, so far, the scheme has been fairly successful. • ', At least, Revel lias returned to France safe 1 and sound, with a swarthier skin than he set out with. His companion, unfortunately,, was lost en route somewhere in Upper California, and .'Revel believes ,he ; was murdered for the little money he pos- * *2J sessed. . ~ ■■ • ■ h'i' *' ■ ; ;v Revel has nearly completed his original > •design. He has wandered through every country in Europe, Asia, North and South,.i". 1 America, and the only continent which Bwl|SSj remains to be visited is Australia. He intends shortly to set out for that new field, ;.', y"; and will not return to his native village ! until he has completed this last , part of 1 < his journey. • v.-' His experiences, related by himself,, arezfi highly interesting. He was a number of times arrested in Germany, JRusiia, and ; : Japan as a suspected person. f In Spain be wa;- thrown into prison as an Anarchist, and in Kiang'-si he made the acquaintance / of the inside of a Chinese gaol. t . , In East Africa'..he and his -companion . ( | were only saved from being massacred at , * night by some Arabs by a dog, , a great , r Dane, who was their faithful companion JJ for thousands of miles. . No one could tramp all over South America as he did without coming now and then across a ' town where revolution Was f |in progress. His most exciting experience in this line was at Quito. Here lie was impressed into the rebel ! service, but fortunately made his escape. 4