[133] Reproduced in Vol. I., p. 142.
[134] Capital of Ashanti.
[135] Capital of the Gold Coast.
[136] Vol. II., p. 170.
[137] She left, however, a legacy of trouble. The United States said, with justice, that the British Government was responsible, for the ship ought never to have been built by a neutral Power nor permitted to leave a neutral harbour. In the end, Britain had to pay the United States three millions of money as damages.
[138] The wireless signal sent out by ships in distress, calling for immediate help.
[139] Chief French settlement in India, 90 miles south-south-west of Madras.
[140] British Crown colony in and off the Malay Peninsula, in south-east Asia. In the Straits Settlements are included Singapore, Malacca, the Dindings, Penang, and Wellesley Province.
[141] Caused by the rays of light being bent in their passage through layers of air of differing density, and therefore giving a delusive appearance to objects.
[142] Coral islands, consisting of a more or less oval belt of coral rock, within which there is a lagoon.