King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane   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

[Illustration: HE CLUTCHED AT THE GRAPNEL, LET GO HIS HOLD OF THE MAST, AND SWUNG CLEAR. Frontispiece see page 79]

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