Some copies of the prospectus issued in Europe, having found their way out East, were passed from hand to hand.

We greatly admired the map which accompanied them for the edification of the shareholders.

On it Samburan was represented as the central spot of the Eastern Hemisphere with its name engraved in enormous capitals.

Heavy lines radiated from it in all directions through the tropics, figuring a mysterious and effective star--lines of influence or lines of distance, or something of that sort.

Company promoters have an imagination of their own.