A Record of Oriental Adventure BY CAPTAIN ALAN BOTT GARDEN CITY      NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 1919 COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN TO D. O. V. CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Eastern Nights—and Flights   PROLOGUE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS Most of us who were at close grips with the Great War will remember the habit of speculation about life on the far side