ii  FOREWORD
ness  missions.  He  has  travelled  Somaliland,
Palestine,  Asia  Minor,  Morocco,  Tunis,  Tripoli, ­
  Algiers,  South  Africa,  Persia,  Arabia,
Afghanistan,  Cashmir,  Beluchistan,  India,  Assam, ­
  Burma,  Siam,  China,  Cochin-China,
Japan,  the  East  Indies  and  all  over  Europe
with  the  single  exception  of  Russia.  The
doctor  also  spent  two  years  of  his  restless  life
in  the  Far  North  where  a  business  mission  of
importance  took  him  into  Iceland,  Greenland,
Labrador,  Newfoundland,  Cape  Breton  Island, ­
  Prince  Edward  Island  and  the  Hudson’s ­
  Bay  Country.  As  to  the  West  Indies
and  South  America,  he  has  been  not  only  to
them,  but  through  them  many  times  and  in
every  habitable  spot  where  business  was  to  be
done.  Some  idea  may  be  gained  as  to  the
frequency  of  his  visits  to  South  America  by
mentioning  the  fact  that  he  has  made  thirtysix
  trips  across  the  Equator.
Dr.  Aughinbaugh  talks  about  the  markets
of  foreign  countries  with  the  authority  of  long
experience  for  he  has  been  engaged  in  these
special  fields  for  more  than  twenty  years;  yet