The death of Sir John Foster Fraser, the distinguished partiamentary correspondent, traveller and lecturer, recalls a cycling memory of 40 years ago by which he Teaped to fame and, incidentally, established link with Shanghai, " Starting out with two others, one' of whom eventually seitied in Shanghai and became associated with a number of Well: known old Shanghai firms, he left England in 1896 on a bicycle tour of, the world, He traversed 17 coun ties, covering 19237 miles in 174 days which constituted the longest bicycle ride on record. Visiting Shanghai, he was given a warm welcome and in his book "Round the World on a Wheel," he devoted considerable space to his experiences in Shanghai and China, and' also to the Feception he received, "He was one of the original elrcumnavigalors using humble means of transportation, but since then the world has shrunk considerably and distance no longer raises impassable barriers that Shanghai is visited annually by all sorts of People encircling the globe,
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