Cumming, CONSTANCE FREDERIKA GORDON

Cumming, CONSTANCE FREDERIKA GORDON, a well-known traveller, was born 24th May 1837, and was the sister of the lion-hunter (see below). She has travelled extensively, having resided for two years in Ceylon, and two in Fiji. She has also visited Tahiti, China, Japan, California, Hawaii, New Zealand, and Australia, and has written various sprightly and entertaining volumes of travel, including From the Hebrides to the Himalayas (1876); At Home in Fiji (1881); A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war (1882); Fire Fountains—Hawaii (1883); Wanderings in China (1885); Two Happy Years in Ceylon (1891).