The Innocents Abroad

rica and discussed at countless firesides. It was a novelty in the way of excursions-its like had not been thought of bef

poetry in the shade of the smokestacks, or watch for the jelly-fish and the nautilus over the side, and the shark, the whale, and other strange monsters of the deep; and at night they were to dance in the open air, on the upper deck, in the midst of a ballroom that stretched from horizon to horizon, and was domed by the bending heavens and lighted by no meaner lamps than the stars and the magnificent moon-dance, and promenade, and smoke, and sing, and make love, and search the skies for constellations that never associate with the "Big Dipper" they were so tired of; and they were to see the ships of twenty navies-the customs and costumes of twenty curious peoples-

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above during the coming season, and begs

will be selected, in which will be taken a select company, numbering not more than three-fourths of the ship's capacity. There i

every necessary comfort, includi

physician wil

gh the group of Azores, St. Michael will be reached in about ten days. A day or two will be spent here, enjoying

e wonderful subterraneous fortifications, permissi

re the Christian era, and its artificial port, the finest of the kind in the Mediterranean, but to visit Paris during the Great Exhibition; and the beautiful city of Lyons, lying intermediate, from the heig

iful road built by Napoleon I. From this point, excursions may be made to Milan, Lakes Como and Maggiore, or to Milan, Verona (famous for its extraordinary fortifications), Padua, and Venice. Or, if passengers des

t in which to visit Florence, its palaces and galleries; Pisa, its cathedral and "Leaning Tower," and Lucca

e in about thirty-six hours; the route will lay along the coast of Italy, close by Caprera, Elba, and Corsica. Arrangements have been

b, and possibly the ruins of Paestum can be visited, as well

cily, which will be reached in one night from Naples. A day will be spent

and in sight of Mount Etna, along the south coast of Italy, the west and south coast of Greece, in sight of ancient Crete, up Athens Gulf, and into the Piraeus, Athens will be reached in two and a half or three days. After tarrying here awhile, the Bay of Salamis will

rs, fortifications, and battlefields of the Crimea; thence back through the Bosphorus, touching at Constantinople to take in any who may have preferred to remain there; down through the Sea of Marmora and the Dardanelles, along the

of Patmos, along the coast of Asia, ancient Pamphylia, and the Isle of Cyprus. Beirut will be reached in

n the Holy Land can be visited, and here those who may have preferred to make the journey from Beirut through the country,

pey's Pillar, Cleopatra's Needle, the Catacombs, and ruins of ancient Alexandria will be found worth the visit. The journey to Cairo, one hundred an

alta, Cagliari (in Sardinia), and Palma (in Majorca), all magn

the evening, Valencia in Spain will be reached the next morni

coast of Spain. Alicant, Carthagena, Palos, and Malaga will be passed but

es and delights upon first arrival as Madeira." A stay of one or two days will be made here, which, if time permits, may be extended, and passing on through the islands, and probably in sight of the

hed in about ten days from Madeira, and after spending a short time with our friends the Ber

eceived from parties in Europe wi

cursionists, if sick, will be surrounded by kind f

e ports named in the program, such ports will

and of seats at the tables apportioned in the order in which passages are engaged; and no pas

all ports, if they desire, without additional ex

n order that the most perfect arrangements

d by the committee before tickets are is

by the passengers during the voyage, may b

tion to make for all traveling expenses onshore and at the various po

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s been chartered for the occasion, and will leave New York June 8th. Letters

e avoided-boating at the expense of the ship-physician on board-the circuit of the globe to be made if the passengers unanimously desired it-the company to be rigidly selected by a pitiless "Committee on Applications"-the vessel to be as rigidly selected by as pitiless a "Committee on Selecting Steamer." Human nature could not withstand these bewildering temptat

that the Plymouth Collection of Hymns would be used on bo

cepted as an excursionist. There was happiness in that b

antial clothing to use in rough pilgrimizing in the Holy Land. Furthermore, it was suggested that although the ship's library would afford a fair amount of reading matter, it would still be well if each passenger would provide hims

ter and would have been spared more willingly. Lieutenant General Sherman was to have been of the party also, but the Indian war compelled his presence on the plains. A popular

was to make "General Sherman and party" welcome guests in the courts and camps of the old world, was still left to us, though both document and battery, I think, were shorn of somewhat of their