The ocean as a health-resort : a handbook of practical information as to sea-voyages for the use of tourists and invalids / by William S. Wilson ; with a chart showing the ocean-routes and illustrating the physical geography of the sea.

Date:
1880
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The ocean as a health-resort : a handbook of practical information as to sea-voyages for the use of tourists and invalids / by William S. Wilson ; with a chart showing the ocean-routes and illustrating the physical geography of the sea. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    PEEFACE. I^^EEQUENT conversations with the many fellow- passengers I have met in the course of more than one voyage to the Australian colonies have led me to believe that a small handbook, such as the present, might be of considerable use to the constantly increasing class of travellers who, without previous experience of the sea, have determined to try its invigorating or curative effects. I found that many had started with exceed- ingly dim notions as to what lay before them in their sea-life; that some were inadequately provided with those necessaries of personal outfit which, though perhaps trifling in themselves, are, especially in the case of an invalid, so indispensable to comfort during a long voyage ; and that others had formed no definite plans for their stay in the country for which they were bound. In the following pages I have endeavoured, first, to give .such practical information as to routes, shipping- lines, outfit, and all other preliminary matters, as may enable even the most inexperienced traveller to make a judicious choice of a voyage and ship, and to provide himself with all that he will require for the passage out and home. Next, I have tried to present a faithful
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