What to observe; or the traveller's remembrancer / By J.R. Jackson.

  • Jackson, Julian R., 1790-1853.
Date:
1845
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Credit: What to observe; or the traveller's remembrancer / By J.R. Jackson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    presumed to bring it before the public did we not feel confident that, imperfect as it may be, it will still be useful: indeed, when we consider the total absence of anything like solid information given to us by the legion of those who quit their native country to roam for a while over the various parts of the globe, we cannot but think that some good must result from pointing out how their peregrinations may be turned to better account than they have hitherto been. Our book is intended for general use, and we there- fore hope it will prove acceptable alike to those who travel luxuriously over civilized Europe, and to those adventurous and ardent spirits who wander undaunted among hostile tribes, braving every obstacle and enduring every hardship in search of knowledge. It were superfluous to speak of the present facilities for travelling, but we will remark that, m proportion as those facilities are great, the result should be beneficial, and this it will be, (as far as regards a true knowledge of the earth and of the various families of mankind, with their laws, religion, manners, customs, virtues and vices,) only when travellers shall have learnt how and | what to observe.