New-York tribune., 1867-06-14
now TO VISIT EUROPE
aTEAMSHIPS.


STEAMSHIPS.
IN romparison with the number OF triPs ""'o
$50, tba ocean-and this the roughest anu iuo7o
,.arciIe4, of all oceans with but one group Od
s.,oA, :, II the Azores and these from 800 TO 'oV
,,,,ss smtbward of your rOute-the shipwrecKs are
Iona 10 TOO and the losses of life as one to l2oVV
I.t,sr Than your chances on shore against casua"S
and disease Let your abiding fear be OF sea-scA"
which is the most wTetcbed OF all transient 'iSi',
tisns but in its result benefit better tnan any az
et,pence Eighty people out OF lOO get slcA' 80.
half of these. seasickness lasts all the voyage.
"A nauseou, headache making food contemp'ioie anu
advice insulting ~ -. IL
IT,, Cun,rd line Ia the leading English llne' IL
will ask Won s16O in gold to cross the Atlantic IL
cI,;,,s ,ever to have lost The Scota ana tne
Pss,. are the favorte ships, and on these you Will
oaIrrally do well to engage passage weeks peioio
smb,rking Some of it's ships, and these tne cheap
eat leave Boston. 1t is secretye nne' su0huy anu
,soitv managed there being little or no correspon-
d,cs hetyeen passengers and officers. The ships are
apt TO bo crowded but they carry only cabin passen
gers They land you in Ireland or at Liverpool
The French line is the great rival line OF the Cu-
n.,a Plcasure-seekers and curious travellers select
IL The ships are either commodious or swift Inc
swift steamers are the Pereire and the Vile de
,P.ri. The St. Laurent is large and good-speedng
sbio. They charge you sl6O in gold, and give you
cJsret wine free at breakfast and dinner. They are
ex,artly and nosily managed. They are French
steamers military in discipline, and in the display OF
IL. They land at Brest and Havre. and Will put you
in Pais AZ quickly as the Cunard line can get you 70
London.
TIL, American line whose chief sinews are the
FNton and the Arago is not the fastest ne but the
cbs,;;esa and most patriotic line afoat; Its ships
have never had an accident. They may take eleven
DAYS fog the passage, but they will compensate you
by superb table, the best social covoyagers cool
bsadod citizenship that also is eompanionable and
L;ndlv and in C;adsden and Townsend first-cass
marine has splendid exemplars. They ask you Tor
passage $40 in gold
Tbs lnman Line is the cheap line. 1t has two or
tb,ee swift ships, all of them screws, and great
number of very small ships. The City OF Paris is ls
ou,ok steamer The screws are generally speaking
swifter in any line than paddewheel ships butthey
ara ess agreeable take great deal of water on deck
roll and make q boring racket. The lnman SHIPS
ask in their best exemplars t1l0 gold for passage
They have had great luck
; The Montreal Line is remarkable for the lew DAYS
AZ occupies TO run between land and land never more
than six Seven hundred miles of the route taken py
Sta sbips is landshut in the gulf OF ST. Lawrence
They touch land again in Londonderry Harbor aud
ShOW you the Giants CalSeWay anu tio lsio VI pia'
They are of average swftness and cheapness richly
Furnished, but unfortunate in the number OF their
shipwrecks.
There are four or five other lines cheaper and
slower. The two great German lines that Iun 10
Hamburg and to Bremen respectively, are quick and
trusty. and show German care of the inner man
that is very Characteristic. They stop at Southamp-
ton u.. ,.,
crafs or icebergs and of storm. In the latter re-
speot there need be no perturbation. gale Is Oh
more harm in delaying your arrival IN port than III
breaking you up 1t is far more annoying than ter
rifying Icebergs are serious things to encounter
they are FREQUENT in May June, and July, sometimes
drifting down in August. Collisions are most COM
mon with those vessels that take the short. Northern
passage getting on the Newfoundland fog-banks,
where they must whistle and ring perpetually FIRE
Ga better provided for ship than on shore but "
Is still an abiding and awful contingency. You Will
500 shoal or two of porpoises possibly whale, I'M
probably an iceberg and q halfdozen sails between
lands. -.
You will have to provide your own amusements on
board ship. Take cards. books, and ackganmon.
There arc good ship games deck billiards. ana bags
OF beans The former you must get the ships carper-
Ter through of the officers, to prepare 1t con-
sists of two shovel-shaped rods or pushers, eight
rouRd, fiat oak blocks and board, chalkea out on
deck, with eleven compartments IN H. Iheso are
luun ered