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ratus, together with some collections Of
the more important exotic products, will
complete the appliances Of self-instruc-
ton. Again, while no attempt will be
made to approximate formal tuition by
lectures or academic mechanism OF any
kind, the presence Of three or four savants
or professors, eminent in their specialties,
will be an essential feature OF the scheme.
In short, the company Of travellers will
be organized on the model of a club, and
the authority OF the ships commander
will only be asserted to enforce measures
essential to the general order and security.
The sole encroachment on the absolute
independence and liberty Of the passen-
ger consists IN the prohibition Of games Of
cards or chance; and the good sense Of this
restriction Is sufficiently obvious.
When the vessel assigned to this project
OF student travel reaches one of her con-
templated ports, the passengers, thanks
to the weighty recommendations with
which the society can provide them, will
enjoy exceptional facilities for visiting all
establishments worthy OF interest. They
are sure to encounter everywhere respect
full consideration, and their delightful ex-
emption from solicitude about luggage
and lodgings will enable them to employ
every waking hour in an intelligent and
profitable way. To render the ships
cabins available as sleeping rooms at such
times, frequent and regular communica-
ton with the shore will be main tanned by
means of steam launch.
The itinerary adopted for the first
voyage, TO be entered upon in May, 1877,
and which, by reason Of its manifest ad-
vantages. lie likely TO be maintained in sue
ceeding years, Is sketched as follows: From
Hayre. by way of Lisbon. Madeira, and
the Bermudas, the societys steamship will
proceed to New York, and thence to
Charleston, S. c.; from the latter point
to the greater Antilles, then TO the lesser
Antilles, and so to Para, at the mouth of
the Amazon. Skirting the coast OF South
America, the travellers will touch at Rio
Janeiro, Montevideo, and Buenos Ayres,
thread the Straits of Magellan, and take
northerly course to Valparaiso and Cal
lao, and thereafter traverse the Pacific
ocean, stopping at Tahiti, the Tonga
Islands, New Zealand, and finally Aus
tralia. After IN anchorage Of some dura-
ton ut Melbourne and Sydney, the vessel
will be directed toward the French colony
OF New Caledonia, and will thence steam
northward TO Japan. After visiting Yoko-
hama, Yeddo. and Osaka, the party of
tourists will enter Chinese waters by the
so-called inland sea Of Japan, and descend
ing the coast with the great northwest
trade wind, will be able to inspect shang-
hai Hang nd
on their way to Batavia, in the island OF
Java. From this point they proceed to
India, stopping at Ceylon and Bombay.
Finally, by the Red sea and the Suez ca
nal. the ship will return 10 Europe, after
a brief stay at Alden. While the vessel is
traversing the canal, her passengers may
visit Cairo and Alexandria, where they
will resume their voyage to Marseiiles, its
terminus, unless a stoppage Of some hours
at Naples should temnt them to return by
way Of Italy. 1t is to be noted that the
time spent in harbor is proportioned TO
the interest attaching to the place or ITS
environs. The average period Is six days,
but for cities Of capital Importance. like
New York, Rio, Shanghai, and Yokohama.
1t may reach nine. Almost all the ports
enumerated are centres Of communica-
| ton, and the majority have railways radi-
ating through the surrounding country,
which should render frequent and quite
extended excursions entirely feasible.
There seems TO be no doubt that the
project above outlined will be duly and
promptly executed. A contract has al
ready been signed which guarantees the
delivery Of the vessel, fully equipped aud
ready for sea- by the month Of April, 1877
We may mention that the cost to each pas
| senger Of this trip around the world, in
Guiding nourishment, wine, and attendance
for almost year, has been fixed Mt four
thousand dollars. That sum may be pleas
urably disbursed by young man. without
| quitting the boulevards OF Paris; but we
incline TO think that It's investment in
voyage OF the kinu described would be
| productive Of more solid satisfaction.