The Russellville Democrat., 1881-12-22
A Traveller on Water-Drinking.

Rev. Henry Baisdell in the Welcome.
 Bed and board are the rub ol Siberian travel. You may safely rely upon get ting at any station a supply ef boiling water, and probably some black bread
 but other than this all is uncertainty
 In Western Siberia milk and eggs are plentiful, the latter a farthing each, and everywhere, if you arrive at dinner time, there Is a chance of get ing some meat, which you may or nay not be able to eat. The fact is, you must take your own provisions, and for this, winter is better than summer, because then you have simply to freeze your meat, and chop off piece with your hatchet when required. It IS easy, moreover, to start with stock of frozen meat pies, one of which thrown in hot water is eatable in few minutes, and so with Jumps of frozen cream. Tea and sugar are carried, of course, by every Russian traveller and to this we added small quantity of timed meat fresh butter, anchovy paste and marmalade, the last two as modifiers in case we were absolutely driven to black bread. These things, with stock of white bread taken from the larger towns, formed base, for which, when we could get them, we were thankful. If anything better fell in the way, it was so much to the good. If white bread and butter failed, then we hoped for inn proved circumstances. These remarks apply more especially to the hundreds of miles of country between the towns, in which latter we managed tolerably well for food, whilst as for beverage we always drank the water of the place. This has been my invariable plan, which the following outlines of some of my summer tours will show has been tried in variety of countries-namely, in 1873, Holland, Belgium, Bohemia, Aus tria, Bavaria, Switzerland and France; in 1874, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Russia and Polaad; in 1876, Norway and the Gulf of B9thenia, up to the Arctic Circle; in 1871, the Danube, Hungary, 'Esa nsylvania, Roumania, Servia, Slavo- mia and the Tyrol; in 1878; through Petersburg, Moscow and Arch angel; in 1879, on the Volea, by way of Kama, Obi and Amur, through Siberia, letter of the alphabet. The puzzle was to build the animal, for at the same time the name of the animal was spelled with the letters. This year the slicing has been applied to birds, to capital across the Pacific to California and America, and the Atlantic to England. Lastly, in 1880, through South Russia to the Caucasus and Armenia; the Crimea, Athens, Naples and Rome. It will thus be seen my plan, whatever it's merits or defects, has been tested in travelling round the world, and, with the excep. ton of Madrid and Oporto, in every capital of Europe. 1 have used no filter nor taken any special precautions, yet I am thankful to say that it has not caused me to suffer. The water of the Neva at St. Petersbusg, acts incidentally believe, on all strangers for day. or two, but this effect soon passes, and does not vitiate my principle, which, to judge from my own experience, would seem to be that, when travelling, persons in ordinary health need not fear to drink the water in common use.
 ought also to add that in common with my fellow-travelers, l have never found the necessity for alcoholic drinks in long and rapid journeys. In 1874 Rev. J. P Hobson, the curate of Greenwich, and travelled about 4000 miles in month. In 1878 MT. Stone then a youth and travelled about $500 miles in sev- en weeks; and last year l travelled with Harrow boy about 1000 miles in 67 | days. The severest work of all however, was the Siberian posting of 3 300 miles in 39 days. This means jolting along on rough roads by night and by day, in the course of which l slept in my clothes every night but two for month, and no fatigue that l ever endured equalled that of the first few days travel in a Russian tarantass. Yet at the close of the journey I was better than at the be- ginning, nor do think that I was ever in sounder health than after the five months journey around the world, the 25, 500 miles of which were traversed in l60 travelling days. at the rate, that is, of about l60 miles a day. write this with no other feelings than the deepest thank fitness to Him who is the author and giver of life ard of health, and would do so with unfeigned humility, whilst point ing to others who have done more. Wit ness the wonderful travels of Mir. Cough: Again, Capt Wigpins did upwards of 3,2O0 miles Of sledging in Siberian win ter, in forty-three days without stimu- lants, and in similar manner my in- terpreter did 2,000 miles more of sum. mer posting thanI.