Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-10
rRAyEIS ABROAD.
Another Interesting Letter from Rev. DR..
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of scenes and incidents of the trip towards
Palestine are given;
INTERESTING OBSERVATIONS.
shall not attempt to give detailed de-
seriptions, only glimpses ut significant or
striking sights and observations. I have
been impressed with the high state OF culti-
walton in England and on the Continent
Cultivation in England SURPRISES that IN
any other country have seen in passing
from Liverpool to Brindisi, on The south
western coast OF Italy, with the exception
of Switzerland England at this time of
the year appears ike one great garden. In
fact, the land is so completely thrown into
the fields, that only narrow way II left Tor
the roads, which are crowded on each side
with walls or hedges, and quite generally
skirted with trees, and wind like bOrdered
ribbons through the green cultivated lands.
From Liverpool 10 London, by the North
western Railway, and from London to
Dover, the ground is cut up generally into
small fields like those in the thickly settled
portions of New England The stones are
removed and the burrows ploughcd deep
and laid smooth. as if turned with gcomet-
riCal exactneSS. Indeed. there is visible
honesty and skill about the way in which
the English do their work. The railroad
tracks are smooth and substantial, the
quays built for generations, the houses ana
stores made to endure, and the pavements,
every tenth block in the cities, are not inn
pasSable for vehicles or torn up for repairs.
In Two days traveTSing Of London / did not
see 4 closed street or a diiapidated pave
ment.
PECULIARITIES IN ENGLISH PUSH.
The English have great energy and push
in business in their special and familiar
lines of work, but are slow to make depart
ures and adapt themselves 10 new emer-
gencies When in London I went TO
large tailoring establishment Oh Ludgate
HILL to look at suits did not find any
that fitted; they told me they could cut and
make suit for me that day 1t was 10
o'clock in the morning 1 selected my
cloth, was measured and the garments
were cut and made and at my room before
s o'clock the next day But when was in
Liverpool | found nail was wanting in
the lock of my trunk. 1t was $50 O'Clock
in the evening, and we were TO start at 7:20
the next morning. ! went to the hotel
steward of the hotel and asked if he could
get me tack and a hammer He looked
at the time and wanted to know when
was to leave; and when | informed him
he replied the articles could not be pro-
cured before that hour, and that there was
no other way but for the lock 10 90 with
three nails. 1t was also necessary for US
leaving N that early hour. to give our order
for breakfast the night before We gave
the order, which was charged to the num-
Der of our room. 105, and the meal was 10
be served at Gas. We were DELAYED few
minutes getting down to breakfast and
when we went into the dining-room, the
steward asked if we had ordered breakfast
and what our number was We informed
him, and he said there was some mistake,
there was no breakfast for us, and he did
not seem to know what to do | told him
to get us something to eat quick. Finally
he went OFF, was gone some time, and came
back, saying he had mistaken our number
on his Order-book, thinking it was lI5. in
stead of l05, and then showed us to table
where our breakfast was waiting for Us,
cold with only about five minutes to eat il.
ENGLAND BEHIND IN PROFANITY.
have been struck with the noticeable
absence OF profanity in public places in
England have vet TO hear the first pro-
fame oath in English since ! crossed the
Atlantic. In other respects the English
have met appear like our own people. The
resemblance between the intelligent Lon
very striking. saw nothing and heard
nothing i'll the manners and turns of
thought of the people | met in England
that suggested TO me that | was in q foreign
city To New Highlander, New Orleans
appears more strange TO what | may call
the intellectual and human aspects of civil
iZation than London. | give simply my
impressions, which may be modified by
longer observation.
STAGING BY RAILWAY.
We were two days in London, and then
hurried on to overtake our friends who had
preceded us in Palestine We selected the
quickest route to Alexandria This was by
Calais. Laon, Basic, Milan, Bologna, Brin-
dist, and thence by English steamer to
Alexandria. Most of the time through
France was by night. This gave Us our
first experience of the Continental railway
sleeper In few cases the Pullman car
has been introduced, but the ordinary Con-
tinental sleeper is poor affair. There are
two berths in a compartment, running at
right angles to the track, and the seats are
so arranged in half of the compartments
that the occupants must ride backwards,
and no other seat in the car is accessible To
them. We were unfortunate enough to get
one of these compartments the first day,
and rs this made Mrs. Dwinell sick, asked
the conductor to make a change He said
he had another compartment, but it was
engaged after the next station, but believed,
when he found that we were Americans,
he would transfer us to it. He did so and
after we had passed the next station he said
the person who had engaged the compart-
ment was the Prince of Bianco. But the
Prince made no complaint that heard OF,
vet he was soon transferred 10 other quar-
tiers III the same car.
OVER THE ALPS To THE SEA.
We passed over the Alps and across the
whole of Switzerland and down into the
plains of Italy BY daylight, giyingus ample
opportunity to catch bird s-eye views OF the
Grand and beautiful scenery. We passed
the Rhine, the Aar; saw the city of Luz
cerne, Lake Tug, Lake Lucerne, siSirting its
shores or threading the edges of the cliffs
oycrhanging it for fifteen or twenty miles /;
spanned the hcadwaters of both the RhOne
and the Rhine; passed by the Right !;
pierced innumerable ridges and the st.
Gothard pass by tunnel some nine miles
in length, and requiring twenty-five min
utcs to pass through it, had generally fine
views of Lakes LasinO and Como and Luz
gano, and dropped down the steep sides Of
the Alps into Italy by means Of countless
turns and curved zigzass, making the whole
days ride the fullest and most crowded
with varied beauties and sublimitieS Of
scenery have ever seen packed in the same
length of time. We passed Milan and Bo-
logna in the night, but we had twelve hours
of daylight ride on the western coast of It
ally. Our route skirted the Adriatic tInost
of the way in full view for eight hours.
Here the old villages are situated half
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steep, sharp points of bluffs rising suddenly
from the low coast plain. The houses,
built of massive stone, are stretched
around the edges of this bluff, joining one
another in u continuous line, like row of
eaves-swallows' nests, but without entrance
on the outer side, only into the court on the
landward side. This situation and method
of building the towns in medieval times
were chosen as a means of defense against