Munich, Capital of Bavaria.—Trying Employments of the Women.—A Beer-Drinking Community.—Frankfort-on-the-Main.—Luther's Home.—Goethe's Birthplace.—Cologne on the Rhine.—The Grand Cathedral.—Antwerp, Belgium.—Rubens' Burial Place.—Art Treasures in the Cathedral.—Switzerland.—Bâle.—Lausanne.—Geneva.—Lake Leman.—Vevay.—Berne, Capital of Switzerland.—Lucerne.—Zurich.—Schaffhausen.
London, the Metropolis of the World.—Some of its Institutions.—The Tower of London.—Statistics of the Great City.—Ancient Chester.—Rural England.—Stratford-on-Avon.—Edinburgh, Scotland.—Remarkable Monuments.—Abbotsford.—Rural Scotland.—Glasgow.—Greenock.—Across the Irish Sea to Belfast.—Queen's College.—Dublin, the Capital of Ireland.—Grand Public Buildings.
Nassau, New Providence.—Trees, Flowers, and Fruits.—Curious Sea Gardens.—The Finny Tribes.—Fresh Water Supply.—Tropical Skies.—The Gulf Stream.—Santiago de Cuba.—Cienfuegos.—Sugar Plantations.—Cuban Fruits.—Peculiarities of the Banana.—A Journey across the Island to Matanzas.—Inland Experiences.—Characteristic Scenes.—The Royal Palm.
Discovery of Cuba by Columbus.—The Native Race.—Historical Matters.—Headquarters of Spanish Military Operations in the West.—Invasion of Mexico by Cortez.—African Slave Trade.—Peculiarities of the Caribbean Sea.—Geography of the Island of Cuba.—City of Matanzas.—Havana, the Capital.—The Alameda.—The Cathedral.—Military Mass.—A Wonderfully Fertile Island.—Reflections.
ILLUSTRATIONS
CAPTAIN COOK, THE DISCOVERER. FRONTISPIECE.
MODE OF TRAVELLING IN JAPAN. A JINRIKSHA.
BOTANICAL GARDENS AT ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA.
SCENE ON THE SOUTH ESK RIVER, TASMANIA.
A GREAT BANYAN TREE AT CALCUTTA.
MOSQUE AT DELHI, INDIA.
A WELL IN THE DESERT BETWEEN SUEZ AND CAIRO.
A LADY OF CAIRO AS SEEN IN PUBLIC.
A RECEPTION HALL IN THE ALHAMBRA.
LEANING TOWER OF PISA, CATHEDRAL AND BAPTISTERY.
A STREET IN POMPEII.
THE COLISEUM AT ROME.
SCENE ON THE GRAND CANAL, VENICE.
THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. ISAACS AT ST. PETERSBURG.
TOWER OF THE HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT.
THE TOWER OF LONDON.
EDINBURGH CASTLE.
FOOT-PRINTS OF TRAVEL;
OR,
JOURNEYINGS IN MANY LANDS.
CHAPTER I.
The title of the book in hand is sufficiently expressive of its purpose. We shall follow the course of the sun, but diverge wherever the peculiarities of different countries prove attractive. As the author will conduct his readers only among scenes and over routes which he himself has travelled, it is hoped that he may be able to impart a portion of the enjoyment experienced, and the knowledge gained in many foreign lands and on many distant seas.
Starting from the city of Boston by railway, we pass at express speed through the length of Massachusetts from east to west, until we arrive at Hoosac, where the famous tunnel of that name is situated. This remarkable excavation, five miles in length, was cut through the solid rock of Hoosac Mountain to facilitate transportation between Boston and the West, at a cost of twenty years of labor and sixteen millions of dollars; a sum, which, were it divided, would amount to over five dollars per head for every man, woman, and child in the State.
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