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BEM.
REMARKS
FOE
THE GUIDANCE OF TRAYELLERS.
Hoping that some of my friends may be induced to visit
this interesting country, I shall give a few hints as to the
machinery of travelling, which will be found of use to them.
A tent is the first requisite, the old cities and places of the
greatest interest being frequently distant from the modern
towns or khans; and a good tent makes the traveller quite
independent of the state of health of the town, which I found
a very important advantage. It is desirable that the tent
should be of a waterproof material. I found great use in an
oil-cloth hammock, which was occasionally slung from pole
to pole, but was always of service to spread under my mattress
when the ground was wet. A carpet may be procured in
the country, but a mattress must be taken; also a canteen,
containing the usual requisites for cooking and for making
tea, and a lantern. Arrow-root is the most portable and
convenient material for the traveller's store ; it may be pre-
pared in five minutes, and a basin of this will stay the ap-
petite until the dinner can be prepared, which—what with
pitching the tent, lighting the fire (often with green wood),
and the process of cooking—must be frequently delayed an
hour or two after the traveller halts. Bice is necessary, and
tea a great treasure.
I have always found the convenience of carrying a gimlet
my
*
inihammc
my clothes
or to wlflc
llietrav.'l!
forthe tail
For ecoi
six horses:
quired, am
wkowisluT
must calcu
penses on t
piastres pe
of road he
tour; this
ever profic
language,.
act as dn
understand
people.
The mo
such as ar
which it ii
do veil to
which, are
g«npowd(
within-
P
are very a
4
auch pie
point for
banner 1
°r reigni
fc highly
BEM.
REMARKS
FOE
THE GUIDANCE OF TRAYELLERS.
Hoping that some of my friends may be induced to visit
this interesting country, I shall give a few hints as to the
machinery of travelling, which will be found of use to them.
A tent is the first requisite, the old cities and places of the
greatest interest being frequently distant from the modern
towns or khans; and a good tent makes the traveller quite
independent of the state of health of the town, which I found
a very important advantage. It is desirable that the tent
should be of a waterproof material. I found great use in an
oil-cloth hammock, which was occasionally slung from pole
to pole, but was always of service to spread under my mattress
when the ground was wet. A carpet may be procured in
the country, but a mattress must be taken; also a canteen,
containing the usual requisites for cooking and for making
tea, and a lantern. Arrow-root is the most portable and
convenient material for the traveller's store ; it may be pre-
pared in five minutes, and a basin of this will stay the ap-
petite until the dinner can be prepared, which—what with
pitching the tent, lighting the fire (often with green wood),
and the process of cooking—must be frequently delayed an
hour or two after the traveller halts. Bice is necessary, and
tea a great treasure.
I have always found the convenience of carrying a gimlet
my
*
inihammc
my clothes
or to wlflc
llietrav.'l!
forthe tail
For ecoi
six horses:
quired, am
wkowisluT
must calcu
penses on t
piastres pe
of road he
tour; this
ever profic
language,.
act as dn
understand
people.
The mo
such as ar
which it ii
do veil to
which, are
g«npowd(
within-
P
are very a
4
auch pie
point for
banner 1
°r reigni
fc highly