APPENDIX C. 



INFORMATION AND ADVICE FOR THOSE WISHING TO MAKE A 

 PEDESTRIAN TOUR IN ENGLAND, AT THE LEAST PRACTICABLE 



EXPENSE. 



A YOUNG man with small means, and who is willing to &quot; rough it,&quot; 

 wishes to know with how low a sum of money it would be prac 

 ticable for him to undertake a trip to England. I have no doubt there 

 are many such who would visit the Old World if they were aware how 

 cheaply and pleasantly they could do so. I have heretofore expressed 

 my own obligation to Bayard Taylor, and it is probable that what I 

 shall have to say will be, to some extent, a repetition of the instruc 

 tions given in a chapter upon the subject in the later editions of the 

 &quot; Views Afoot.&quot; It will, however, have more especial reference to 

 travelling on foot in England. 



The Passage. There are no regular arrangements made in the 

 packet-ships for those who wish to go to England decently and in 

 tolerable comfort at a moderate price. It will be with more or less 

 difficulty, according as freights are active or dull, that you may obtain 

 a proper &quot; second cabin passage and found.&quot; You stand the best 

 chance to do so in the London lines. A special arrangement with the 

 Captain is necessary. A party of three or four may at almost any time, 

 by application to the Captain shortly before a ship sails, engage a 

 state-room, provide themselves with stores,* and hire their cooking 

 done, &amp;lt;fcc. ; so that the passage shall cost them but from twenty to 

 thirty dollars. With good messmates, good catering, a liberal gratuity 



* See Walks and Talks,&quot; Vol. I. p. 21, and consult the ship s cook or steward. 



