TRAVELLERS QUALIFICATIONS. 



amusements. It is also advisable to fall into the 

 peculiar customs of the country, as they are 

 generally the best adapted to it, and although 

 sometimes they may be a little inconvenient, it is 

 generally much more so to run counter to them. 



A good knowledge of the language is an im- 

 mense help. The Emperor Charles V. used to 

 say that in proportion to the number of languages 

 a man knew, he was so many more times a man. 

 " A knowledge of the language of the country 

 you travel in is as good as a filled purse ; as two 

 pair of eyes, and one pair of ears ; for without it 

 the one ^pair he possesses is likely to be of little 

 use." Addison says, " When a traveller returneth 

 home, let his travel appear rather in his discourse 

 than his apparel or gesture ; and in his discourse 

 let him be rather advised in his answers than for- 

 ward to tell stories ; and let it appear that he doth 

 not change his country manners for those of 

 foreign parts, but only prick in some flowers of 

 that he hath learned abroad into the customs of 

 his own country." 



