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any amusement or information to my readers^ I 

 am amply repaid for all the — trouble I cannot 

 say^ but — pleasure it gave me in noting them 

 down^ merely to pass away the time as I pro- 

 ceeded on my solitary journey. And now, be- 

 fore taking leave of my readers, as I presume 

 this Journal may chance to fall into the hands of 

 some traveller who may be about to undertake 

 the same journey, I have endeavoured to offer a 

 few useful remarks ; yet still have I left the most 

 important ones till the last, and those are — a few 

 observations on the necessary precautions to be 

 taken respecting the health. It must not be 

 supposed that a man can undertake to travel by 

 sea and land, experiencing such sudden changes 

 of climate, atmosphere, temperature, diet, habits, 

 &/C. without paying some regard to his constitu- 

 tion, and knowing, by a careful attention to it, in 

 what manner he may best preserve it. Although 

 not a medical man myself, yet has my situation so 

 frequently thrown me upon my own resources, 

 while buffeting the world^s wide stage for these last 



