Eastern Pilgrims

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Excerpt from Eastern Pilgrims: The Travels of Three LadiesWigmore Street. It is a basket, covered with strong tarpaulin, needs no extra cover, and is at once light and impervious to rain. For short jour neys, a small leather portmanteau called The Glad stone, is most suitable, as it holds more than would appear at first sight, and will strap easily on the back of a mule. Each traveller buys a pair of mackintosh sheets, they cost a guinea, and will be invaluable in the tents. A portable bath is only unnecessary lumber, the cost of carrying it being more than the price of a substitute in any good hotel. Side saddles are to be sent for us straight to the Peninsular and Oriental Company's agent at Alexandria: riding costumes of white serge are purchased at Nicoll's, and with Murray's excellent guide-book to Syria in our hands, we feel that we are tolerably well provided for.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.