Excerpt from My Circular Notes, Vol. 1 of 2: Extracts From Journals, Letters Sent Home, Geological and Other Notes, Written While Travelling Westwards Round the World, From July 6, 1874, to July 6, 1875
Scotland is all spoiled, said a great man one d about 1848 or 1849. I'll never go there again. It's full of dismal creatures, rushing about here and th seeking for an excitement. These are globe-trotters. Friendly polite French steward, who knew Alexandre Dam and had seen him writing on board of a steamer in 1 Black Sea, or somewhere else, warned this writer, whom took for a writer of fiction, to lock up his papers. Gens-la sont capables de les imprimer; ils sont trés-volet les voyageurs, so he said.
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