Excerpt from Letters From Abroad: Or, Scraps From New Zealand, Australia, and AmericaTravelling comfortably has become nearly a science, the grand secret of success being a small quantity of luggage, properly selected. For a trip round the world some little thought is, of course, necessary, but the less impedimenta the greater the real enjoyment. Supposing you start in November (you cannot select a more suitable time), and intend being in London by June, then really very little is needed but cool clothing. Any one wishing to make a closer acquaintance than can be made by books with some of the grandest and most enterprising countries in the world, cannot do much better in the time than follow' our route. My reminiscences, or rather letters, are very disjointed, but any friend reading the same must please remember that every line was written, more or less, under disadvantageous circumstances, and I have not bothered to revise them. They are simply letters home. Our experiences cannot be altogether uninteresting.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.