Author: David Bogue

Publisher:

Published: 2016-06-19

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 9781332831029

Excerpt from Bogue's Guides for Travellers, Vol. 1: Belgium and the Rhine Baggager-when the traveller has made up his mind to set out for a holiday on the Continent, the three first things that require his attention are, his baggage, his money, and his passport. As to the first, there is a short and golden rule, which is, - take a: little luggage as possible. The man of many packages becomes a slave to them. On steam-boats, on railways, in, seeking inns and on leaving inns, his luggage becomes a source of anxiety, annoyance, and loss. Money.-t he Continental tourist may, as regards Wiley, safely rely, wherever he may go, upon the currency of English sovereigns and Bank of England notes. Should he think it unwise to carry with him as much as he may deem requisite for the trip, he can, before his departure, obtain a Circular letter of credit. This is done by paying a sum of money into the London and Westminster Bank, the Union Bank of London, or into the banking house of Herries, Farquhar, and Cc.; or Coutts and Co. Upon doing this, the tourist receives two papers, authorizing him to receive, at different towns on his intended route, the cash he may be entitled to and require. Two papers are given, lest one should be lost; and the traveller should carry one of these in his pocket, and the other in his baggage, to lessen the liability of both being lost together. A Passport is a thing less easily arranged. For a trip in Belgium and on the Rhine, an English passport is wanted. The following are the last regulations on this subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.