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Rh Wagen, of seeing much of the country. Fortunately my wife had learnt by experience to avoid all superfluities, and to carry with her only what was actually necessary for the journey. Thus, although some luxuries had to be dispensed with, by which we might have been enabled to obtain a more unalloyed enjoyment of the beauties and wonders of nature, yet, with a limited quantity of luggage, and so spacious a vehicle, we had little in the way of discomfort to complain of.

Our frequent changes from one steamer to another since we left England having taught us the method of shaking ourselves into new quarters without much ado, we were not long in arranging our things in the very limited space allotted to us as a cabin; after which we hastened up-stairs to enjoy the breeze. Every available space on the deck was crammed with a miscellaneous cargo, the most prominent object being our own Rees-Wagen, which, being covered over with matting,