Seven Legs Across the Seas: A Printer's Impressions of Many Lands

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Samuel Murray. Seven Legs Across the Seas: A Printer's Impressions of Many Lands

Seven Legs Across the Seas: A Printer's Impressions of Many Lands

Table of Contents

ILLUSTRATIONS

LEG ONE

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

LEG TWO

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

LEG THREE

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

LEG FOUR

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

LEG FIVE

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

LEG SIX

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

LEG SEVEN

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

ITINERARY

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Samuel Murray

Published by Good Press, 2019

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From Buenos Aires direct across to Capetown, South Africa, is 3,600 miles; by way of Madeira 9,500 miles, and second-class fare $250. This large sum of money for a ticket set me inquiring if there was no other way to get to South Africa without traveling nearly half the distance around the world. A tramp ship going to Asia and stopping at Durban, South Africa, for bunker coal was one's only hope of avoiding the long and tedious journey by way of Madeira and the big expense. Four different captains who had received orders to sail to India did not want to take a passenger with them, giving as their reason that "it was against the Act" for tramp ships to carry travelers. The fifth captain seen, however, agreed to take me across to Durban for $50. Here was a saving of $200.

That being my first introduction to tramp ship travel, I faced the voyage with some mistrust, as merchantmen, as a rule, are slow, are not equipped with wireless telegraphy appliances, and one does not know what may happen when sailing on the high seas. But the captain had a good face, which inspired me with confidence.

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