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Gifts of fortune, and hints for those about to travel

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A sequence of travel essays and practical hints that blend anecdote, observation, and plain advice for those who voyage. The writer interrogates motives for wandering, recounts chance passages with sailors, and sketches coastal, forested, and urban scenes encountered on short excursions and longer trips. Some pieces offer pragmatic counsel about fares, berths, and shipboard life, while others settle into quiet description of weather, tides, and local color. The voice moves between wry humor and reflective attention, collecting small human details and natural impressions into compact, observational portraits useful to readers and prospective travelers alike.

ILLUSTRATIONS

THE TALL SHIP—STANDING OUT INTO WINDY SPACE Frontispiece
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TO SEE THE GLOW OF SUNRISE ABOVE THE PALISADE OF THE JUNGLE 8
I MET A CHEERFUL GOATHERD 56
AFTER A LONG AND FAITHFUL ADHERENCE TO THE BEATEN TRACKS YOU REACH SOME DISTANT COASTAL OUTPOST 74
SOME NAME IT EDEN OR ELYSIUM 84
THE BUFFALOES STARED AT US AS WE WENT ALONG, AS MOTIONLESS AS FIGURES IN METAL 120
AS TO THE SEA, IT HAS NO HUMAN ATTRIBUTES WHATEVER 158
AT LOW TIDE THESE STONE STAIRS GO DOWN TO A SHINGLE BEACH 226