of the great shipping company's early days, when the so-called "Overland Route" to the East; involved the passengers "in transport horse-drawn omnibuses from exandria to Suez and the Com: pany in maintaining" some 3,000 camels to cope with bagrage their clients. Since 1846 the P. & O's, ships "have been. serving " China, In the 91 years that have elapsed: what changes have occurred in providing for the passenger's comfort? Is the present age effete?" The wer seems perilously near the affirmative when thought is given to those Spartans who made the journey under conditions described by Mr. Wilkinson and to those modern ex. Quisites who are apt to complain if the ship's band has not the latest dance tunes, the beer is imperfectly iced or the "Bridge" number in the sweep is too persistently wide of the mark.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.