PREFACE.



 O NCE upon a time, very long ago, the
 Traveller about the 'world was care-
ful to carry with him a Journal, leather-
covered, and with brass tips upon the
corners; not infrequently it was closed
by a stout hasp and padlock, for the
thought that by any chance a stranger
might gaze upon his. pages filled the
modest Traveller with dismay. With this
Diary open upon his knee, with careful
quill, and with most delicate and precise
penmanship, it was the habit of this
Person (who was apt to refer to him-
self as the Private Individual) to note