weigh it, and will notify the "luggage-bureau agent," who may or may not be the ticket clerk, of the amount of it; he will compute the charge for excess luggage, if any, which the owner will pay and receive a receipt for his trunk; a label is pasted upon the trunk, and it is ready for the

train.

In special reference to luggage on the Continent, the tourist should heed the injunction that he register all of his pieces, except those small ones which he keeps in his compartment, and procure a receipt before starting, even if there be no charge made and no excess weight, and that he carefully keep this receipt, as without it he cannot obtain his luggage. Baggage once started, for which a receipt has been given, cannot be delivered to the owner until it has reached its destination, even though it be on the same train with him. It sometimes happens that unregistered luggage will start in the same train with its owner, but will be delayed on the route until a later train. Especially is this so on the mail trains of the through services between London and many of the principal cities of the Continent, as it may be detained at the landing port on account of want of time for the customs examination. This source of annoyance is prevented by registration, as only registered luggage is entirely cared for by the officials, in transferring it from line to line, and at places where the customs officers inspect it, the owner simply being present to open it for examination. If it be not registered he must look after it at all of these stations, which is a source of endless perplexity to the American tourist. It is far safer for a traveler to keep his luggage on the same train with himself, registering it, than

to send it by another train, particularly when traveling on the Continent, if he would be spared vexatious delays and expenses.

A tourist should make it a point of business to be at the station in early season, especially if he has luggage to be put upon the train, and, if it is to be registered, the porter should be encouraged to attend to it at once. It may happen that there are a number of pieces ahead of his to be weighed, in which case he must patiently await his turn, unless his porter volunteers to slide his trunk into the scales before the others, in which event the tourist will find it to his own interest to offer no question as to the methods of the porter-porters are so queer! To avoid these possible delays, let the traveler be at the station in ample time, and then give vigorous personal attention to his own luggage, and himself see it properly disposed of in the proper van.

XX.-Coaches and Diligences.

In the Scottish Highlands, the English Lake District, and Switzerland, the tourist travels much by coach, or diligence, as it is called on the Continent. The English coach is a royal establishment; it is a large, heavy, strong, open or closed four-wheeled wagon, and is drawn by two, four or six horses. In the Lake District, running between Ulleswater and Windermere, were closed coaches, each drawn by four horses, two abreast. The passengers were divided, some being inside the coach, the rest upon the top of the box, which was provided with seats over its whole extent. In Scotland, one of the high open coaches from Ballachulish to Glencoe was drawn by five horses, three abreast in the lead. The seats, seven in number, extended across the coach, four of them facing forward and three backward, and each seat holding five persons, the passengers mounting by a long ladder. The driver and conductor were dressed in livery of Queen's scarlet. The rate of speed was lively, all that could be desired. All the drivers pride themselves in their skill at cracking their long whip-lashes with great flourishes and loud reports, and with such unerring aim that they could annihilate a fly upon the left or right ear of the leaders in the team without letting the horses know that anything had happened, except that the fly had ceased to sting.

The Swiss diligence, drawn usually by four horses, somewhat resembles the English coach in its external appearance. It contains three com

partments, the coupé, or forward portion, consisting of one seat, which holds three persons, and in the front and at the sides has glass windows; the intérieur, or middle division, which has two seats for six persons; the rotonde, or rear, is entered by doors behind, and accommodates six passengers. On the roof, over the coupé, is the coachman's seat, behind which is the banquette, a seat for three persons. The luggage is placed on the top, back of the banquette. There is another form of the Swiss diligence which has the coupé and the coachman's seat, but the intérieur, and the rotonde are wanting, the lower part of the coach being used for luggage, while the whole top, above the luggage, is provided with seats much like the Glencoe coach above described, only there is a light awning over the passengers to shield them against the sun. This form of diligence is very enjoyable, being strong, airy and sightly. Passengers must apply at the diligence office that they may be booked, and, in the order of their application, select their seats, which are all numbered, and for which receipts should be taken in order to save disputes about them afterward. These diligences have each its driver, who tends his team solely, and its conductor, who also "brakes "the establishment when going down hills. The drivers are skillful Jehus, filling the air when coming into town with innumerable genuflexions and pop-gun explosions from the cracker; indeed, they are so expert at this that it seems as if they would crack the day of doom, and the passengers often wish that doom would crack.... the driver!

Tourists new in the experience will soon discover that they must not be idle at stations where they leave trains or boats for coaches, if

they would not be put off with the least desirable seats. They will find a general rushing for the coach; the novitiate must also hasten and throw his piece of luggage up into a seat to secure it until he can ascend, if indeed, even though he be first at the coach, he be not then dismayed to find all the desirable seats already engaged. In the route through the Trossachs and in the Lake District this surely is a thing to note.

It may not be out of place here to remark that livery stables are called "Posting Establishments.' Among the kinds of vehicles in Britain there are the carriage, the dog-cart, the drag, and the wagonette. In Ireland is the jaunting-car. On the Continent are the drosky, the voiture, the carriage and the wagonette. The wagon roads in Europe are most excellent, being smooth and hard, after McAdam.