Essays of Travel

By Stevenson, Robert Louis

Book Id: WPLBN0000678528
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Essays of Travel
Author:	Stevenson, Robert Louis
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Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Literature, Literature & drama
Collections:	Classic Literature Collection, Penn State University's Electronic Classics Series Collection
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Publisher:	Penn State University's Electronic Classics


Citation APA MLA Chicago Louis Stevenson, B. R. (n.d.). Essays of Travel. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.us/

Excerpt
Excerpt: The Second Cabin. I first encountered my fellow-passengers on the Broomielaw in Glasgow. Thence we descended the Clyde in no familiar spirit, but looking askance on each other as on possible enemies. A few Scandinavians, who had already grown acquainted on the North Sea, were friendly and voluble over their long pipes; but among English speakers distance and suspicion reigned supreme. The sun was soon overclouded, the wind freshened and grew sharp as we continued to descend the widening estuary; and with the falling temperature the gloom among the passengers increased.