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Title: To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II
Author : Richard Francis Burton
Release Date : January 05, 2006
Genre: Specialty Travel,Books,Travel & Adventure,
Pages : * pages
Size : 270 KB

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The Cunard route to 'Gib' is decidedly roundabout. We began with a run to Venice, usually six hours from the Vice-Queen of the Adriatic: it was prolonged to double by the thick and clinging mist-fog. The sea-city was enjoying her usual lethargy of repose after the excitement of the 'geographical Carnival', as we called the farcical Congress of last September. She is essentially a summering place. Her winter is miserable, neither city nor houses being built for any but the finest of fine weather; her 'society'-season lasts only four months from St. Stephen's Day; her traveller-seasons are spring and autumn.