SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE.

It is very advisable for invalids while travelling, as well as persons in health, not to sit too long at a time in the carriage, but to get out now and then to walk up the hills, or at the post-stations; as, by so doing, the fatigue consequent upon the muscles being kept long in the same position will be avoided. Those persons who labour under serious affections of the air-passages may be provided with a Jeffrey's respirator, though its too frequent use is not to be recommended, as tending to render the organs more susceptible. A pair of leather sheets may be placed beneath the seat-cushions, as a precaution against damp beds, which, however, are seldom met with in France or Italy. Essence of ginger is a useful stimulant; and a teaspoonful in a cup of tea on arriving after a day's journey is very refreshing. Those who are in weak health, and travellers in general, should eat very sparingly of animal food when on a journey, as it tends to produce heat and flushing. Black tea is one of the most useful articles travellers can be provided with, as it is seldom good in small towns or at inns on the road. As an evening meal, tea, with a little cold meat or chicken, is much preferable to a hot dinner or supper, which not unfrequently is a cause of sleeplessness. Those who are subject to cold feet should be provided with short boots of coarse cloth, to slip on and off, over their ordinary boots, as occasion may require; and a small feet-warmer should be placed in the carriage. A large medicine-chest, which is a constant companion of many families, will be cumbersome and unnecessary; as almost all drugs and medicines of good quality may be obtained in all the towns frequented by invalids. A small chest, containing a few articles likely to be required at out-ofthe-way places (as lint, soap plaster, James's powder, a small quantity of calomel, laudanum, extract of henbane, spirits of ammonia, tartarised antimony, castor oil, rhubarb, weights and scales), will, however, be a useful precautionary addition to the luggage.