Lands of the slave and the free: or, Cuba, the United States, and Canada . cure for head-ache, could the sound only be triturated, and passed throughthe finest sieve, so as to reach the tympanum in infinitesimaldoses. But, alas! it is administered wholesale, and with suchpower, that almost before the ear catches the sound, it is vibra-ting in the tendon Achilles. It is said by some, that salmonget accustomed to crimping ; and I suppose that, in like man-ner, the American tympanum gets accustomed to this abomi-nable clatter and noise. The luggage-van is generally placed between the carriagesand
Lands of the slave and the free: or, Cuba, the United States, and Canada . cure for head-ache, could the sound only be triturated, and passed throughthe finest sieve, so as to reach the tympanum in infinitesimaldoses. But, alas! it is administered wholesale, and with suchpower, that almost before the ear catches the sound, it is vibra-ting in the tendon Achilles. It is said by some, that salmonget accustomed to crimping ; and I suppose that, in like man-ner, the American tympanum gets accustomed to this abomi-nable clatter and noise. The luggage-van is generally placed between the carriagesand the engine. And here it is essential I should make someobservations with reference to the ticket system which isuniversally adopted in America. Every passenger is furnishedwith brass tickets, numbered, and a duplicate is attached toeach article of luggage. No luggage is delivered without thepassenger producing the ticket corresponding to that on thearticle claimed, the Company being responsible for any system is peculiarly suited to the habits of the American. THE LOCOMOTIVE. 29 people, inasmuch as nine-tenths of them, if not more, uponarriving at the end of their journey, invariably go to somehotel; and as each establishment, besides providing an omni-bus for the convenience of its customers, has an agent readyto look after luggage, the traveller has merely to give histicket to that functionary, thus saving himself all furthertrouble. The last, but not the least important, object connected withrailways, remains yet to be mentioned—viz., the driving-wheels are generally six feet and a half in diameter,the cylinder is sixteen inches in diameter, and has a strokeof twenty-two inches. But the point to which I wish tocall especial attention, is the very sensible provision madefor the comfort of the engineer and stokers, who arethoroughly protected by a weather-proof compartment, thesides whereof, being made of glass, enable them to ex-ercise more effecti
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