Leaving
Joppa, the next point of interest to visit will be
Alexandria, which will
be reached in twenty-four hours. The ruins
of Caesar’s Palace,
Pompey’s Pillar, Cleopatra’s Needle, the
Catacombs, and ruins
of ancient Alexandria will be found worth the
visit. The journey
to Cairo, one hundred and thirty miles by rail,
can be made in a few
hours, and from which can be visited the site
of ancient Memphis,
Joseph’s Granaries, and the Pyramids.
From Alexandria
the route will be taken homeward, calling at
Malta, Cagliari (in
Sardinia), and Palma (in Majorca), all
magnificent harbors,
with charming scenery, and abounding in fruits.
A day or
two will be spent at each place, and leaving Parma
in the
evening, Valencia in
Spain will be reached the next morning. A few
days will be spent in
this, the finest city of Spain.
From Valencia,
the homeward course will be continued, skirting
along the coast of Spain.
Alicant, Carthagena, Palos, and Malaga
will be passed but a
mile or two distant, and Gibraltar reached in
about twenty-four hours.
A stay of
one day will be made here, and the voyage continued
to
Madeira, which will
be reached in about three days. Captain
Marryatt writes:
“I do not know a spot on the globe which so much
astonishes and delights
upon first arrival as Madeira.” A stay of
one or two days will
be made here, which, if time permits, may be
extended, and passing
on through the islands, and probably in sight
of the Peak of Teneriffe,
a southern track will be taken, and the
Atlantic crossed within
the latitudes of the northeast trade winds,
where mild and pleasant
weather, and a smooth sea, can always be
expected.
A call will
be made at Bermuda, which lies directly in this route
homeward, and will be
reached in about ten days from Madeira, and
after spending a short
time with our friends the Bermudians, the
final departure will
be made for home, which will be reached in
about three days.
Already,
applications have been received from parties in Europe
wishing to join the
Excursion there.
The ship
will at all times be a home, where the excursionists,
if
sick, will be surrounded
by kind friends, and have all possible
comfort and sympathy.
Should contagious
sickness exist in any of the ports named in the
program, such ports
will be passed, and others of interest
substituted.
The price
of passage is fixed at $1,250, currency, for each adult
passenger. Choice
of rooms and of seats at the tables apportioned
in the order in which
passages are engaged; and no passage
considered engaged until
ten percent of the passage money is
deposited with the treasurer.