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here those
who may have preferred to make the journey from Beirut through the country, passing
through Damascus, Galilee, Capernaum, Samaria, and by the River Jordan and Sea of
Tiberias, can rejoin the steamer.
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.
Passengers can remain on board of the steamer, at all ports, if they desire, without
additional expense, and all boating at the expense of the ship.
All passages must be paid for when taken, in order that the most perfect arrangements be
made for starting at the appointed time.
Applications for passage must be approved by the committee before tickets are issued,
and can be made to the undersigned.
Articles of interest or curiosity, procured by the passengers during the voyage, may be
brought home in the steamer free of charge.
Five dollars per day, in gold, it is believed, will be a fair calculation to make for all
traveling expenses onshore and at the various points where passengers may wish to leave
the steamer for days at a time.
The trip can be extended, and the route changed, by unanimous vote of the passengers.
CHAS. C. DUNCAN, 117 WALL STREET, NEW YORK R. R. G******, Treasurer
Committee on Applications J. T. H*****, ESQ. R. R. G*****, ESQ. C. C. Duncan
Committee on Selecting Steamer CAPT. W. W. S* * * *, Surveyor for Board of
Underwriters
C. W. C******, Consulting Engineer for U.S. and Canada J. T. H*****, Esq. C. C.
DUNCAN
P.S.--The very beautiful and substantial side-wheel steamship "Quaker City" has been

chartered for the occasion, and will leave New York June 8th. Letters have been issued
by the government commending the party to courtesies abroad.
What was there lacking about that program to make it perfectly irresistible? Nothing that
any finite mind could discover. Paris, England, Scotland, Switzerland, Italy--Garibaldi!
The Grecian Archipelago! Vesuvius! Constantinople! Smyrna! The Holy Land! Egypt
and "our friends the Bermudians"! People in Europe desiring to join the
excursion--contagious sickness to be avoided--boating at the expense of the
ship--physician on board--the circuit of the globe to be made if the passengers
unanimously desired it--the company to be rigidly selected by a pitiless