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	Topographical Prosings II TOPOGRAPHICAL PROSINGS. - On Local Guides. ... ... TOPOGRAPHICAL PROSINGS,* No.II. IT may be assumed that there are few persons in this country whose time is sufficiently at their own disposal to permit them to pay more than the most general attention to the curiosities of any place through which they may chance to pass; a hasty visit to the cathedral, a glance at the castle or bishop's palace, a walk round the interior of the principal churches, and perhaps a peep into the museum of local fossils and antiquities, is the very utmost that can be achieved, and is a feat that leaves in the heads of those who perform it little more than a confused notion of the whole, of which, perhaps, the principal features are retained, but that exact impression that can alone render a visit to such places valuable is never acquired. It is possible, however, to turn such a visit to good account. The visitor, either before or upon his arrival, should make himself acquainted with the general outline of what is to be seen, determine upon what parts he will bestow more particular attention, in what order he will visit them, and arrange his time accordingly. Knowing beforehand what to look for, and what is more particularly worth remembering, the mere sight of the objects will so fix them in the memory that they may be at any time, by a glance at the note book, recalled with tolerable freshness. Such a method involves, however, the possession of a "Guide" or "Handbook," to the construction of
	* See our Magazine for Oct. p.357.
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