Ward & Lock's descriptive and pictorial guide to the Isle of Man ...

——20 Guide to the Isle of Man.;charge for these tickets is 3s. for the single, and 5s. for thereturn journey. Tourist tickets enable passengers to breaktheir journey at various interesting spots, without restrictionas to period, except that the return journey must be completedwithin the two months for which tlie tickets areavailable ; the lime can, however, be extended to the lastday of the year on payment of tho difference between thereturn fare and the cost of two single journey tickets. Thoseissued by the companies having stations in Liverpool, donot include the cost of conveying luggage to the steamersbut at Fleetwood and Barrow the trains run on to the pier,and obviate this inconvenience.The time-tables of the railway companies give accurateinformation as to the hours and minutes occupied by thotrains in reaching the spots where passengers embark onIjoard the boats ; but although it is generally believed that" Britannia rules the waves," her sons are unable so toguarantee the good behaviour of the said waves as to be ina position to prognosticate the exact minute at which thevessels will reach their desired havens. However, to assist ourfriends in arriving at a satisfactory solution of the difficulty,we present them with a table showing the distance betweenthe various ports, and the time which, in ordinary weather,the voyages occupy :From MiloB. Average time.Liverpool to Douglas .... 8