Excerpt from The British IslesThe liners are huge ships made of iron or steel. The largest of them are almost a thousand feet long, and have as many as eight decks, with elevators to carry passengers from one deck to another. A passenger on one Of these mammoth vessels said not long ago, I do not like the big boats because I lose my way on them, and cannot find the deck where my room is. The largest and swiftest ships are the most expensive to travel on, and for this reason many prefer the smaller boats, but even these are not very small.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.