Genre:

Reportage, Spoof

Subjects:

Aeronautics, Transport, Invention, Steam-power

    Describes the route to be taken by the Aerial Steam Carriage from London to Bombay. Notes that the conductor, who is later revealed to be John F W Herschel, will carry all the provisions in his waistcoat, 'as by a new invention, the essence of three sheep can be concentrated into a small lozenge'. Adds that the 'Rocket Aerial Steam Carriage will [...] tour round the Comet, proceeding by easy stages to the Milky Way'.