Brits abroad: a history
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Travel and Health
A lot of traveling in the 19th century and early 20th century was done for health people seeking changes of weather or they were looking for water cures going to spars. All over the continent there were these watering hole spots which had had mineral waters for many years that had been thought to have had health giving properties since Roman times. The places where you could gamble people thought they were dying often so it was a bit like living your last days.
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