So on Friday the student goes to the prison of his own accord, and is admitted. “Then, if you please, I will expect you on Friday.” I don’t seem to have anything on hand Friday.” (Reflectively.) “Let me see-Friday-Friday. You are sentenced to two days’ solitary confinement in the College prison, and I am sent to fetch you.” Very well: I have been complained of, tried, and found guilty-is that it?” “Two weeks ago the public peace had the honor to be disturbed by you.” “Ah,” says the student, “I was not expecting it. “If you please, I am here to conduct you to prison.” Then something like this happens: A constable in the service of the University visits the lodgings of the said student, knocks, is invited to come in, does so, and says politely. As I understand it, a student’s case is often tried without his being present at all. The punishment usually inflicted is imprisonment in the University prison. The University court send for the student, listen to the evidence, and pronounce judgment. If the offense is one over which the city has no jurisdiction, the authorities report the case officially to the University, and give themselves no further concern about it. If a policeman catches him in an unlawful act and proceeds to arrest him, the offender proclaims that he is a student, and perhaps shows his matriculation card, whereupon the officer asks for his address, then goes his way, and reports the matter at headquarters. His case must come before the University for trial and punishment. It seems that the student may break a good many of the public laws without having to answer to the public authorities. Several other cities are touched and described during their travels, as well as mountains such as Matterhorn, the Jungfrau, the Rigi-Kulm and Mont-Blanc.Previous Chapter Next Chapter Appendix C - The College Prison The end of the book covers his trip through several cities in northern Italy (Milan, Venice and Rome). The second part describes his travels through Switzerland and eastern France (Lucerne, Interlaken, Zermatt, Chamonix and Geneva). The first half of the book covers their stay in south-western Germany (Heidelberg, Mannheim, a trip on the Neckar river, Baden-Baden and the Black Forest). The book is the third of Mark Twain's five travel books and is often thought to be an unofficial sequel to the first one, The Innocents Abroad. While the stated goal of the journey is to walk most of the way, the men find themselves using other forms of transport as they traverse the continent. The book details a journey by the author, with his friend Harris (a character created for the book, and based on his closest friend, Joseph Twichell), through central and southern Europe.

A Tramp Abroad is a work of travel literature, including a mixture of autobiography and fictional events, by American author Mark Twain, published in 1880.

A tramp abroad