HOLMAN, JAMES (1786-1857), known as the "Blind Traveller," was born at Exeter on Oct. 15, 1786. He entered the Briiish navy in 1798, and was invalided out in 181o. He became totally blind, but nevertheless travelled widely in Europe. In 1822 he set out to go round the world, but after travelling through Russia into Siberia, he was arrested as a spy at a point i,000 m. beyond Smolensk, and after being conducted to the frontiers of Poland, returned home by Austria, Saxony, Prussia and Hanover. (See his Travels through Russia, etc., 1825.) Travelling by an other route he accomplished his purpose and his journey is de scribed in A Voyage round the World, including Travels in Africa, Asia, Australasia, America, etc., from 1827 to 1832 (4 vols., 35). His last journeys were through Spain, Portugal, Moldavia, Montenegro, Syria and Turkey. He died in London on July 29, 1857.