Report of a Journey Around the World. 2^ 



Friday, Nov. 8. The morning was wet and apparently it had 

 rained all night. Mt. Sefton was covered with cloud as long as 

 we remained, but at 6:30 there was a bit of sunshine soon covered 

 in again. At 8:30 it was dry enough to put up the auto curtains 

 and we started with the good-byes of the whole establishment. 



165. HOOKER RIVER PASSING UNDER MULLER GLACIER. 



All had been hospitable and helpful, and we were sorry to leave. 

 All day the sun shone bright, but as we looked back we saw the 

 Hermitage was veiled in a heavy shower. The stone and gravel 

 roads here are not injured by rain unless it be heavy enough to 

 actually wash them away. A peculiarity of the road building is 

 that bridges light and narrow are provided for motors and light 

 vehicles, but heavy eight-horse teams and traction engines have to 



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