30 DEL AGO A BAY. 



it was totally unfit for a lady to occupy ; 

 indeed, I had already seen from the ship that 

 there was very little glass left in the windows. 

 As, however, there was no hotel I could 

 possibly go to, I preferred taking my chance 

 and roughing it for a little while to giving 

 any one the trouble of accommodating me and 

 my big dog ; so, after waiting nearly all day 

 for carriers for my necessary baggage, I at 

 last got into my cottnge about an hour before 

 dusk, glad indeed to know that my journey was 

 over, and to see again the place so endeared 

 to me where I had passed some of the happiest 

 hours, but also the saddest period, of my life. . 



It certainly did not look very inviting or 

 comfortable, as there was hardly a pane of 

 glass unbroken in the windows or doors, and 

 it was very dirty and spidery, and large pieces 

 of the canvas ceiling were half-torn down and 

 flapping about ; but I, being an old traveller, 

 had hammer and nails in one of my cabin- 

 boxes, and very soon nailed some box-WTappers 

 across the bedroom windows. 



