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owing to the succession of showers which 

 alternate with bright sunshine. It is not 

 exactly April weather, as the rain generally 

 lasts for five or six hours with equal intervals 

 of sunshine. I am getting in a good stock of 

 oxygen in preparation for the selection work 

 at the R. A. next month : here, at any rate, 

 I escape the importunities of the "Artists' 

 Parasites " with which my town-dwelling 

 brethren are so grievously afflicted at this 

 season. 



